Chiefs, NFL to act on Tyreek Hill this week – ProFootballTalk

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Most of the people who heard the disturbing sound that appeared just an hour before the start of the repechage on Thursday night concluded that the character flaw prompted Chiefs Tyreek Hill's receiver to attack a pregnant Crystal Espinal in December 2014. is always present. And many began asking leaders to take decisive action with regard to Hill.

Three days later, the chiefs did not cut him off. But they made it clear that he would not be part of the team, at least for the "foreseeable future". The team and the league are expected to take additional action this week. Although the NFL generally does not invoke the list of excluded commissioners during the off season, the best result could be to put Hill on paid leave (there is no salary to be earned) until 39 at the end of the new criminal investigation and until the NFL makes a decision. on any type of punishment inflicted by the league.

Although chiefs can also cut Hill, keeping it or cutting it off does not mean anything from a professional point of view if he is on the list of exempt commissioners. From a personal point of view, it would make sense that the chiefs formally retain Hill in the team.

Go back and listen to the audio. Hill's relationship with Espinal can easily be described as dysfunctional and, given what happened more than four years ago, whether fairness can be considered fuel. So, if the Chiefs, a franchise that endured the sudden and shocking tragedy of Jovan Belcher in 2012, broke their ties with Hill immediately after a secret audio recording recorded by Espinal that had been leaked to the media, the Hill-Espinal relationship could become even more combustible.

Since Hill choked and beat Espinal during her pregnancy, and given her cold, "you must be terrified of me too," a recorded audio threat is not an unreasonable concern.

And this is an important aspect to consider, at a time when many demand that leaders do what is right and move away from Hill. With time, maybe they'll do it. As the leaders hope to avoid throwing rocket gas on a fire that seems already raging, there is no harm in waiting. Especially since Hill is not and will not be with the Chiefs.