When the Kansas City Chiefs traded away cornerback Marcus Peters to the Los Angeles Rams during the offseason, many were flabbergasted.
Months later, the trade has recently been brought up by some Chiefs fans this preseason during the struggles of new cornerback David Amerson. The position looks thin in talent and is made worse by Amerson’s forgettable preseason play.
But the concern with trading away an elite player goes beyond how thin the position group is. Let’s look back a decade..
Despite starting the 2007 season with a two-game suspension, defensive end Jared Allen led the league in sacks with 14.