KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As the Kansas City Chiefs started to get serious about trading wide receiver Tyreek Hill last spring, general manager Brett Veach and coach Andy Reid made a phone call to an interested party: the team's quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.
They were calling to let him know the Chiefs may soon deal one of the NFL's most explosive receivers. They weren't seeking approval, exactly, but they also didn't want Mahomes to be surprised if they did eventually trade Hill.
They told Mahomes that negotiations with Hill for a contract extension were getting too rich for what the Chiefs considered their own good.