Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson and Frank Schwab discuss the blockbuster trade that sent 6-time pro-bowl receiver Tyreek Hill from Kansas City to Miami. Did the Chiefs get enough back in return? Should they have just let Hill’s contract play out? Can Tua Tagovailoa take advantage of his speedy receiving corp? Hear the full conversation on the You Pod to Win the Game podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen.

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CHARLES ROBINSON: What we're really still in the wake of here is what happened with Tyreek Hill.

FRANK SCHWAB: That went from 0 to 60, didn't it?

CHARLES ROBINSON: It went to 0 here. And the crazy thing was I checked my phone. So on Sunday, I'm talking to an exec. And he says to me are the Chiefs going to trade Tyreek Hill? And I was like, no, probably not, right? Like he's to central to that Chief's offense. Like, they've got to find a way to get that done. There's just no way.

Of all the players to be paired perfectly with a quarterback, he probably suits Patrick Mahomes as much as any single wide receiver suits any quarterback in this entire league. Like, as in they are the perfect quarterback, wide receiver duo. When you heard it, I assume like me you were just like this is bat [BLEEP]. Like, this is never going to end. This is the craziest.

FRANK SCHWAB: Yeah. Unbelievable. First of all, let me point this out that the reason Green Bay and Kansas City no longer have their star receivers is because Christian Kirk. Christian Kirk. And I'm dead serious. Christian Kirk signs a $21 million a year deal and everybody else goes I'm not saying Christian Kirk money. Christian Kirk's just a dude. Like, he's just a guy. I should get twice as much a Christian Kirk.

So he screwed up the whole salary structure, honestly. I really, truly believe that. So when Davante is asking for the moon and Tyreek Hill is asking for the moon, it's because of the Christian Kirk contract. I hated this trade for both sides, hated it. I hate it for the Chiefs side, and here's why. I think the Rams model is correct. When you are a team like the Chiefs, you chase a title. "F them picks." "F them picks."

I mean, what? They got a first, a second, couple fourths. They didn't get enough where you're like, whoa, the Chiefs couldn't turn that down. It was just like what can we get for Tyreek Hill, let's do it. Unless Tyreek Hill said specifically I'm not playing for you guys this year, I'm done, that's it. You wait him out. You say, OK, Tyreek, we're going to play this thing out, hit free agency, we'll get our pick, whatever.

So I hated it on that end because everybody's like, well, they'll just draft Tyreek Hill's replacement at 29. Yeah, it don't really work that way usually. Sometimes you end up with Justin Jefferson, oftentimes you end up with Jalen Reagor, OK? Like, that's what happens first round. You're not guaranteed to get the next Tyreek Hill.

So I think they should have just chased the title. I think the Chiefs are really, really thin right now. Maybe I'm underestimating Patrick Mahomes ability to put an entire franchise on his back and win 14 games no matter who's around him, but you have 33-year-old Travis Kelce and who? Who else do they have? Who is the Kansas City Chiefs? Like, I mean, they're really, really thin right now.

On Miami side, OK, you just traded for literally the best deep threat in the league. You're pairing him with a quarterback who can't throw deep. What are you doing? Like, what is Miami paying up here for? They're going to misuse that guy. They're playing fantasy football. And I've been comparing it a lot to-- and I know this is cross sport, to the Lakers acquiring Russell Westbrook.

I love Russell Westbrook as a player. He's great, he's fantastic. But when they made that move I said this don't fit with what they want to do, he doesn't fit in at all. This is not going to work. I think the same thing about Miami. They have paired Tyreek Hill with a quarterback that can't get him the ball, and that's why I hate it for them.

CHARLES ROBINSON: You have to try to find what you can to enhance what he is. And that was enhanced in college. These guys aren't going to have 5-yard windows, they might have 3-yard windows, and 3-yard yard windows, 2-yard windows. That might be enough. If it doesn't work out, guess what we are? We're attractive, we're attractive for a quarterback.

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