What’s Wright - Best Of - Nick Wright's NBA All-Star Game Reaction, Tyreek Hill RETURN to Chiefs? NFL Club Superstar REVEALED

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The Herd with Colin Cowherd – "What’s Wright - Best Of"

Date: February 21, 2026
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A recap of the top sports stories and moments discussed on Nick Wright's “What’s Wright” show, focusing on his NBA All-Star Game reaction, Tyreek Hill’s possible return to the Chiefs, and Nick’s “NFL Club Superstar.”

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NBA All-Star Game Reaction

Segment Start: [02:14]

Key Discussion Points

• New US vs. World Format

  • Nick Wright and Demonte discuss the NBA’s new All-Star Game format—pitting the US against the World.
    • Nick Wright: “I thought it was awesome. I really enjoyed it.” [02:25]
    • Public pressure and criticism improved player effort.
    • Victor Wembanyama (Wimby) set the tone: “Wimby gets credit throwing down the gauntlet and being like, I'm going to try so you guys better try too.” [02:39]

• Intensity and Competitiveness

  • The 12-minute games increased intensity across the board, emulating the typical fourth-quarter competitiveness throughout.
    • “You were kind of instantly getting the intensity of a fourth quarter...” [03:06]

• Double Standards in Criticism

  • Nick highlights a “double standard” around status expectations:
    • Nikola Jokic criticized less than LeBron James for lack of All-Star Game effort:
      • "It's an unequivocal double standard when the previous universally accepted best player in the world, LeBron James, is currently getting more criticism for not doing the dunk contest 15 years ago than Joker is for not caring in the All Star Game..." [04:05]

• Kawhi Leonard’s Performance

  • Kawhi’s standout role, particularly his 31-point quarter, was called a “passing of the torch” moment:
    • Demonte: "Kawhi doing all that makes Nikola Jokic look even worse..." [07:35]
    • Nick Wright: "These were contested. These were difficult shots... quiet [Kawhi] was just sensational." [07:44]

Notable Quotes

• On Jokic’s Role:
  Nick Wright: “And Joker does have something of responsibility of you're the best player in the world.” [05:04]
• On US vs. World Format Tweaks:
  "I like there being a... theme if you will of, of the two of the two different US teams." [09:07]

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NBA Culture, Star Power & League Health

Segment Start: [10:25]

• NBA’s Star “Problem”

  • Major stars are aging; young stars haven’t broken through to pop culture.
    • “Right now the single most famous basketball player under the age of 35 years old is Caitlin Clark.” [10:41]
    • Wembanyama considered, but Nick argues most people know Clark better than Wemby.

• NBA Needed a PR Win

  • After a week of criticism (exacerbated by his Bill Simmons pod appearance), Nick says All-Star Weekend was a “needed victory” for the league. [09:26]

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NFL Club Superstar Exercise

Segment Start: [17:42]

Rules & Roster Construction

• Nick Wright answers a listener: create a “Club Superstar” for active NFL players, one per position (sometimes per group).

Nick Wright’s "Club Superstar" Selections

• Quarterback: Patrick Mahomes (“Anybody disagrees can go to hell.”) [18:00]
• Wide Receiver: Justin Jefferson (longevity and star factor win over younger stars) [18:35]
• Running Back: Derrick Henry (“...the only guaranteed hall of famer”) [19:14]
• Offensive Lineman: Lane Johnson [19:20]
• Defensive End: Myles Garrett [20:15]
• Defensive Tackle: Chris Jones [20:24]
• Middle Linebacker: Fred Warner (“That is to me inarguable.”) [20:50]
• Corner: Patrick Surtain II [21:08]
• Safety: Kyle [21:16]
• Wild Card Picks: Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Micah Parsons [22:00]
• No Special Teamers: Definitely no kickers unless "prime" legends [21:43]

Memorable Moment

• Nick’s bluntness on Mahomes debate:
  “Anybody disagrees [with Mahomes at QB] can go to hell.” [18:00]

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NBA Top 50 of the Last 50 Years — Updated Rankings

Segment Start: [23:01]

Key Insights

• Jokic's Placement

  • Jokic ranks just outside the top 10:
    “He would jump ahead of Moses [Malone] and Julius [Erving] and be right behind Steph [Curry].” [25:07]

• SGA vs. Tatum

  • SGA ahead of Tatum in all-time ranking, though emotionally hard for Nick to process.
    • SGA lands just ahead of James Harden, Tatum lands just behind Kawhi Leonard but ahead of Scottie Pippen.

Notable Quotes

• Nick Wright: “It is very hard for me to say SGA is better than Tatum, even though I understand SGA is better than Tatum. Does that make sense?” [26:52]

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Tyreek Hill’s Release & Possible Chiefs Return

Segment Start: [29:50]

Key Discussion Points

• Tyreek Hill Released by Dolphins

  • Nick had previously predicted a Chiefs return in 2026 but is now less excited [30:02]
    • “Since those comments, Tyreek has had more really ugly off the field allegations... a lot of reason to believe that he continues to be a bad actor off the field.” [30:32]

• Football Assessment

  • Catastrophic knee injury raises major concerns about Hill’s effectiveness
  • Chiefs might take him back at a deep discount, but “not as exciting of a proposition as it once was.” [31:29]
  • Chiefs need to be cautious given behavior history at WR position

• Nick’s Standard on Off-Field Allegations

  • Nick Wright: “If you are accused of almost anything once, I will tend to be like, yeah, I don't know... But the moment you get accused a second time, I tend to believe you've done it. And I think that's reasonable.” [33:39]

Memorable Moment

• Reflecting on moral conflict as a sports fan: “There can be a lot of moral bargaining you do with yourself when it comes to rooting for pro football teams. And I... owe the audience honesty.” [36:28]

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Chiefs’ Super Bowl Odds & Dolphins’ Roster Questions

Segment Start: [37:09]

• Chiefs Super Bowl Odds

  • Adding Tyreek Hill would not significantly affect odds
  • Odds’ movement is based on Patrick Mahomes’ health and starting week one [37:16]

• Tua Tagovailoa’s Future

  • Very unlikely to be Dolphins’ starter due to massive contract complications, especially after losing Hill. [38:16]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It is an unequivocal double standard...” – Nick Wright on NBA All-Star criticism, [04:05]
• "Anybody disagrees [about Mahomes at QB Club Superstar] can go to hell." – Nick Wright [18:00]
• "If you are accused of almost anything once... But the moment you get accused a second time, I tend to believe you've done it." – Nick Wright [33:39]
• "There can be a lot of moral bargaining you do with yourself when it comes to rooting for pro football teams. And I... owe the audience honesty." – Nick Wright [36:28]

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Segment Timestamps

• [02:14] NBA All-Star Game: US vs World Format Reaction
• [07:05] Passing the Torch & Kawhi’s Performance
• [08:34] Possible Tweaks to the Format
• [10:25] Star Power and League State Discussion
• [17:42] NFL Club Superstar Exercise
• [23:01] NBA Top 50 of Last 50 Years: Jokic, SGA, Tatum Update
• [29:50] Tyreek Hill's Release and Chiefs Return Possibility
• [37:09] Chiefs Odds and Tua’s Contract Situation

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This episode provides sharp NBA analysis, candid opinions on athlete reputations and moral dilemmas in sports fandom, as well as rapid-fire NFL historiography and forecasting. Nick’s mix of statistical insight, unfiltered takes, and humor make this recap essential for anyone who missed out and wants the week’s most significant sports debates and revelations.

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[Demonte]

All right, so after years of uncompetitiveness, maybe since Colby played the NBA might have found a solution to the All Star Game with the US versus World format.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah.

[Demonte]

What did you think of the new All Star Game?

[Nick Wright]

I thought it was awesome. I really enjoyed it. And I think you had, I think, the perfect storm of just enough public criticism that the players heard and were aware of. Wimby Gets credit throwing down the gauntlet and being like, I'm going to try so you guys better try too. I credit to Wimby for that Ant gave him credit. The other players responding cool teams in that it wasn't just us versus the world concepts, but also the US team felt like old guys, young guys.

[Demonte]

Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

So all three teams had the different kind of pride to play for. The fact that it was just 12 minute games meant you were kind of instantly getting the intensity of a fourth quarter which even when the All Star Game's been bad, if it's been close late, guys lock ramp it up at the end. And so that was there the whole time. So all of it really worked. And here is what I will say. Sorry. Daniel, our resident Nuggets fan, where I think some of the criticism of the older generation of players about letting the All Star Game down has been unfair. Everyone just flatly accepts with no criticism whatsoever that even in this format the one guy who couldn't be bothered to give a shit was the best player in the world. And, and I like Joker. I am not and seems like everybody likes Joker. I understand I might be the wrong messenger of this because of my years back history of skepticism, but it is an unequivocal double standard when the previous universally accepted best player in the world, LeBron James, is currently getting more criticism for not doing the dunk contest 15 years ago than Joker is for not caring in the All Star Game that everyone else cared in 50 hours ago. Like that is, that's not. And, and so it does feel like there is the, the a pass given to Joker and to a lesser extent Luka, because Luka, I guess you can say is still coming off the injury. And Joker, I know was hurt, but he's been playing and kicking ass and he's just never cared at the All Star Game. And right or wrong, no one has criticized him the way we've criticized the legendary American guys for not caring. And Joker does have something of responsibility of you're the best player in the world. And so despite him not caring, the games were awesome. They were great. And, and I do, I don't know how this, if this, how sustainable this specific format is, but I am okay. I didn't understand exactly how it was going to work and I was critical of it leading into it. But once the game started, it was good.

[Demonte]

It worked out.

[Nick Wright]

It worked out really well and it was, it was fun. Now let me say this real quick before we get to the other stuff because it's kind of silly for Me first time talking to you guys since my appearance on Bill Simmons pod to not acknowledge my shockingly and I mean it shockingly viral takeoff.

[Demonte]

Yes.

[Nick Wright]

Hey, a few years from now, what if we. What if we did white guys versus black guys? So I am aware that that took on a life of its own. We are. My feelings on my own take have evolved.

[Demonte]

Okay.

[Nick Wright]

For reasons that I will explain later in the show when we bring back really a classic old what's right segment. NICK Wright PUBLIC DEFENDER So I am not running from that. I also don't want to do it right here. We will do it later and we will discuss that there. Let's get to some of the All Star follow up stuff.

[Demonte]

Did you feel like this is a passing of the torch moment for. For the stars, young stars and Well,

[Nick Wright]

I mean it didn't in real time. It didn't feel like that because it felt like Kawhi, who is not. Yeah. I mean who is not as old as the, you know, Bron Steph kd but he is closer to their age than the young guys. Kawhi was the star, right. And then because the old guy's team didn't win, he couldn't be MVP. But he had 31 points.

[Demonte]

Kawhi doing all that makes Nicola Jokic look even worse. I know Kawhi, he's never been the type to not care about basketball. But I don't know him taking it seriously and going crazy seriously.

[Nick Wright]

Now he. It also was in his arena. You know what I mean? So that the. But the Kawhi's 31 point quarter, right. Pretty unbelievable. And unlike some of the All Star games in the last decade, like when AD had 50 or the other crazy when Steph shot 28 threes or something. These were contested. These were difficult shots. These. These were with the other team trying to stop him with. That was against. Is that against. I can't remember if that was against Team World or against the other US Team but whoever it was, I think it was Team World. They were. They were trying to win the game and that was a close game down the stretch, late and quiet was just sensational.

[Demonte]

All right, next, what tweaks would you make to the US Verse World format?

[Nick Wright]

I. I think. I think they're. And they. I don't know if I can call this unintentional or happy accident or something that they. They didn't announce that the. The two U.S. teams were going to have distinct feels to them like the guys, young guys. But that's definitely what it should be like if you're going to have these three different eight person teams.

[Demonte]

Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

Then there should be something delineating continuation of the other. Right. Delineating the two American teams. So I don't. You're not always going to be able to go old, young, I don't know like so maybe you do east, west sometime. Maybe. I, I'm not sure. But I like there being a, you know, a theme if you will of, of the two of the two different US teams. And, and so I listen the NBA needed a good weekend. The, the, the pod that I did last week with Bill really did and this is credit to Bill, not me, set the tone for a week of heavy NBA criticism about tanking and about the major issues facing the league. And so to have a win and to have it highly rated and to have people care and to have the games be good and like was a needed victory for a league that has by its own doing taking some taken some PR hits, about to lose a

[Demonte]

bunch of their guys.

[Nick Wright]

Well that's the other piece like that that does the biggest stars and that is the other big problem for the league that they don't right now have a solve to and they're hoping WIMBY will solve it. But right right now the single most famous basketball player under the age of 35 years old is Caitlin Clark. Caitlin Clark is the most. She is. I think you disagree with me.

[Demonte]

I honestly thought it would have been Wimby.

[Nick Wright]

I, I don't think so. I don't think your sisters. No, no wimby and they, and if they do they vague. They're like oh is he the really tall right. They have an opinion on Caitlin Clark. Like and so, and maybe so maybe it WIMBY is close but I, I think that the, the Most famous, the three most famous basketball players right now are 41 year old LeBron James and then 37, 38 year old Stephen KD. Like though and so that is like Anthony Edwards, Luca Jokic, Giannis, those guys have not ascended to that level. And so but that's a, that's a issue for the NBA for another day. Today's show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor, Hard Rock bet. Florida's sportsbook. I know it can be tough without football, but like the song says, bet you didn't know this. I bet I will survive with Hard Rock Bet. There's always something to bet on every night. Hoops, hockey, so much more. Plus all the great same game parlays, live betting and player prop options you're used to and did you know Hard Rock Bet is the official sports betting partner of the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic, so obviously they know hoops. If you haven't signed up with Hard Rock Bet yet, there's never been a better time. New signups can double their winnings on their first 10 bets. Max of $50. That's right. If you would have won a hundred bucks on your bet, make that 200. Hard Rock Bet sportsbook app is the only legal sportsbook for whenever you're in Florida. It's also live in Arizona, Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana, Tennessee, Virginia, Illinois, Colorado and Michigan, coming soon to more states as well. Plus, Hard Rock Bet offers new promos daily, so whenever you're listening, just open the app and check out what they've got. Any day of the week, download the Hard Rock Bet app and make your first deposit payable and bonus bets. Not a cash offer offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in Florida Offered by Seminole Hard Rock Digital LLC in all other states. Must be 21 plus and physically present in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee or Virginia. To play terms and conditions apply. Concerned about gambling in Florida? Call 1-833-PLAY-WISE in Indiana. If you or someone you know has a gambling Problem wants help, call 1-800-9 with it gambling problem, call 1-800- gambler Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia this month, iHeartRadio is celebrating

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[Demonte]

Joey asked Nick what if you made a club superstar for NFL players who would be in what would the rules be for it?

[Nick Wright]

I think the way to do the it would have to be one guy per position.

[Demonte]

Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

And. One guy per position for certain positions and one guy per position for position groups. So it would be. So let's think about who it would be. The quarterback would be Mahomes. Anybody disagrees can go to hell. Yeah, the wide receiver.

[Demonte]

Tough.

[Nick Wright]

I think it would have. I think it would have to be

[Demonte]

who who's so keep Justin Jefferson or Puka. Nah.

[Nick Wright]

No, Justin Jefferson's the answer for me because again it's, it's not purely just a raw rankings tie does go to the superstar component and how long you've been doing it. So running back I actually think is easy

[Demonte]

like now in this moment.

[Nick Wright]

Right now, this moment. But again how long you've been doing it right. Fame, all of it level.

[Demonte]

Would it be Derek Henry?

[Nick Wright]

That is correct. Yeah, that I just listen I think Saquon's obviously unbelievable. Christian McCaffrey is unbelievable. Bijan, Jameer Gibbs, all those guys. But Derek Henry has been the back and he continue it's been for so long he's produced at that level. He is of those guys, the only guaranteed hall of Famer. And so Derek Henry, I'm just going to go one offensive lineman and I would give that. I think I'd probably actually give that to Lane Johnson, right tackle. And I also don't want to spend too much time debating that thinking about it. That would be my gut. For D line I would do 1D tackle, 1D. And so what do we have right now? We have four guys, 1D line, 1D end. So defensive end is obviously Miles.

[Demonte]

Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

With. With respect to Micah Crosby, it's Miles D tackle. Again, there is a bit of a legacy bump here, but I'm giving to Chris Jones. He is the only active defensive tackle who is a guaranteed hall of Famer. I understand he had a bit of a down year. The whole team did. But it's him middle linebackers because, you know, edge is, you know, outside linebacker. If you're in a 3, 4, it's

[Demonte]

the rotate a little.

[Nick Wright]

So I'm just going to do a middle linebacker. The middle Linebacker is Fred Warner. That is to me inarguable. Corner. I, I, I think the answer is certain.

[Demonte]

Okay.

[Nick Wright]

He's he's one defensive player of the year. I don't know if you have if you like Christian Gonzalez is great. There's obviously a lot of great corners but I, I think the right answer for corner is certain safety is Kyle. Yeah and so if I did it and I had the same rules of 12 guys that's nine. So then the three wild no kick,

[Demonte]

no kick returners, no kickers.

[Nick Wright]

Definitely no kickers. Definitely no punters. Maybe one of the wild cards would be a kicker if it was like we were in a moment where like venitarian is prime Tucker back when we talk about Justin.

[Demonte]

Yeah

[Nick Wright]

no no it's not your bad so if we had wild card spots I think Josh and Lamar have to get them. Yeah and one last we throw a coach in there.

[Demonte]

I guess coaches weren't NBA so then

[Nick Wright]

I think then the last spot would go to Micah over Jamar Chase any of the running backs any of the other corners. He is a superstar. He is his you know on a no doubt hall of fame trajectory he was you know he's one of the only non quarterbacks in the league that we know would be traded for multiple first round picks because we saw it happen. So there you go. I think, I think we just, that's it. I think we just nailed it. I think we just nailed it. All right demons A let's go on to the NBA.

[Demonte]

So pump asked where did Tatum, Jokic and SGA rank in the top 50 players in the last 50 years?

[Nick Wright]

What a great question. And this honestly I know I do this sometimes but I mean it this time this summer let's do an episode where we really fully give this of freshening up so to speaker 200% so since I last did any tweaks the active guys for top 50 of the last 50 years were obviously braun won and again if people aren't used to this list it's Kareem to now so this doesn't affect bronze ranking but everyone else we're going to say if you were doing like their all time ranking they drop at least two spots because of Russell and Wilt and some of them would drop three because they're also behind west some would drop four because they're also behind Oscar some would drop five because they're also behind Elgin or six because they're also behind Mike and or seven because they're also behind Koozie. I'm not Going to do all that work right now. So we will just do the top 50 of the last 50 by the previous rules. But again for accuracy sake, keep that in mind. So Braun was one, Steph was 10 right behind Shaq and Akeem and right ahead of Dr. J and Moses Durant who's an active player was 13. So for the first guy on that list, Joker the ambia I would have him if I were do it right now. He would jump ahead of and this as much as this hurts my heart because I love these two players and one of them was the inspiration for the list. He would jump ahead of Moses and Julius and be right behind Steph. Yeah, I can't put him ahead of Steph. I don't think that's fair.

[Demonte]

I thought you were initially when you first said you apologize.

[Nick Wright]

No, I can't. I at least at the moment I,

[Demonte]

I think only one title. He's amazing.

[Nick Wright]

He's amazing. He's utterly amazing. But he is right now and I think this is fair when it comes to all time rankings at the ceiling you can be at with one title there there are like listen Wilt who's again not on the list but would be only as to dream only as two if he gets a second one then we start having a real Jokic versus the the Steph Shaq dream bird group. Like that's where the, that's the neighborhood in which he lives. But so he is. So he right now would be 11. And so again which 13 was Durant, 14 was Giannis. So those guys would drop to 14, 15. And then so here's a. It's a trick. This is a tricky one Damon say because and maybe I am crazy on this. It is very hard for me to say SGA is better than Tatum even though I understand SGA is better than Tatum. Does that make sense?

[Demonte]

Pretty hard for me to say that too.

[Nick Wright]

But there's no like argument for like SGA has won an mvp is probably gonna win another one. SGA has better stats. SGA they both, you know, achieved at a super high level. SGA has a better resume than Tatum and has proven he can be a A list MVP candidate in a way Tatum hasn't. And yet I still kind of deep down feel like Tatum's better.

[Demonte]

I think that's when it gets down to like the play style again maybe that's probably just me personally.

[Nick Wright]

Yep.

[Demonte]

I probably enjoy watching Jason Tatum play basketball more than sga.

[Nick Wright]

So I, I agree with that. So I had Luka 20th but again that was Like a projection thing. If I redid it, as great as Luke is, he's had Chris Paul was 21. So I'm, I'm scrolling through it. James Harden was 25. So SGA, if I redid it right now would come in. God, this is crazy. But. Right ahead of James Harden. Okay, so he would slide into 25. 20.

[Demonte]

Yeah. I was going to ask is James Harden moved at all since.

[Nick Wright]

But he kind of down but he certainly hasn't helped himself.

[Demonte]

Right.

[Nick Wright]

And so for Tatum, I would slide Tatum in so like 30 is Iverson 32? Is Kawhi 33. I would slide Tatum in right ahead of Scotty Pippen and right behind Kawhi. Okay, so 33. But again we've now added people but that that's where it would be. So Tatum slightly behind sga even though that doesn't feel right to me. But it feels like it has to be. And Joker right outside the top 10. Hey guys. Boost Mobile is proving you don't have to overpay for great wireless Unlock their savings with $25 a month forever unlimited plan. It's a permanent price with no contracts and no price hikes. You can keep your phone and your number, but you save up to $600 a year compared to the major carriers. Stop overpaying and switch to a fair price@boost mobile.com today based on average annual single line payment of AT&T Verizon and T Mobile customers compared to 12 months on the Boost Mobile Unlimited plan as of January 2026. For a full offer details, visit boost mobile.com all right, Demonte, let's go to Little NFL.

[Demonte]

Yesterday the dolphins released Tyreek Hill. If you remember, they traded five picks for him a few years ago. Somebody predicted what his next move may be if this were to happen. Yes, let's take a listen.

[Nick Wright]

A year ago I believe Tyree Kill is going to play another football game for the Kansas City Chiefs that I'm very excited for. Tyree Kill wearing a Chiefs uniform in 2026. Maybe that's enough to get Kelsey to come back for one here. A little final. Tyreek and Kelsey right off in the sunset together. Yeah, I think that's absolutely on the board. I'm a little less excited now than I was then.

[Demonte]

Understandably so.

[Nick Wright]

So here, listen. Since those comments, Tyreek has had more really ugly off the field allegations. I can't but they feel like heavier than allegations, lighter than, you know, out and out convictions. But there is a lot of reason to believe that he continues to be a bad Actor off the field, a lot of reason to believe that. So that's the human element, the football element, which is not as important but should be acknowledged. Normal football player is he suffered a catastrophic knee injury. And there is a lot of reason to believe he will not be close to the same guy, especially Tariq Hill, right?

[Demonte]

Guy relies on his speed like that.

[Nick Wright]

It's speed, the. His ability, his acceleration, just this, his raw, naked athleticism. With all that said, I would imagine, and I do think he wants to come back, and I would imagine the Chiefs would take him back at a very, very discounted rate, even if it's just for a year for him to, you know, see if he can be the rare wide receiver that in his 30s, after a bad injury can, you know, still cash in again, 85%. But it is not as exciting of a proposition for any reason as it once was. And it is the. That the Chiefs do need to be careful on. I'm not naive. It's pro football there, you know, you're not going to have a team full of Walter Payton man of the year winners. I get that. But that wide receiver room can get a little hairy on you quick. And I feel like I am. I am a big. What I've said before and I have to be consistent on it is for anybody in almost any setting. I will give you just in my. Again, let me back up a little bit quickly. In order, there's the standard to have your liberty taken away from you and to be imprisoned. And that is beyond a reasonable doubt. And that is the bedrock of our jurisprudence system and all of that. That is not the standard for, you know, if people believe you did or didn't do something. You know what I mean? What you're, you know, gun to your head. Do you think he did it or not?

[Demonte]

Yeah, that.

[Nick Wright]

That is not beyond a reasonable doubt. That is just what you think. So I am, at this moment, I am not talking about guys going to jail. I'm talking about what I think of, you know, the people. And my general standard is. And people might say, you know, it doesn't have to be your standard, it's mine. If the, if you are accused of almost anything once, I will tend to be like, yeah, I don't know. I. The. Who knows? But the moment you get accused a second time, I tend to believe you've done it. And I think that's reasonable. I think that is. I know that that is not. It is just a. It is not a hard and fast every single time rule, but it is My general feeling is I will, I will believe in your, in it. I don't even know if it's. Believe in your innocence. I won't assume you did what you're accused of if it's a one off accusation. But the moment it becomes multiple, particularly, and this is the key point for some guys, if it's multiple from different parties.

[Demonte]

Right.

[Nick Wright]

Then I have a very hard time. I'm like, no, you probably did that. Right. And again, some guys are victims of massive conspiracies. I'm not saying so just to be clear, this is not the standard for someone to go to jail. This is the standard for, in Nick Wright's brain. Do I, do I trust him or do I? And so, so I just think so. I think that's a tricky spot for the Chiefs because I don't think the Chiefs don't have a lot of guys on the team who've been accused of bad stuff, but the guys who have been play the same position.

[Demonte]

Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

And it's the position that Tyreek plays and that's a tricky spot.

[Demonte]

Would you say Tyreek Hill was less out of the limelight when he was on the Chiefs? I would say, like, well, be it more.

[Nick Wright]

Well, he had gotten in a, he had got in a lot of trouble in college, which is why he was a fifth round pick. It's why. And what he got in trouble for in college was ugly stuff. And so he, he did seem to, for the most part seemed like he was on, you know, his best behavior was trying to get paid. He was playing great. He did though, as a chief, early, relatively early, once he become a superstar, have a really, really awful allegation that seem to be disproven by audio. And so that again, maybe goes against, you know, the thing I was saying. But now there's just a lot of, a lot of stuff that makes you feel like as a teammate, I was

[Demonte]

just about not even the off the field stuff, even on the field.

[Nick Wright]

And so it's, you know, it can, there can be a lot of moral bargaining you do with yourself when it comes to rooting for pro football teams. And I, all I've ever said is I owe the audience honesty and people can judge me for it. It's fine. I, the, and these, this is the own, my, the bargaining that I'm doing in my own head as far as what I think is going to happen there. All right, let's the hold on. I wanted the. So the. I think let's do the Chiefs odds question real quick.

[Demonte]

The Chiefs are currently plus 1500 to win the Super Bowl. They're tied for seventh. How do you think their odds would change if they got to re I

[Nick Wright]

don't think it would change at all. The what will change the chief sides and what will make them the fourth favorite it will be Seattle, the Rams Buffalo will be the top three and the Chiefs would jump to number four. Would be the report that Patrick Mahomes is going to play week one. Right now the Chiefs odds are a hedge as far as the Chiefs odds are where they should be. If Mahomes is going to have his first start of the year in week four, he's going to miss first three games. If he's going to play week one, they should be better. If he's going to miss the first six weeks, they should be worse. And so right now it's kind of a hedge for that. But the Tyreek would not significantly change that at all. All right.

[Demonte]

Next the Dolphins cut a handful of players. Do you think TUA is next? I I think with Tyreek Hill being cut the TUA is probably not going

[Nick Wright]

to be cut to his contract is so tricky.

[Demonte]

Okay.

[Nick Wright]

And it's the problem for them is keeping him more guarantees vest for future guarantees. He has no trade value because of the contract. But if you cut him they haven't I don't even it's whether you split it over two years or one it's 98 million dead money. It's a catastrophe. And so maybe what they'd have to do is trade. If and if they trade him it's only only 45 million in dead money. Maybe you could trade him and a draft pick to get someone to take on the deal. It's a very, very tricky spot. But I don't think he's going to be this for one way or another. I don't think he's going to be the starter for the Miami Dolphins next year. I don't think they can let more guaranteed money vest in his deal.

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