Why is Tony G still a Chief?

By DAVID MARTIN

Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez did not get the trade he wanted. The NFL’s trading deadline came and went, and No. 88 is still with the team and the general manager who brought him into the league in 1997.

Aaron Schatz, the creator of Football Outsiders, a collective that tries to apply statistical rigor to football in a manner similar to Bill James‘ influence on baseball, says the Chiefs — a team screaming for double-digit losses — blew it by hanging on to the 32-year-old tight end. “It’s all about the future,” Schatz says.