Reflecting on my time as managing editor at Chiefs Wire over the past few weeks, I kept coming back to the fact that there was an alternate ending where these last five years don’t happen. I’m immensely grateful that they did, and no words that I put on a page can truly encapsulate my gratitude, but I think the most valuable part of my story is understanding why the last five years did happen.
Back in February 2016, I got my start in this space working as an NFL draft analyst. I was covering the team with Wesley Roesch and John Dillon at About.com’s now-defunct Kansas City Chiefs blog. It was my first opportunity to break into writing professionally, but for reasons out of all of our control, that opportunity didn’t last longer than six months.
