The controversy surrounding O'Keefe's departure follows allegations made by 16 staffers in a letter dated February 6, accusing O'Keefe of being "outright cruel" to members of the group and becoming a "power-drunk tyrant."
"The NFL has a lot of network mouths to feed, and could use KC games versus the Eagles, Bills and Bengals as tentpole events for the NBC, CBS and ESPN schedules.”