Rams CB Trent McDuffie opens up about initial anger following Chiefs trade

Trent McDuffie tried to silence the news that would change his career.Two days after the NFL scouting combine, McDuffie was training when his Apple Watch began firing alerts.Assuming a group chat had become unusually active, he switched on “do not disturb” and attempted to finish his workout.Then his fiancée and mother walked into the facility.“I’m like, ‘Why are y’all here?’” McDuffie recalled on the “Bussin’ With The Boys” podcast.McDuffie soon learned the Kansas City Chiefs had traded him to the Los Angeles Rams.

The news had broken before his agent could get a hold of him, turning what should have been a private career-altering conversation into a stream of notifications.“The world stopped for a second,” McDuffie said.“I was like, let me get my bearings.

What just happened?”The trade blindsided him because Kansas City had spent the previous season assuring his representatives that an extension would eventually be completed.McDuffie expected negotiations to drag into the offseason, but he never seriously anticipated leaving.Whispers about an uncertain future emerged around the combine.

Days later, he was gone without a direct conversation with the Chiefs.“A little part of me was just like, ‘Damn, bro, what’s up with that?’” McDuffie said.“You didn’t let me know anything.

I didn’t have any conversation about nothing.It was just like, ‘Bye,’ pretty much.” California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story Shock gave way to anger.The destination then produced another dramatic swing.“I found out it was L.A., and I was like, ‘Oh, I made it,’” McDuffie said.Los Angeles represented a homecoming for the Southern California native, who attended St.

John Bosco High School after growing up in Westminster.I...