2021 was a difficult year for Chiefs DE Frank Clark from a legal perspective. In March 2021, the three-time Pro Bowler was arrested for possession of a concealed firearm, and in June 2021, he was arrested again when police officers conducted a traffic stop and noticed an Uzi in an open bag in Clark’s vehicle. Earlier this month, it was reported that Clark has resolved those charges.
Per the Associated Press, Clark pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor possession of an assault weapon, and he was sentenced to one year of probation and 40 hours of community service. Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk writes that Clark will be due back in court on March 29, 2023 to prove that he has completed his sentence. Williams also notes that the judge required Clark to host four free youth football camps, which he has already done.
Now 29, Clark was rumored as a release candidate earlier this year given the hefty cap charges that he was due to carry over the 2022-23 seasons. Rather than release him, Kansas City ultimately decided to keep Clark in the fold via a new two-year deal worth $29MM (with incentives that could push that number to $36MM).
Over the first two games of the 2022 campaign, both Chiefs wins, Clark has appeared in 60% of the team’s defensive snaps. He has yet to record a sack and has posted three total tackles.
Under his present contract, Clark is due a $20.5MM base salary in 2023, and KC can release him to save $10MM against the cap while incurring a $9.075MM dead money charge. Given his declining sack totals over the past several years and his slow start to the current season, a release or another restructure presently looks like the most likely outcome next offseason.
As Williams observes, Clark could still face punishment under the league’s personal conduct policy for the gun charges.
Uzi’s were big in the 80’s.
Sure, a guy carrying around a firearm unlawfully and then also carrying around a fully automatic firearm unlawfully should be around kids. What great role model for them. He should also of course face no legal trouble at all because after all, he has to go play sports ball on Sunday.
Maybe the confusion is that the second incident wasn’t actually a gun, but a terrible Turkish rapper.
Now, just what do you think he’s carrying these guns around for? Probably just to deliver flowers to sick grandmas in hospitals.
Must be hanging out with some real losers.
First off it was not a full auto Uzi. He would have been arrested and would have been kept there for awhile. You have to have a lic that is hard to get. What he had was a look alike Uzi. There are so many screw on pieces you can make a gun look like anything with in reason.
Go look at a 10/20 .22 rifle and the stuff you can add to it. It is like making a car illegal for painting it and adding nice wheels and tires. The media also has no idea what an AR is because it is a name from a company that was one of the starters to make these pieces. They also made the first rifle to look like one of the rifles the military uses.
I am not sticking up for him but there are ways to transport weapons legally. For instance unload all of them put the rifles in the trunk and the ammo someplace up front. Once when we were going shooting I had my carry permit other did not. We put guns in trunk and all ammo on the dash pad. He might have had a good reason or he is dumb. Carrying rifles and/or handguns is not hard if you use your head.
You can legally own a fully auto uzi. He wasn’t arrested or kept anywhere because of who he is.
Oh, I have a pretty good reason why he was carrying that type of gun.
Wait, you have a pretty good reason why he was carrying that type of gun? Do tell!
It isn’t really hard to think about it. Why does anyone carry that specific type of gun?
No, but you said you had a pretty good reason. I’m just curious what it is.
Then if you know I don’t have to answer the question. Are people always this pointless?
Says the guy that can’t say what the ingenious “pretty good idea” is.
In reality, like the rest of us, you have no clue why he had these guns with him. NONE.
So you can stop your “pointless” speculation because it means nothing. To no one.
Seems to mean an awful lot to you, chuck.
You don’t know who I am or what I do, you have no idea what I know and what I don’t know.
I have several clues as to why he would have a gun like that, so don’t lump me in with idiots such as yourself.
It isn’t “pointless speculation” when you have clues staring you right in the face. Obviously you are upset at the implication that you also had. so why don’t you stop being racist and hating yourself for it?
I’m racist and hating myself? Wrong. I hate internet tough guys that like to pretend that they have a clue what they are talking about. You have no clue. You’re very typical.
Time to mute the loser. Byeeeee.
I haven’t pretended to be tough for one moment. I also don’t pretend to have a clue. I have actual clues and I know a lot of what I am talking about.
I guess you hate yourself even more for pretending to know everything about me and being an internet tough guy for telling me to leave.
Yeah, you are racist. I suggest I know why he might be carrying a specific type of gun and you say you don’t need me to tell you what it is. That means you formed your own conclusion based upon what? That is very typical of people like you. If you want to mute the loser, mute yourself and do the world a favor.