I'll start this by saying I'm not as good at ALL the small details as kccrow and a few others. But here's a run at a whole-picture plan.
I'm approaching the 21 offseason with 3 main goals: 1) Shore up OL; 2) Improve DE pass rush; 3) add weapons to pass game
Anything beyond those 3 goals is just icing on top.
Current roster service
Restructure $10M of Patrick Mahomes’ roster bonus
Restructure $15M of Chris Jones’ base salary
Extend Tyreek Hill (becomes 4-year, $80M that lowers his 21 cap number by $5M)
Extend Tyrann Mathieu (becomes 4-year, $59.5M deal that lowers his 21 cap number by $10M)
Extend Eric Fisher (becomes 3 year, $43.5M deal that lowers his 21 cap number by $6M)
Mitchell Schwartz retires/is cut
Retain: Anthony Sherman on vet minimum deal
Re-sign Mike Remmers, 2 years, $7.25M
Re-sign Taco Charlton, 1 year, $2M (incentives to $10M)
Retain Charvarious Ward on tender
Free agent losses:
Sammy Watkins
Daniel Sorenson
Bashad Breeland
Damien Wilson
Demarcus Robinson
Austin Reiter
Tanoh Kpassagnon
Daniel Kilgore
Stefan Wisniewski
Antonio Hamilton
Mike Pennel
Le’Veon Bell
Deon Yelder
Ricky Seals-Jones
Gehrig Dieter
Andrew Wylie
Darrel Williams
Ben Niemann
Alex Brown
Nick Keizer
Byron Pringle
This leaves the Chiefs with $17.5M, give or take, in cap room for 21 (projected $185M cap). If it stays flat at $195M, I can drop one of the extensions/restructures OR maybe play a little bigger in FA
Sign
Carl Lawson, DE, 3/$32M ($6M cap number in 21)
Jason Kelce, C, 1/$4M with incentives to $10M
Other vets on minimal deals (John Ross? Mostly roster filler)
That leaves me with around $8M in cap room with $34.5M in projected 22 cap room (227.5M cap).
Draft
Trade: #31 to Miami for #36 and #81 1.36 – Terrance Marshall, Jr. WR, LSU Reinforce the WR position with a hopeful Day 1 start at WR 2 Trade: #63, #94 to Washington for #51 2.51 – Dillon Radunz, T, North Dakota State Goal here is a T you’re convinced can step in at LT year 1. Radunz, Little, Eichenberg (Eichenberg gives you future flexibility if you need it). 3.81 – Quinn Meinerz, C/OG, Wisconsin-Whitewater I’m hoping he plays LG in year 1, with the goal of him replacing Kelce at C in year 2. 4.136 – Paulson Adebo, CB, Stanford I love his fit in KC’s scheme and think his upside is huge. 2022 starter. 4.144 –Tre McKitty, TE, Georgia Love his receiving ability and overall upside 5.176 – Joshuah Bledsoe, S, Missouri Bledsoe can’t play deep safety very well, but he’s good in the slot, matches up well with big receivers, and can hit. 5.180 – Jaelon Darden, WR, North Texas With Hardman taking more of an offensive role, I grab a developmental WR who can contribute as a returner right away 7.256 – K.J. Britt, LB, Auburn I like what he brings and think this could be a contributor
Post-draft feels
Well, I'm pretty happy if it breaks this way. The Chiefs for 21 would have an improved pass rush on D with a lot more upside on the OL. Key thing is if I've done enough at LT to bandage this in the short-term. Eichenberg MAY be a safer option in this scenario, as a guy who's more "ready" Day 1/finished, and also more likely to be versatile enough to slide inside. I'm not sure Radunz is either of those things.
If Fisher comes back at full strength, the OL could really evolve into a true strengt, though. [Reply]
However, it'll cost the Eagles more to cut Kelce than keep him, so I doubt they do that.
At this point I have no idea what the Eagles are going to do. They’re almost $40 million over the cap and I don’t see how they can create that space. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Flip them a 6th for Kelce.
Hell, see if they wanna trade us Fletcher Cox too.
The Eagles can't move him. They paid him his guaranteed money so they're on the hook for his dead money if they cut or trade him - just over $10M and they're $40M over the projected cap. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
The Eagles can't move him. They paid him his guaranteed money so they're on the hook for his dead money if they cut or trade him - just over $10M and they're $40M over the projected cap.
Just saying, if they wanna go firesale, see what they'll move.
If Schwartz is retiring and we could make the money work, I'd send them 31 for Lane JOhnson. [Reply]
Our o-line situation is crazy. Beginning the year with Niang/Meinerz/Radunz as starters could be sketchy given they're all essentially rookies, but we're going to see some young, new faces on the line without a doubt. I'd say if that happens, and the coaches put 3 rookies ahead of Remmers, Wylie (if he's back), and/or Allegretti based on their performance in camp/pre-season then we're sitting pretty. [Reply]