May as well throw one out there at the quarte mark of the season...
Mock offseason
Veach breaks out his wheelie-dealie panties...
Chiefs trade Sammy Watkins to the Arizona Cardinals for a 2020 3rd round selection (gain $14 m cap, $7 m dead money)
Chiefs franchise tag Chris Jones then trade him to the Miami Dolphins for a 2020 1st round selection (from Houston) and a 2021 2nd round selection.
Chiefs trade 2020 1st round selection and 2021 4th round selection to the Jacksonville Jaguars for CB Jalen Ramsey, then re-sign Ramsey fto a 5 year, $80 million deal.
Chiefs re-sign CB Bashaud Breeland to a 3 year $27 million deal
Chiefs re-sign LB Darron Lee to a 4 year $13 million deal
Chiefs re-sign DE Emmanuel Ogbah to a 3 year, $12 million deal
Chiefs execute ERFA rights on TE Deon Yelder, LG Andrew Wylie, RG Ryan hunter, TE David Wells, WR Marcus Kemp, WR Devon Grayson and RFA tender CB Keith Reaser
Chiefs exercise QB Patrick Mahomes 5th year option, then re-sign to a 4-year extension worth $152m with $67m guaranteed at signing.
Chiefs re-sign QB Matt Moore, S Jordan Lucas, WR De'Anthony Thomas to near minimum deals
Chiefs sign free agent DB Jimmy Ward (SF) to 1 year, $2 million deal
Chiefs cut S Daniel Sorensen, OL Cam Erving
Chiefs let walk QB Chad Henne, DT Xavier Williams, RG Jeff Allen, CB Morris Claiborne, LB Reggie Ragland, TE Blake Bell, WR De'Anthony Thomas, CB Kendall Fulller, WR Demarcus Robinson, RB LeSean McCoy
Estimated cap with rollover $43 million. Estimated deals before draft selections $37-39 million.
Draft
1. (f/MIA) DT Javon Kinlaw - South Carolina
Kinlaw brings a skill set not all that dissimilar to Chris Jones, with length and upfield burst.
2. (f/SF) CB AJ Green, Oklahoma State
CB Depth, good at coming downhill in the run game.
3. (f/ARZ) TE Brycen Hopkins - Purdue
Heir to Kelce and quality receiver
3. LB Paddy Fisher - Northwestern
Fisher is groomed to take over for Hitchens in 2021 when the Chiefs dump the mistake
4. OL Matt Peart, UConn
Slim quick lineman that can be built up, LG competition/Swing OT depth
5. RB Trey Ragas, UL-Lafayette
Bruiser with good balance and speed the way Veach likes em
QB: Mahomes, Moore
RB: Williams, Williams, Thompson,
Ragas
FB: Lovett
WR: Hill, Hardman, Pringle, Thompson, Kemp, Thomas
TE: Kelce,
Hopkins, Yelder
OL: Fisher, Schwartz, Wylie,
Peart, Allegretti, Duvernay-Tardif, Hunter, Rankins, Reiter
DE: Clark, Okafor, Ogbah, Kpassagnon, Ward
DT:
Kinlaw, Nnadi, Saunders, Speaks, Ivie
LB: Wilson, Lee, Hitchens,
Fisher, Niemann, O'Daniel
CB:
Ramsey, Breeland,
Ward, Ward,
Green, Fenton
S: Mathieu, Thornhill, Watts, Lucas
ST: Butker, Colquitt, Winchester
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My take on the potential Mahomes re-signing at this point (attached). I tried to go approximately 10% of Goff but mixed the solution a bit between Goff's structure and Wentz's structure. The end result is going to be largely the same regardless of where you stick money, but spreading for the cap and also the way you want to guarantee money changes how the contract is written. Right now guarantees are salary and roster bonuses (at triggers). The prorated bonuses are guaranteed at signing (like Wentz). By the way, this contract does eclipse the Rogers extension a bit.
Edit (Description): Essentially the deal is a 4-year extension with $152,854,095 of new money (He'd have a cost of $5,226,443 in 2019 and an expected 5th-year option of $24,276,000). It includes $67,335,000 guaranteed at signing, $27,500,000 as a signing bonus and guaranteed roster bonuses and salaries in 2020 and 2021. There is a $33,000,000 option bonus that triggers at the start of the 2020 league year. If that option is declined it becomes a fully guaranteed salary for 2020, guaranteeing the option and making total guaranteed money $100,335,000.
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