Danna and Tranquil both signed 3-year deals this offseason, so they could also be candidates for re-structure. It just won't make as big of a dent as the others might.
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I think Mahomes will restructure. Hopefully,we can push his cap hit back until he retires in twenty years and 95% of the cap will be his contract.

14 million is Toney who will be cut.
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Players in the twilight of their careers can and do accept smaller contracts to keep from moving families or having to upend their lives for one or two last years.

Reid falls into that category.....a guy like Bolton might take a little less (not a large amount) because of his connection to Mizzou and KC being the team who believed in him when others didn't.

But yes the rest of them...you are right there will be no discount.
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This is incorrect. Toney's entire contract was just under $14 million over four years. The fifth year option, which the Chiefs declined, would have been over $14.4 million. His cap hit for 2024 is $2.5 million, which is fully guaranteed. So cutting him saves nothing.
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Creed and Bolton are getting paid.

Butker will as long as he doesn’t ask for crazy money.

We have depth at S so Reid is likely gone and Smith only sticks on a team friendly deal.
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There is such a thing as guys who are desperate for a ring, but we haven't had very much of them, probably because by the time those players get desperate they're not very good anymore, and we don't have any use for them on our roster. Dunlap and Tranquil (even though Tranquil is still pretty young) are the most recent examples I can think of.

In terms of dudes we've re-signed or extended, there haven't been that many to give us actual hometown discounts. Really, Kelce and Mahomes are the only ones I can think of.
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Creed - resign
Bolton - resign
Reid - wait and see. The safety market was pretty soft this year with good players out there.
Smith - replacement already on the squad in Hunter Nourzad. He will probably get a big bag somewhere else.
Butker - resign as long as his demands are not ridiculous. The change in kickoffs might lower his positional salary.
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Creed: Probably will be resigned. The center market isn’t as inflated as other positions on the line. It’s an important position that I think Veach will prioritize.

Bolton: would love to see him resign and think he will as long as he’s not asking for the moon.

Trey: Gone unless he agrees to less money, but a longer contract.

Reid: With him doing kickoffs now he will have a greater level of utility that could make him more valuable than he would be as just a safety.

Butker: He’s one of the best K’s in the league and is nails in every high pressure situation he is put in during the playoffs. He will get resigned.
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With new cap we should have $30M-$40M less the draft class. And there is plenty of $$ in Mahomes and Jones deals if we restructure one or both of them. Thuney will also likely get replace by a more affordable veteran so that’s $16M more as well. We should have no problem keeping Bolton, Creed, and Butker and replacing Thuney and Smith with lower priced vets and draft picks. Reid is replaced by who we already have.
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It’s 16 mil

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/ka...oogle_vignette
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Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce say hi. Also just got a fucking discount on Hollywood Brown :-)
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Lulz
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People will hate this, but it’s absolutely the right move. The guy will likely get close to $20 million a year with the way things are going, and a championship team just doesn’t pay a center that kind of money. They’ve kept that position dirt cheap this entire run and I don’t expect that to change.
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And I think OP listed them in the order of most likely to be signed. Bolton is pretty much in Spags will.
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$8+ million for a kicker would be insane.
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