1. The Chiefs do well this coming season. HC Andy Reid and GM Brett Veach are retained. The salary cap jumps $35m.
2. The Chiefs franchise: OT Orlando Brown.
3. The Chiefs cut: DE Frank Clark, ILB Anthony Hitchens
4. The Chiefs extended: WR Tyreek Hill for 4 years, $80m ($52m guaranteed), S Tyrann Mathieu for 3 years, $50m ($21m guaranteed).
5. The Chiefs tender: WR Marcus Kemp, WR Jody Fortson, CB Chris Lammons
6. The Chiefs re-sign: OT Mike Remmers, 1 year, $3m; DT Jarran Reed 2 years, $17m ($6m guaranteed); DE Melvin Ingram, 2 years $24m ($20m guaranteed).
7. The Chiefs re-sign to minimal deals: QB Chad Henne, RB Darrel Williams, FB Michael Burton, WR Byron Pringle, LB Ben Niemann, LB Dorian O'Daniel, OT Mike Remmers, OG Andrew Wylie, OG Kyle Long, C Austin Blythe, LS James Winchester
8. The Chiefs let walk: RB Jerick McKinnon, RB Derrick Gore, WR Demarcus Robinson, WR Josh Gordon, TE Blake Bell, TE Nick Keizer, OT Prince Tega Wanogho, OG Kyle Long, DT Derrick Nnadi, DE Alex Okafor, CB Charvarius Ward, CB Mike Hughes, S Dan Sorensen, S Armani Watts, S Will Parks.
9. The Chiefs sign RB Rashad Penny (SEA), WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (PIT), DE Derek Barnett (PHI), LB Reggie Ragland (NYG), CB Chris Harris, Jr. (LAC), CB BoPete Keyes (UFA), S Terrell Edmunds (PIT)
10. The Chiefs are picking late in the draft.
The draft:
1. DE Travon Walker, Georgia
2. S Daxton Hill, Michigan
3. DT Devonte Wyatt, Notre Dame
4. CB Josh Jobe, Alabama
7. LB Mike Rose, Iowa State
7. RB Max Borghi, Washington State
I think Borghi makes sense as a RB who can reach a 2nd gear, which we're badly lacking.
Penny is a reclamation project.
The Chiefs, under Veach, have shown the willingness to go back to the well for FAs they've missed on previously, and I still think Smith-Schuster is a fit.
Barnett is a decent veteran passrusher who will give the Chiefs a decent secondary rusher while Walker gets up to speed; I expect Walker to take the starting position by year's end.
I think the Chiefs allow Nnadi to walk and make a run at keeping Jarran Reed.
Tight on cap room, the Chiefs are looking for scheme fits who are being discarded by their teams: Reggie Ragland and Chris Harris.
Terrell Edmunds is a reclamation project.
Rose is a solid Sam thumper.
Jobe feels like another Sneed to me: a long athlete that is smart and hard-nosed.
The Chiefs love running with three-safety sets and after letting Sorensen and Watts walk, Hill allows them to run as that set as much as they want.
why would we bring slow assed Reggie Ragland back? That's exact wrong kind of LB as I would have thought watching Gay and Bolton would have shown. [Reply]
I like your draft a lot and think they will circle back to Juju in free agency.
Walker, Jobe, and Rose are all guys I've mocked to KC in the past week with the way the draft board currently sits. I don't LOVE the draft buy at DT (probably would go with a WR or an OT in that position instead).
No thanks on bringing back Ragland or re-signing Reed, though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
why would we bring slow assed Reggie Ragland back? That's exact wrong kind of LB as I would have thought watching Gay and Bolton would have shown.
We'd be bringing him back for pennies, in my mind, purely as a base down Sam.
How often do the Chiefs go with 3 LB sets? 20% of the downs, maybe? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dante84:
I think we retain Nnadi (huge in the run game), Bell (vet min) & Ward (homegrown, likely signs on a team-friendly deal).
I think we let Reed (meh so far, better lately, but not what we hoped for) walk.
Ragland (scheme) and Harris (age) signings confuse me a bit.
Nnadi is not that huge in the run game anymore, really. He is a strong run defender, but the Chiefs are relying on Reed more and more. Nnadi is probably averaging around 25-35% of snaps, whereas Reed is probably closer to 60% to 70% -- I haven't researched that, though. Just shooting from the hips on those digits.
Reed's play the past couple weeks with Chris Jones next to him full time has been really strong.
I really like the idea of keeping Ward, but in this situation, we're keeping Mathieu, and I don't know how you keep both. (In some cases, I struggle to see how we keep either.)
My logic in that situation: We've still got Sneed on the roster, and Fenton is a really good tertiary option, but you're going to need to bring in another body if Ward walks.
Chris Harris makes sense because he's cheap. He's going to be another year older, and there seemed to be some mutual interest between Harris and the Chiefs before. He gives you a solid vet you don't need to overly rely on. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kccrow:
Resign Mathieu, Reed, and sign Raglund? Jeebus man.
I'm not a fan of any of those.
I'm okay with the draft picks though.
Ragland's a vet-min signing, so who cares. One of those is coming down the pipeline anyways.
I assume your problem with Mathieu and Reed is the pricetag. Because there can't be any question about their play.
In particular Mathieu. The mental advantage he gives our secondary is invaluable, and part of the Spags' plan of cheaping out on corner depends on Mathieu getting everybody where they need to be. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
I like your draft a lot and think they will circle back to Juju in free agency.
Walker, Jobe, and Rose are all guys I've mocked to KC in the past week with the way the draft board currently sits. I don't LOVE the draft buy at DT (probably would go with a WR or an OT in that position instead).
No thanks on bringing back Ragland or re-signing Reed, though.
First of all, you gotta post them mocks my friend. Start a megathread in this here forum.
Walker and Jobe in particular are perfect fits. Jobe basically feels like Sneed 2.0. [Reply]