Top 5 Chiefs Entering Contract Years in 2024

[cmh6476]

https://kckingdom.com/posts/top-5-ch...4-01j0xnwhd5wc

1. Creed Humphrey
2. Nick Bolton
3. Justin Reid
4. Trey Smith
5. Harrison Butker


They all take hometown discounts to keep winning Super Bowls and we good? We draft/ find cost effective league vets to replace them and keep winning Super Bowls? They all leave and we're doomed? Somewhere in the middle of all of that?

Those are definitely five guys that will be disappointing to see go if the business side of things dictates as much.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by KingPriest2

Not sure how we can resign anyone next year

We have 13.3 mil in cap space


We need 7 mil for the draft class

Cutting Thuney saves 16 mil

Really anyone else we can cut

We can restructure. Mahomes Kelce Jone. and Taylor

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.

[Okchief80]

Originally Posted by KingPriest2

Not sure how we can resign anyone next year

We have 13.3 mil in cap space


We need 7 mil for the draft class

Cutting Thuney saves 16 mil

Really anyone else we can cut

We can restructure. Mahomes Kelce Jone. and Taylor

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.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni

There's no such thing as hometown discounts

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.

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by Okchief80

14 million is Toney who will be cut.

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.

[RINGLEADER]

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.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni

There's no such thing as hometown discounts

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.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by cmh6476

https://kckingdom.com/posts/top-5-ch...4-01j0xnwhd5wc

1. Creed Humphrey
2. Nick Bolton
3. Justin Reid
4. Trey Smith
5. Harrison Butker


They all take hometown discounts to keep winning Super Bowls and we good? We draft/ find cost effective league vets to replace them and keep winning Super Bowls? They all leave and we're doomed? Somewhere in the middle of all of that?

Those are definitely five guys that will be disappointing to see go if the business side of things dictates as much.

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.

[tredadda]

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.

[RINGLEADER]

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.

[KingPriest2]

Originally Posted by Okchief80

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.

It’s 16 mil

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/ka...oogle_vignette

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni

There's no such thing as hometown discounts

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce say hi. Also just got a ****ing discount on Hollywood Brown

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce say hi. Also just got a ****ing discount on Hollywood Brown

Lulz

[Wisconsin_Chief]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Will be super easy to move on from Creed.

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.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce say hi. Also just got a ****ing discount on Hollywood Brown

And I think OP listed them in the order of most likely to be signed. Bolton is pretty much in Spags will.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Okchief80

Humphrey would be my first choice because keeping Mahomes healthy is our number one priority. Trey would be nice but he is going to be too expensive.

Bolton is number two. He is solid but he better not be asking for top dollar. He is really good but he isn’t the best on the market.

Butker is third. Great kicker. However….What is he going to ask? Are we paying 8+ million for a kicker? I guess this goes for all of them. Creed and butker are the only two that I would make the highest paid but they better not be going too high.

Reid should be begging to come back.

$8+ million for a kicker would be insane.