Drue Tranquill expected to reach agreement with Chiefs [3yrs/$19 million]

[RunKC]

**** yeah!

#Chiefs and linebacker Drue Tranquill are expected to reach an agreement on a new contract, per sources.

Key piece of Super Bowl run primed for a re-up. pic.twitter.com/lXxdqPVpdy

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) March 8, 2024

[Wisconsin_Chief]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

Someone would have paid him. Glad it's us.

Yeah, zero chance Tranquill only gets $1.5 to $3 mil if he hit the market after the season he just had. $6.5 million average is a bargain for what he brings to this team. Well worth it.

[tyecopeland]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

Someone would have paid him. Glad it's us.

We'll never know. And that's fine by me. My only point is that I don't think it was as big of a team friendly deal as twisted seems to think it is.

[Imon Yourside]

Love this dude, was extremely happy last year we stole him from the June Superbowl Champs.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by tyecopeland

We'll never know. And that's fine by me. My only point is that I don't think it was as big of a team friendly deal as twisted seems to think it is.

He would have gotten paid more elsewhere. It most likely also let's us walk from Gay.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by tyecopeland

We'll never know. And that's fine by me. My only point is that I don't think it was as big of a team friendly deal as twisted seems to think it is.

I think this is one of those weird ones where it's a good deal in terms of his contributions to the team relative to our other contracts but just a fair deal in terms of market value. He probably would have been able to get more elsewhere, but I don't think it would have been DRAMATICALLY more.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

He would have gotten paid more elsewhere. It most likely also let's us walk from Gay.

This along with Chanel becoming a great player made Gay expendable.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I think this is one of those weird ones where it's a good deal in terms of his contributions to the team relative to our other contracts but just a fair deal in terms of market value. He probably would have been able to get more elsewhere, but I don't think it would have been DRAMATICALLY more.

This.

Again, i ask....what did he do last year that he didn't already demonstrate as a Charger in a full time role? Seriously.

No, i don't believe for a second that his market shot up as a part time player for us and that he took some home town discount.

[RINGLEADER]

We resign CJ and Ominehu makes a full recovery and we’ll still be a top 10 defense even without Sneed. Give Patrick some competent outside help and we’ll be just fine.

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Tranquill played 57% of the defensive snaps last season and had 80 tackles, 5 sacks, 2 FF, 7 TFL and 7 QB hits.

We MASSIVELY underpaid for him. Feels like he could have easily gotten $12 million a year in FA for some team desperate for a linebacker.

If he doesn't tackle Lamar on that batted ball reception, Lamar may have scored a TD.

Its a play that doesn't get discussed as being critical, but it was probably one of the most important plays of the season.

[Otter]

Loving this one. Great job Burnt Peach.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

Definitely a solid piece for the defense. It likely means the end of Willie Gay. It also is a bridge if we have trouble resigning Bolton next offseason.

I'm not convinced that people are lining up to pay Gay.

[xztop123]

Drue had a higher 2023 pff than Bolton lol.

Bolton sheds stacks and hits harder than Drue but other than that he’s solid

[Peter Gibbons]

I am at peace with this signing.

[DJ's left nut]

That's a little higher AAV than I expected (I was thinking around $5 million/yr).

Good to have him back, but the difference between the $5 million and $6.5 million/season will start to add up after awhile.

And I do have some concerns with his durability over a full season. He's not a big guy and if he's someone you're going to try to get 75+% of the season's snaps out of, I question if he can hold up.

I also think the "Wow, we stole him stuff" is a bit odd. I mean he came off a MONSTER season in LA the year before. It was a career year for him and he was damn good. And the market just wasn't there for him so he came here on a fairly small 1 year deal. Maybe he took a little less to play here, but I doubt he was turning down $7 million last season to play here for $3.5.

His market just isn't terribly robust and never really has been. I don't think this is that much less than he'd have gotten on the open market. It's just a piece we managed to lock in place prior to the start of the FA period and that has some value in its own right.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by tyecopeland

FWIW Barnwell had drue tranquill in the tier of linebackers of "backups likely to earn guaranteed money" and projected salary in the 1.5-3 mil per season. Even if he was in the next tier up Barnwell had those "borderline starters/high end backups" in the 3-5 million per season range.

You neglected to mention that Barnwell also has Willie Gay in a Tier of “capable starters” likely to earn 7-10mm per.

I think it’s a much smarter move to bring back Tranquil rather than Gay even if it were the same money.