Am I being unrealistic? You can't predict exact numbers but if you've got a guy coming up from an extension and you don't push to get it done before FA begins you sure as hell can find yourself in a spot like this where the market on someone else drove the price up and your team could use some cap relief for the upcoming season that would come with a new deal. To me, this is similar in some ways to bringing Ingram in last FA period, not signing him, then giving picks for him midseason.

Ugh.

I’d probably take the damn picks.

That’s a TON to give to a 30+ yr old WR.

But man if he ages like Steve Smith I’d never forgive myself for it. I want three to spend their careers together and go to the HoF as Chiefs with no exceptions.

It would sting. A bunch.

But it might just end up necessary.

I don’t think he gets a Hopkins or Adams deal.

I could see $24-25 million a season though.

Yeah I’m with you.

You have to weigh the opportunity cost. If you extend Hill, you’re giving up the picks that you could’ve had AND the cap space.

If you trade, you get the picks AND the cap space.

It would hurt, but I would do it too.

Yeah the playoffs sure showed that right? ROFL

So you think Reek figured Adams was gonna get that kind of money? My point was they could have extended him with a raise for a nice chunk of change before the market reset the price

Up to 21 was easy for me.

22-23 was something I’d grumble but do.

24 gets real close to ‘well crap, may be time to consider this window closed and start working in the next one…’

I think he knew Adams would reset the market and that’s exactly why he didn’t sign.

There was no risk there. The market wasn’t going to drop.

At this point just break off talks and go to your corners until next year.

Uhhhh yeah. Adams has been talking about being the highest paid WR for at least a year.

Veach quietly being a genius

If that's his goal given the current financial constraints, I hope they tag his ass in back to back years.

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Appearing on NFL Network, cornerback Patrick Peterson — formerly of the Minnesota Vikings and now a free agent — spoke about what he’s looking for in his next team as he tests out free agency at age 31.

“I know that I am older, and in this game a lot of GMs want younger guys,” Peterson said. “But I can still play at a high level. So at the end of the day, I just don’t want to be disrespected. Just give me “something” that’s respectable, I can go out there and play at a high level and give it my all to wherever team I land on to try and win a championship.”

The “something” Peterson, an eight-time Pro Bowler, was referring to is money.

The three-time All-Pro cornerback expressed his desire to re-join the Vikings, whom he signed a one-year deal with last offseason. However, Peterson also said he’d like to play for the Chiefs.

“Kansas City I don’t think would be a bad spot,” he said. Peterson also mentioned the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles as other teams he would like to join as well.

Heading into free agency, the Chiefs were roughly $10.6 million over the cap, according to Over The Cap. However, the front office restructured defensive end Frank Clark’s contract, which lowered his cap number from $23.2 million to $13.7 million, according to ESPN’s Field Yates. That in turn free up $12.6 million in cap room for Kansas City, per Yates.

Simple math shows that the Chiefs don’t have very much spending money. However, giving wide receiver Tyreek Hill a contract extension, which the team is “deep in talks” about, according to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, would free up more money, among other potential cap maneuvers.

Given his age and decline in ability, the Chiefs could offer Peterson no more than a one-year, prove-it deal, much like the Vikings did in 2021. Minnesota gave Peterson $10 million in that deal. A year later and after recording just a 63.0 overall grade from PFF for the 2021 season, Kansas City’s best offer to Peterson — if they were at all interested in him — shouldn’t be more than $5-7 million.

From that point, the Chiefs would have to hope that Peterson would bring a higher level of play than we’ve seen the last couple of years from him, which would make his contract worthwhile as Kansas City attempts to contend for another championship.

Unfortunately, that type of money likely wouldn’t be enough to get Peterson to sign with the Chiefs. Later in his interview on NFL Network, after he discussed his preferred destinations, Peterson had two words to describe what will ultimately coax him to sign with any team this offseason.

“Money talks.”


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I ain’t reading that many words dedicated to a rapidly declining corner.

Too old, don’t want.

Moving on.

Patrick Peterson can get ****ed.