Thielen restructured his deal with the Vikings. Looks like they're trying to create as much room as they can. Maybe they're just going to keep Hunter.

Definitely possible. There was a ton of smoke there for the last couple weeks. Chandler Jones and Miller signed about the same time so someone might have come in to better what Baltimore was offering or his agent talked him into playing the market thinking he could now get more

It's weird that he backed out. It doesn't look that great if you verbally agree to a deal, then see that other guys at your position are getting more money....and then back out.

Yeah, backing out of that deal without another offer in hand was REALLY stupid.

Even money says his market absolutely tanks.

I’m gonna get flamed for this but I really don’t mind bringing Sammy back at the right price. Incentive based contract would be good.

Right now we have 2 starting WR’s, Gordon (lol) and Powell.

Unless it wasn't money at all.

Randy Gregory said his decision was about contract language he didn't like. Maybe Smith saw something in the contract language that wasn't to his liking?

I'm down for anything at this point. This team needs bodies pretty much everywhere. Just start signing some cheaper guys and fill up.

I think Jihad Ward as a DE that can also play DT will be in play. Hopefully dirt cheap. Cullen got to see him first hand last year

Any word on negotiations with OBJ? Wouldn't signing him and clearing the tag free up $$ to go eat? What's the going rate AAV for OT?

Nothing yet. I don't think his deal gets done until closer to the deadline.

Yeah, it's a mistake; presumptively referring to possible 2024 dead cap?.

Click on the little 'dead cap' link in 2023 and for every available option, cut or trade, includes that same $6.45 million in 2023 dead cap money. They got it right there, just didn't translate it on the webpage. They also did some wonky stuff w/ his signing bonus numbers.

I don't think they have it figure out yet, to be honest.

It ain't going anywhere. Like I said, it's carved in stone at this point.

AFAIK, he's still trying to decide whether he wants to hire an agent or represent himself.

He kind of said he wasn't doing anything until after Mahomes' wedding anyway.

I know I've said it plenty of times before but I just don't see how Chris Jones is sticking on this team next year with that cap number. They're either going to have to extend him or trade him.

Lol I won't lie....this off season is just as confusing as the season was. I truly did not think the conversations that are being had right now would be the conversations we'd be having a week into free agency.

I think I was extremely naive and bought into the whole Mahomes has a special contract structure that will allow the chiefs to restructure and move money/numbers around whenever to create cap room and flexibility thing too much.

Here's OTC for Clark.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Per <a href="https://t.co/c4sdxY9FRD">https://t.co/c4sdxY9FRD</a> , here are Frank Clark’s restructure numbers in full. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> <a href="https://t.co/aWkQ4LJ2wt">https://t.co/aWkQ4LJ2wt</a> <a href="https://t.co/hXFFOK4uUp">pic.twitter.com/hXFFOK4uUp</a></p>&mdash; Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacobs71/status/1504839552904609853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>