Creed Humphrey Extension with Chiefs
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> and Pro Bowl center Creed Humphrey have agreed to terms on a massive new deal to make him the NFL’s highest-paid center. <a href="https://t.co/47C484DwuE">pic.twitter.com/47C484DwuE</a></p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1826776151651385355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

**** yes. Easy decision there and always was IMO. Center contracts are much more reasonable than G.

Rickey called it again

I wonder if they were eager to get this done to have the tag available for Bolton or Smith. It feels like that would probably be too much though.

Ding Dong BWillie's dead

**** yes!!! Lock down Bolton and Smith and we’re golden!

he looks like a goofy ****er in that picture. He's our goofy ****er though. Hell yeah!

Nice. Wonder when we'll see numbers.

It would make sense. Easier problem to work with on between Bolton and/or Smith as opposed to Humphrey, Bolton, and/or Smith.

Pretty Ricky

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ESPN Sources: Chiefs and Pro Bowl center Creed Humphrey reached agreement on a four-year, $72 million extension, including $50 million guaranteed. Humphrey now becomes the highest-paid center in NFL history.<br><br>Deal negotiated by Ken Sarnoff and Andy Simms of 1 of 1 Agency. <a href="https://t.co/AooEM0HMwb">pic.twitter.com/AooEM0HMwb</a></p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1826777131092967879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Okay and now my dick is extended!!!

Creed is good!

Wow. Beat the previous AAV by about 4.5 million.

Damn i was gonna guess 4 years 60 million

Good lord, that’s a lot of goddamn money for a center.

I’ll obviously trust them, but wow.

If I had just one wish
Only one demand
I hope we extend Creed
I hope he snaps pigskins

Only thing I'd look sideways at is if they extended Trey Smith as well.

If there’s anything that gives Patrick happy feet and causes him to preemptively drift backwards and abandon clean pockets, it’s pressure up the middle.

That compensation suggests the Chiefs see the impact Creed has had for Patrick as a pocket passer.

Awesome news! Keep the band together baby! :thumb:

Guessing that’s more like 3/$50 million with a big ol’ base salary at the end that he’s unlikely to see.

I mean they DEMOLISHED the market, don’t get me wrong. But there will be some finagling in there.

If they do then hopefully it’s not market settling as well. We have one of the most expensive QB, top paid TE, top paid DT, and now top paid C. Still curious what they do with Bolton and when the time comes, McDuffie.

Either way I am glad Creed is still a Chief and trust that Veach knows what he is doing.

Creed isn't just the best C in the league. Dude is always available.

Hope there’s a “dirting the snap” clause. Jk. Love Creed! Protect Patrick at all costs!

$18 million APY?! Holy shit

Need to see the structure of the deal but wow

Called he would get the highest salary for a center. 12.5 a year guaranteed isn't bad. Gotta see how likely it is he gets the other 20mil and how that breaks down

Worth it.

I like that he plays for my favorite team the KC City Chiefs

Zero chance they use the tag on Bolton. There is no separate designation for OLB and MLB on the tag so they’d be putting a price tag on him for WAY more than they should by tagging him.

Unless he takes a team friendly deal, they’ll likely let him test the market and let him see his value. He's not worth close to what the highest paid OLB’s are getting. Nor would the Chiefs consider paying him as such.

They could tag Smith for a year if they wanted

He got paid as an interior lineman not just a center.

nice! he deserves it

Ahh I forgot that there was no distinction there at LB. Yea, not happening.

Don't think they'll tag Trey either honestly.

I guess we need to keep in mind it’s an extension as well. He’s making like 5 million this year, so it’s really 5-years, $77 million if you want to look at it like that. Seems more reasonable.

Either way, they clearly decided he was not expendable. We know they have no problem letting guys leave if they think we can get by without them, so just have to trust them.

Don't really understand why folks are surprised at the AAV. The last elite center to sign did so in 2021.

Not a fan of this, but in Mahomes/Veech I trust.

$18 million X 4 years with $50 million guaranteed? Thats a lot but he’s worth it.

That’s not how ‘guaranteed’ works.

If he plays 4 years, he’s getting $72 million. If he only gets 50, that’s only gonna be over 3 years.

It’s a big Fing contract. Not sure I’d have given it to him. But we’ll see if the structure paints a different picture somehow.

Love it! Creed is good!

That’s why this AAV for creed is strange to me.

Tag figure for Creed was like $13 million. And they weren’t going to use it on Bolton or Smith.

So you gave him 3 years and $59 million on TOP of the tag year?

Sorry but this just feels like too much by a solid 15%.

Yeah you're right. Ugh. Was just trying to get the best case scenario out of it. Well ****.

Yes, there is definitely no value here. And it feels like on a position-adjusted basis center inflation is nearly on par with guard inflation.

It is what it is. They clearly value what he brings.

Trust thy Veach.

See you later, Trey.

Wait, what? Tags for OL aren't by position. The tag would be a bit over 20 million for Creed.

Pretty Rickey approves

Three years for 50 million is good to me. Hopefully there is nothing guaranteed in year four. Smith is gone.

Nice!

How can we afford him?


We have $17 mil I. Cap this year

But wow

$8 mil for next year.

We still have Smith and Bolten and other free agents

Bolton's toast...the Chiefs decided an off ball LB that isn't a great cover guy is replaceable in today's NFL.

Bolton having a nagging wrist injury could be an issue this year. He was a different player in the 2023 playoffs than he was in 2022 (where he was disrupting almost every play).

Wonder if the higher AAV than expected is a way to maybe give Trey a very similar deal and keep both happy here. Rather than trying to do Creed at $15m, and Trey then at $20m — maybe you can have both at around $18.5m by getting Smith to take an almost identical deal to stay home.

Either way, had to get this one done.

We still gonna sign Trey Smith too?

I don’t like that in the slightest.

Nah, dog.

50/50

I think Bolton's likely gone though.

I didn't disagree they wouldn't sign him. I just didn't want them to. This is a severe overpay in an offense that does not need an elite center. Sure you want one but you dont wanna pay for one. They did what Mahomes wanted, which counts for something.

Agree on both counts.

Veach and co. have this formula down to where it seems to be kinda predictable. In a good way nevertheless.

If you aren’t an elite, undoubted blue chip — you’re probably not getting paid here. Not market price anyhow. But if you are one of those top five-ish at your position, they’ll pay up accordingly.

A nice balance to hopefully keep the short term and long term equally prioritized.

Protect Mahomes! This is the number one goal. We can see if someone looks good to replace smith or we draft his replacement next year.

But hey, you can join Creed at Outlaw on September 6 to 8th at the T-Mobile center!

Veach just said he’s looking at getting other players signed long term too!!

Creed could easily be a top Guard as well. This gives us flexibility to move him to Thuney or Smith spot if we have an opportunity to sign or draft a decent center.

Not really. Tyreek and Sneed were both top 5 at their positions. Tyreek was maybe top 1 lol.

No hometown discount on this one. Figured it would be $15-16M per year instead of $18M.

I think they pay their unicorns (I.E. players whose impact can’t be replicated with another player or a scheme change). I don’t quite see Creed in that way, but if he’s getting credit for Patrick’s evolution in the pocket, I could see it.

Fair - I should have added in the original post, there can’t be serious red flags around their game either.

Sneed had the knee. Tyreek had become a malcontent who cried for the ball.

I think it’s pretty clear they were gonna re-sign Reek before the Davante deal dropped.

Once that did, it set off the domino of allowing him to explore deals and once Veach learned what kind of draft compensation he could get in addition to the financial flexibility of NOT having the highest paid WR in the game, it made it a no brainer for him.


Edit: And he was right, I should add.

Well yeah...

Did anyone ever think he wasn't going to be the highest paid center of all time?

Tyreek was 1000% signing here if Adams hadn't gotten his deal.

He wasn't insinuating that you said it wasn't getting done dipshit.

Yeah. Hell I was saying he would demand 15-17 a year and I thought 17 was overshooting it.

I think you're trying too hard to find a system behind who re-signs and who doesn't. There's a bunch of varying factors behind each negotiation and eventual deals that it wouldn't make any sense to have a concrete system that you always go on.

Wanna bet on that?

I think it depends entirely on the price tag he wants. They’re not paying him like Fred Warner or Roquan Smith, if that’s what he’s looking for.

If he’s willing to take a deal closer to Matt Milano or Patrick Queen, then I think they can probably get something worked out.

Bolton won’t get Roquan money. His agents know that. He doesn’t time like them, offer the same level of value in the passing game and has missed significant time to injury.

He will agree to a deal that falls into that second tier…somewhere between Oluakan and Queen.

This was the first time i actually saw his face lol. I had no idea he looked like that

Nate Taylor has it at 15.5 million per

Creed HIMphrey tbh

creed once knock out a horse.

Just looked at Taylor’s article. It says 4 years and $72 million on the extension. That’s $18M per year. But Creed still has one cheap year left on his rookie deal, so it’s an overall average of about $15.4 million per year for 5 seasons.