Thread: Chiefs Chiefs release WR Jeremy Maclin
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Old 06-05-2017, 11:57 AM   #875
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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19 View Post
I don't think the Maclin move has anything to do with them wanting to keep Smith. They could have cut him next offseason and gained the same amount of cap room, if that were the case.

I think they just needed some cap room now for this year, and they feel good about their other WRs.
No they couldn't have.

This buys them $10 million in cap rollover that wouldn't have otherwise existed.

It adds $10 million to next year's cap, effectively. It definitely makes it easier for them to keep Smith if they so choose.

I'm not saying that IS why they did it, but it would work with the timing. It came right after Mahomes had a bit of a pick-fest in OTAs. I think the more likely scenario is that they were just looking to clear the decks for Hill to ascend to #1 wideout, but I can't completely ignore the possibility that some reticence with Mahomes played into it.
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