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Originally Posted by ShowtimeSBMVP
I personally think the chiefs will only move his money if they have deals done with players before Friday. Remember the chiefs have 54m in cap space next year with only 21 players under contract. Next year is gonna be ugly.
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No. No it is not.
First of all, Frank Clark is still carrying a $28M cap hit for 2023. That's going to be much less, possibly as much as $21M less, depending on how his deal was renogiated.
Second of all, they will have Orlando Brown and Tyreek Hill under contract. Those deals will eat up cap space (likely about $35M or so), but subtract Clark and add those two and you're still sitting around $15M in space.
And Mahomes and Jones have $55M in roster bonus/base salary. That number isn't going to stay the same.
They can shift some of Mahomes' roster bonus and likely will. They can/will make a long-term decision on Jones (extension or cut or trade) that lowers his number, too.
And they don't have any "home" guys that they will likely retain/extend at high cost. Thornhill, maybe, but it isn't going to be a HUGE deal.
Predicting cap pain for 2023 is premature and off base.