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Originally Posted by poolboy
a franchise tag would be hard for the Chiefs to swallow with the cap space
Chris is in a great position right now
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The real bitch of a franchise tag for Jones would be that he has a $19.5 million base this year. So his tag number isn't the roughly $20 million it'll likely be for a DT next year - it'll be about $23.5 million as that's 120% of his previous year's salary.
So yeah, he's in a nice negotiating position.
That said, the Chiefs are carrying him at $28 million right now. They can make it work at $23.5. But they'd probably just end up trading him instead because you really can't tag him a 2nd time; those numbers are just cost prohibitive. He'd be on the books at $28 million for a 2nd tag and a completely unpalatable $40 million for a 3rd tag year. That's $90 million for 3 seasons under the tag plus a $28 million cap hit this year that's not alleviated. So you're talking about $120 million in cap charges over 4 years for a DT.
Nah, we ain't doing that.
If we can't get an extension done prior to the season, we still tag him for 2024 but a tag/trade is almost certainly going to have to happen for 2025 if it gets to that.