LNBS-Looking at the 2018 Salary Cap

[RunKC]

Holy shit what a mess. Here are the top 25 paid players, basically everyone with a cap hit of $1 million plus:



Couple of things stand out here:

-Tamba is gone.
-No way in hell is DJ playing for $10.25 million.
-Dee Ford has no dead money unless his back is ****ed.
-No way should Allen Bailey play for an $8 million cap hit.
-Ron Parker’s value deal is over. $7 million cap hit is way too high for him.
-Revis will be decided in March. Doubt he’s back.
-Dirty Dan is $4.8 million to our cap. Holy shit.

There should be some cuts/restructures coming. I think we might see a lot of new faces on defense next year.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

I do think we will have growing pains but I think with Berry coming back, if we can fix the pass rush it would really go a long way to making next year a legit year.

It’s going to take some serious luck for this team to go from the bottom of the defensive ranking to even the middle.

Besides a starting Nose Tackle they need depth across the D line, a WILL next to Ragland, a competent cornerback opposite Peters, a ROLB and depth everywhere.

I don’t know if they can do that in one offseason.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It’s going to take some serious luck for this team to go from the bottom of the defensive ranking to even the middle.

Besides a starting Nose Tackle they need depth across the D line, a WILL next to Ragland, a competent cornerback opposite Peters, a ROLB and depth everywhere.

I don’t know if they can do that in one offseason.

I'm not sure they can either. I think the focus needs to be fixing 2 positions and hoping we get lucky enough to fill out some depth at the same time elsewhere.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

It's gonna be hard to patch every hole on defense of course, but....

The Chiefs are in a unique position that should allow them to really hone in on defenders during the draft and FA. That should make it easier on them.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

It's gonna be hard to patch every hole on defense of course, but....

The Chiefs are in a unique position that should allow them to really hone in on defenders during the draft and FA. That should make it easier on them.

Except they’re going to need some luck because free agency doesn’t really offer many, if any, solutions.

It’s like last year: People were convinced Gerald Hodges would be the solution at ILBer. Not only was he passed upon by the Chiefs answer others, he was cut September 3rd by the Bills and went unclaimed before signing with New Orleans in October and recorded zero stats for the year.

For defense, it’ll be draft and trades. For offense, get the left guard in Free Agency.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Except they’re going to need some luck because free agency doesn’t really offer many, if any, solutions.

It’s like last year: People were convinced Gerald Hodges would be the solution at ILBer. Not only was he passed upon by the Chiefs answer others, he was cut September 3rd by the Bills and went unclaimed before signing with New Orleans in October and recorded zero stats for the year.

For defense, it’ll be draft and trades. For offense, get the left guard in Free Agency.

Jags are paying Bouye $15 million a year for the next 4. That's a lot of money they had to spend to get him in FA. I would love to get a CB in free agency but financially it may not make sense.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

Jags are paying Bouye $15 million a year for the next 4. That's a lot of money they had to spend to get him in FA. I would love to get a CB in free agency but financially it may not make sense.

It'd be an easy move if we weren't on the door step of potentially paying Peters even more.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by O.city

With the chiefs starting a new qb and having a young offense basically set, it’s not likely they’re a contender next year unless things go really well.

That being the case they need to get the financial house in order so I’d look to potentially get rid of any older vet that isn’t gonna be here in a year or two anyway

I don't expect to be a Super Bowl contender next season but I do expect to compete for the division crown.

9-7 or 10-6 would be nice.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I don't expect to be a Super Bowl contender next season but I do expect to compete for the division crown.

9-7 or 10-6 would be nice.

If they can really hit on their FA/draft moves... they could probably be contenders. It won't be easy, nor is it likely. But possible.

[King_Chief_Fan]

Even with Mahomes at QB, Chiefs get smoked bt either of those two teams

[O.city]

I mean who’s really gonna be a contender in the afc next year, outside of New England?

Pitt looks like it may be the end and Jacksonville has a great d and Bortles.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by O.city

I mean who’s really gonna be a contender in the afc next year, outside of New England?

Pitt looks like it may be the end and Jacksonville has a great d and Bortles.

PIT's offense is still stacked if Ben comes back. The rest of the offense is young either way. Will be interesting to see what they do if Ben does retire.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by O.city

I mean who’s really gonna be a contender in the afc next year, outside of New England?

Pitt looks like it may be the end and Jacksonville has a great d and Bortles.

Very unclear at this point with FA and the draft to come.

I would say Jacksonville is a contender with whoever their QB is, NE and PIT if they bring back their key guys.

Then you have teams like the Chiefs, Bills, Titans, Ravens, Chargers... inconsistent teams in 2017. Bound to see changes for better or worse.

Oakland should probably be better in the short term although I don't know if Gruden will be able to maintain success once they go to Vegas. Colts could be better with McDaniels for sure.

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It’s going to take some serious luck for this team to go from the bottom of the defensive ranking to even the middle.

Besides a starting Nose Tackle they need depth across the D line, a WILL next to Ragland, a competent cornerback opposite Peters, a ROLB and depth everywhere.

I don’t know if they can do that in one offseason.

They could address most the needs if they went heavy D in the draft and nailed them all. I don't anticipate that they will ans will accept the fact that the D will probably be leaky again in 2018.

Priority might be loading talent on Offense for Pat.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

If they can really hit on their FA/draft moves... they could probably be contenders. It won't be easy, nor is it likely. But possible.

I don't think the defense is as far away as we think it is, as long as Sutton is gone. Think we're so used to a world where we expect our D to carry us. This is a new era where we just need the D to be good.

Cut Hali, DJ, Parker. That gives us $32M + $6M if we cut Bailey. LBs and Safeties aren't hard to find. Prioritize a pass rusher and we're solid enough. A quality DT (or NT, depending on our defensive front) and extra CBs are icing on the cake. But before we spend a dime, sure as shit hope we build toward a scheme of the future, not toward band-aiding Sutton who I can't imagine makes it past 2018

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I don't think the defense is as far away as we think it is, as long as Sutton is gone. Think we're so used to a world where we expect our D to carry us. This is a new era where we just need the D to be good.

Cut Hali, DJ, Parker. That gives us $32M + $6M if we cut Bailey. LBs and Safeties aren't hard to find. Prioritize a pass rusher and we're solid enough. A quality DT (or NT, depending on our defensive front) and extra CBs are icing on the cake. But before we spend a dime, sure as shit hope we build toward a scheme of the future, not toward band-aiding Sutton who I can't imagine makes it past 2018

We have to keep Parker, bro. What the hell are you thinking?