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 BigRedChief

Reavis has bonus money due him if he's on the roster. Millions. He gives that up and wants to work $2-3 million, that works for me.

Revis has a $10 million dollar roster bonus and yeah, there's no way the Chiefs pick that up after his performance last season.

But if he still wants to play, I'd take him for anywhere from $2-$4 million in 2018, especially since there's a lack of alternatives. Sure, the Chiefs could hit on a guy in the draft but that would be a stroke of luck considering their first pick isn't until #54 overall.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Ford has never done shit. He's always hurt. No confidence in him whatsoever. I'd rather use that money on Lawrence or Gillette.

Dallas isn't allowing Lawrence to go. No way, Dude. Ford had a 10 sack season and played very well in 2016 at the LOLB position. When healthy, the guy is a force but IMO, Sutton (as he's done with other players) has mis-used Ford. While his health has certainly been an issue, the scheme has been a bigger issue.

[oldman]

I'm with you about the WRs. Mahomes seemed to have some chemistry with Kemp and Dieter during the preseason and Chesson just needs some work. DRob and Wilson just need to be less erratic. And we still have DAT for bubble screens.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Good Lord, what a bunch of overpaid bums.

Who's earning their contract? Peters is certainly outplaying his. Chris Jones does from time to time. Kelce earns his, as does Schwartz.

Everyone else is stealing money.

Why Dorsey was fired.

[Willie Lanier]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Tanoh had two sacks in his one start, but let's play Zombo!!

^

[TambaBerry]

Lol Ford being a force made me alugh out loud. The guy is a bust and was never good

[BryanBusby]

Dee Ford sucks ass

[Hammock Parties]

I'd keep Parker. We have enough cap room from the other cuts he's still reasonable given his performance over the last three seasons.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

I'd keep Parker. We have enough cap room from the other cuts he's still reasonable given his performance over the last three seasons.

That's a no-brainer.

Eric Murray and Daniel Sorenson are sub-par safeties and there's no way to replace a starter at safety this offseason, given the players available and the limited number of draft picks.

My biggest hope for Veach is that he drafts players that are ready now and don't need years of training and coaching up.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

I'd keep Parker. We have enough cap room from the other cuts he's still reasonable given his performance over the last three seasons.

Definitely... besides, it's going to be hard to upgrade Parker unless you use a premium pick at safety, which seems unlikely this year. If anything they need to just worry about upgrading Sorensen.

I feel pretty much the same way about Bailey. Don't think they need the cap room that his release will give them. Unless they think he just sucked ass this year, I'd let him finish the contract.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I'd like to see the Chiefs go all out and get the left guard from the Panthers, All Pro Andrew Norwell and bring back a guy like Bradley McDougald.

There's really not much in terms of defensive tackles, maybe a guy like Daquan Jones as a 5 tech rotation and again, there's just not much at OLB. I guess you could roll the dice on a guy like Trent Murphy but who knows how well he'll perform after missing the year with a torn ACL and is he even ready for Training Camp (I doubt it).

I think the Chiefs bring back Wilson and pretty much stand pat with their receiving corp. Chesson and Kemp should make pretty big leaps this offseason, as should Robinson.

I don't know enough about the available cornerbacks but there's no way I'd give out a huge $13 million per year deal to a Malcom Butler or Trumaine Johnson when Marcus Peters is younger and better, looking at a contract year soon.

There aren't any star OLB on the market that I can tell, but there are a shit load of guys who are better than Zombo and could actually be decent.

While I'd like to flip Alex for a couple high round picks, I wonder if you could figure out a player for player trade plus a pick coming back.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by O.city

There aren't any star OLB on the market that I can tell, but there are a shit load of guys who are better than Zombo and could actually be decent.

While I'd like to flip Alex for a couple high round picks, I wonder if you could figure out a player for player trade plus a pick coming back.

If Jacksonville loses tomorrow because of Bortles, I expect them to be all in on Alex. That defense is ready to roll right now and the window won't stay open forever with a lot of those guys on the cheap. They legitimately should offer their 1st for Alex IMO.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by O.city

There aren't any star OLB on the market that I can tell, but there are a shit load of guys who are better than Zombo and could actually be decent.

While I'd like to flip Alex for a couple high round picks, I wonder if you could figure out a player for player trade plus a pick coming back.

I would imagine that Tanoh heads into the season in competition with Nicolas (if he's healthy) and Ford (if he's healthy).

They'll definitely need to draft at least one OLBer, unless they're planning to move Eligwe outside, like he was against Denver, in which they'll need at least another ILBer.

Veach's strategy will be interesting to watch.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I would imagine that Tanoh heads into the season in competition with Nicolas (if he's healthy) and Ford (if he's healthy).

They'll definitely need to draft at least one OLBer, unless they're planning to move Eligwe outside, like he was against Denver, in which they'll need at least another ILBer.

Veach's strategy will be interesting to watch.

I don't think they're in a bad spot in free agency in the sense that they don't need the big name free agents. They need to supplement whats there. Ideally you'd add low dollar guys that yield high dollar results, plus the draft picks.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by O.city

I don't think they're in a bad spot in free agency in the sense that they don't need the big name free agents. They need to supplement whats there. Ideally you'd add low dollar guys that yield high dollar results, plus the draft picks.

Yeah but the pool is really, really shallow.

A metric ****ton of JAG's and a few Franchise Players, many of whom won't be allowed to leave their current teams.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Yeah but the pool is really, really shallow.

A metric ****ton of JAG's and a few Franchise Players, many of whom won't be allowed to leave their current teams.

Theres definitely some JAGS in there, but theres also potential for there to be some Sean Smith type players for the Chiefs that might excel in a different scheme etc.

Just gotta figure who they are.