****Official 2022 Free Agency Megathread****

[The Franchise]

Legal tampering period begins tomorrow, March 14th. Throw all of your rumors and moves in here.

Obviously, for the people who hate mega threads, feel free to create a new thread for larger moves and anything Chiefs.

DANIEL SORENSEN IS NO LONGER ON THIS TEAM!

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

I think Clowney is waiting until after the draft because he knows a team will overpay if they miss out on this edge class.

It makes sense for everybody at this point.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

You guys are going to have to get used to the new way.

The days for 'trying to get over the hump' with big splash FA deals are probably over. We've been to the top of the mountain. Now we are trying to stay up there. The way to do that is sell high, buy low, and draft well.

Just remember what The Pats did for all those years. That's your blueprint.

Stars and scrubs was proving to not be sustainable. We'll be fielding solid football teams with few real weaknesses and drafting our future stars from here on out with very few exceptions.

All drank to that!

[Chargem]

My guess is, if they knew in advance that Tyreek was getting traded, they might have been in the market for a Chandler Jones or Von Miller (personally I wanted Jones, so we could also draft Travis Jones in the 2nd and line up 3 Jones's on the line and make "keeping up with the Jones's" jokes).

Because of how the trade came about, it may be that the splash move with the freed up Tyreek money doesn't happen until next year, but there's still room to improve the defense through veterans and the draft.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Chargem

My guess is, if they knew in advance that Tyreek was getting traded, they might have been in the market for a Chandler Jones or Von Miller (personally I wanted Jones, so we could also draft Travis Jones in the 2nd and line up 3 Jones's on the line and make "keeping up with the Jones's" jokes).

Because of how the trade came about, it may be that the splash move with the freed up Tyreek money doesn't happen until next year, but there's still room to improve the defense through veterans and the draft.

I actually laughed out loud on that one. Nice!

Yeah, I think it's possible, and who knows, Veach is often aggressive as hell, but what it SEEMS they're doing is planning to spread the money around. I don't think you'll see a big splash unless you feel Reid is a big splash, I think he's kind of borderline as a big splash. I think he's probably an upgrade to 2021 Mathieu. At any rate, he's younger, bigger, and faster (and cheaper than what Mathieu THOUGHT he was worth, if not what he'll end up getting.)

I really think you're going to see a blending of high draft picks and crusty old vets on their last hurrah trying to get a ring at the highest paid positions. More Ingrams and Suggs types and less high dollar FA's.

I'd take Patrick Peterson on the cheap for a year. Stuff like that. (But only on the cheap. If he thinks he's getting a big contract, he can **** off.)

[Dunerdr]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

We got THREE in 6 picks last year.

This year we have 12 picks.

I dont expect 12 draft picks to be made. But also I dont expect another Trey Smith anomaly to happen. So the way i see it he hit on two normal picks. So twice that many should be somewhat reasonable.

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

I actually laughed out loud on that one. Nice!

Yeah, I think it's possible, and who knows, Veach is often aggressive as hell, but what it SEEMS they're doing is planning to spread the money around. I don't think you'll see a big splash unless you feel Reid is a big splash, I think he's kind of borderline as a big splash. I think he's probably an upgrade to 2021 Mathieu. At any rate, he's younger, bigger, and faster (and cheaper than what Mathieu THOUGHT he was worth, if not what he'll end up getting.)

I really think you're going to see a blending of high draft picks and crusty old vets on their last hurrah trying to get a ring at the highest paid positions. More Ingrams and Suggs types and less high dollar FA's.

I'd take Patrick Peterson on the cheap for a year. Stuff like that. (But only on the cheap. If he thinks he's getting a big contract, he can **** off.)

Agree.

I'm not expecting any big trades or FA signings. Veach is always looking at former 1st round picks that might be available, especially at positions of need. I could see a move for a guy like K'Lavon Chaisson, or a young WR still on a rookie contract, but DK Metcalf isn't coming. And lets be honest, if that guy is going to be on the move, I bet Green Bay would out bid us because Rogers has absolutely nothing.

Look at how the last draft set us up on the Oline. We are paying or about to pay REAL money to two players, Brown and Thuney. That's easily doable when you have Smith and Humphries on rookie contracts for the next 3 years. When its time to pay them, Thuney will be off the books. It's a great set up. Look at how the draft has allowed the Chiefs to rebuild the LB core. Those guys are young and good and cost nothing.

I don't think Veach takes 12 guys in this draft, but I do think its possible to see how you can put 6-8 guys on this roster that would go a long way in stabilizing the roster while helping us deal with the cap.

I'd love it if we came out of the draft with 2 DEs, 1 DT, 2 WR, 1LB, 1S, and either as RB or RT prospect. All of that can fit on the current roster.

[The Franchise]

Still at $18.5 million in cap space.

Following the early wave of free agency, a look at where all 32 NFL teams officially stand in terms of cap space, from the Panthers to the Giants. pic.twitter.com/rOBNzOb5IJ

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 31, 2022

[Dunerdr]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

We got THREE in 6 picks last year.

This year we have 12 picks.

I dont expect 12 draft picks to be made. But also I dont expect another Trey Smith anomaly to happen. So the way i see it he hit on two normal picks. So twice that many should be somewhat reasonable.

[dtrain]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Bc the FA’s they wanted are extremely expensive or old. I bet they draft multiple DL early and the bring back Ingram

I can see two DL and two DE's drafted.

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

All drank to that!

[scho63]

Originally Posted by dtrain

I can see two DL and two DE's drafted.

At a minimum

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by scho63

At a minimum

That's the maximum. They're not going to take 5 or 6 DL in one draft.

I'd be surprised if they took more than 3 - two edge and 1 DT.

[kcbubb]

Is there going to be any demand from other teams to trade up and get that 30th pick? I’d like ojabo for that pick but if veach or the brass don’t like him, I like the value in the 2nd round the best in this draft for defensive players? See any teams that would want to move up? Maybe Seattle at 40?

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I think he's saying Veach would trade up with 29 and then trade down from 30 to get the additional picks back that you packaged with 29.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by kcbubb

Is there going to be any demand from other teams to trade up and get that 30th pick? I’d like ojabo for that pick but if veach or the brass don’t like him, I like the value in the 2nd round the best in this draft for defensive players? See any teams that would want to move up? Maybe Seattle at 40?

Depends. If Willis and Pickett go earlier than expected, that could screw things up. If they go later, then there's more of a chance that somebody is sitting there, probably Corral.

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

I actually laughed out loud on that one. Nice!

Yeah, I think it's possible, and who knows, Veach is often aggressive as hell, but what it SEEMS they're doing is planning to spread the money around. I don't think you'll see a big splash unless you feel Reid is a big splash, I think he's kind of borderline as a big splash. I think he's probably an upgrade to 2021 Mathieu. At any rate, he's younger, bigger, and faster (and cheaper than what Mathieu THOUGHT he was worth, if not what he'll end up getting.)

I really think you're going to see a blending of high draft picks and crusty old vets on their last hurrah trying to get a ring at the highest paid positions. More Ingrams and Suggs types and less high dollar FA's.

I'd take Patrick Peterson on the cheap for a year. Stuff like that. (But only on the cheap. If he thinks he's getting a big contract, he can **** off.)

With you 100% on the old guys. I don't like old guys getting big money but give me guys who got a year or 2 left and you can rotate 2-3 of them in at 40% of the snaps and they will be effective. Ingram was great for us last year like this. There's plenty of guys who have a little left in the tank like Jerry Hughes, Ryan Kerrigan that I want cheap to come in here.

Plus they are vets who can teach the draft picks how to be a pro. It's all good. Just don't overpay the middle in FA.