****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!

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Mahomes is for sure that QB that will play into his mid to late 30s....easy.

He’s playing into his 40’s. You’ll see a lot of players do that

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by nychief

I'll say it, I have no ****ing idea what the plan was this offseason. Seems like we were cap strapped and even when we got money trading away our most dynamic player... we are sitting on it.

Feel like its a reset. We have a lot of holes to fill.


Losts of talent out the door - from the front office to the wideout room to the depleted CBs to nonexistent DL.

The Chiefs are going to prioritize addressing WR and DL in the draft.

CB is not really as much of a pressing need as some people are crying about. Veach has never acquired high priced/highly drafted CB’s and the Chiefs starting CB’s are set with Fenton/Sneed. They just need a nickel CB/depth which can be addressed in the middle rounds of the draft.

[ThyKingdomCome15]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

The Chiefs are going to prioritize addressing WR and DL in the draft.

CB is not really as much of a pressing need as some people are crying about. Veach has never acquired high priced/highly drafted CB’s and the Chiefs starting CB’s are set with Fenton/Sneed. They just need a nickel CB/depth which can be addressed in the middle rounds of the draft.

It's a deep draft at CB too. For whatever reason Veach has a hawk eye for CB's. Ward, Sneed, Fenton, Huges, they were all at the bottom looking up before Veach gave them a shot. Tremendous.

[nychief]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

The Chiefs are going to prioritize addressing WR and DL in the draft.

CB is not really as much of a pressing need as some people are crying about. Veach has never acquired high priced/highly drafted CB’s and the Chiefs starting CB’s are set with Fenton/Sneed. They just need a nickel CB/depth which can be addressed in the middle rounds of the draft.

I don't think Fenton is outside though, he's best at slot. We need another outside corner and I'm positive we'll draft one in the first three rounds.

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by -King-

And we could have done that. It's only after people noticed we weren't going to be active in FA and we traded Tyreek that this whole rebuild narrative set in. Before that, we were sure we could compete while still keeping the roster young and future bright.

I mean, we celebrated Mahomes contract structure because it meant we could go all in basically every year. What happened to that?

Look, if you keep Tyreek Hill on a huge contract, then you legitimately have a "super bowl window." And that window closes the moment that Tyreek isn't as effective while also being cost-prohibitive to improving the team. That's how it works.

Trading tyreek hill didn't "close the window." It blew the ****ing wall down, and now the team can be constructed in whatever fashion makes the most sense. There is no "window" anymore. there is omnidirectional possibility. they can STILL pay $30M a year for an all pro WR. That's not off the table.

What is on the table now is having no positional weakness anywhere on the team. The cap will go up, KC's committed spend will go down, and meanwhile the other AFC (and specifically West) teams are loading up, cementing their windows.

This team is set up tremendously for future success. Overpaying Hill would have absolutely locked this team into a 2 year window - at best.

now, it's wide open. Never have a window, I say. Get out before those third contracts lock you in.

[saphojunkie]

I think I just typed "window" more than I have in three years.

[nychief]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

What is on the table now is having no positional weakness anywhere on the team.

I mean....have you looked at the roster?

[Rainbarrel]

Russ will be playing into his 50'$

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by Rainbarrel

Russ will be playing into his 50'$

at first I thought you were attempting to write 50Cent

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by nychief

I mean....have you looked at the roster?

Hence 6 picks in the top 100ish and all the extra cap space going forward…

[RunKC]

I think the Chiefs want Bradberry but obviously don’t want to pay him what comes with that.

I think the Chiefs are waiting for him to be cut

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by nychief

I mean....have you looked at the roster?

Have you looked at the calendar

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by -King-

And we could have done that. It's only after people noticed we weren't going to be active in FA and we traded Tyreek that this whole rebuild narrative set in. Before that, we were sure we could compete while still keeping the roster young and future bright.

Not true. Many were watching our approach in FA and presuming it was exactly to set up what the Chiefs are doing now; re-tooling the cap. The presumption was that this would be a 'glide' year where we try to get by with a super-thin roster and star power while getting the cap set up for next season.

And all that's changed is that we've traded some star power for depth. This is not a rebuild. It doesn't look anything like a re-build. It's a philosophical shift where we've also helped get our books straight for the future.

I mean, we celebrated Mahomes contract structure because it meant we could go all in basically every year. What happened to that?

I mean - maybe you did. And if you did, you simply fundamentally misunderstood how the cap works. No contract, no structure, apart from simply not paying someone anywhere near their market value (i.e. rookie deals), allows for 'all-in' every year.

We could've pushed the pain off another year, maybe two. But restructuring Mahomes was going to continue to pile on snow until the avalanche triggered.

[nychief]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

Have you looked at the calendar

I mean sure, great. There might be some post june 1st vets that are worth a shit... mebbe we get clowney or someone.

I've just seen no indication that we are in that mode, we haven't been aggressive in the FA market, nor do I see the draft as a cure all. We have a lot of picks, yes... but how many impact rookies are in this class? 14? 15?

I don't think Veach is playing 4D chess, I think they are going to take their lumps early one way or another.


Mabbe we look back and say that the pain was worth it... maybe we say that was a wasted year or Pat's prime.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Aaaaaand more crying from King Pussy about Tyreek Hill

I think you're the one crying. You don't have to read my posts ya know.

Btw, the biggest free agency move the chiefs have made is trade their 2nd best player. I think that and it's impact will be talked about a lot in terms of impact to the team and future moves. Might want to leave the free agency thread if you don't want to see it.