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Originally Posted by Couch-Potato
I'm curious what we foresee being next offseasons priorities?
I think we might be deeper than we've ever been, currently. We've had a plethora of draft picks in the last two seasons and I'm not sure we have a single hole on the roster.
I'm assuming we extend C Jones, and have enough to pay Sneed and Gay. I suppose we'll be looking to replace Thuney and find an eventual replacement for Kelce, but we seem pretty stacked and I'm wondering if next year we have enough assets and cap space built up to take a swing at an elite weapon?
What do you guys think?
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So there's going to be ~45m of cap space for 2024 before you sign Chris Jones, and ~37 players on the roster after the current rookie and UDFA class are signed.
Assuming Jones gets 30m a year, with a cap hit of ~15m in his first year, there is a decent amount of money to play with.
The offense is still intact from 2023, the defense you're losing Gay and Sneed as noted by others already.
Spotrac has estimated contract values for both Gay and Sneed around the 7m a year mark. That in itself seems surprisingly affordable, but I still think they let Gay go. They may have to leave some cushion on the 2024 cap, or front load Jones deal, to make space for the future re-signings.
The other situation to watch is MVS, he would be easy to walk away from in 2024, which would free up a decent chunk of cash to go after a highly paid weapon, if the Chiefs wanted to go down that route.