Chiefs cap room for 2013

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by Rausch

I don't know if they want to sign Albert long term.

What if they tag him this year, draft LT Luke, and just play him at RT for one year? You can then let Albert walk or trade him next year, slide Joeckel over to LT, and replace a RT fairly easily.

Dorsey clearly likes to have options. Even if we want to resign Albert it makes little sense to do so before the draft and tip our hand...

What the **** kind of sense does this make?

Either:
1) You just spent your first overall pick to improve at right tackle.
or
2) You just spent your first overall pick to save four million bucks a year on your LT and you hope Joeckel becomes what Albert already is.


Drafting a LT at 1.1 would epitomize ineptitude on the part of the front office. You could not POSSIBLY find a more wasteful use of the top pick for the Chiefs.

I do agree that you should wait to sign Albert til after the draft, however.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

What the **** kind of sense does this make?

Either:
1) You just spent your first overall pick to improve at right tackle.

I can't imagine a team being stupid enough to spend a 1.1 on RT.

What sense does that make?

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

or
2) You just spent your first overall pick to save four million bucks a year on your LT and you hope Joeckel becomes what Albert already is.

You play Luke at RT and he busts you waste a pick but it doesn't hurt you on the field. You trade Albert and replace him with a bust and you suffer on the field and wasted a pick to do it.

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Drafting a LT at 1.1 would epitomize ineptitude on the part of the front office. You could not POSSIBLY find a more wasteful use of the top pick for the Chiefs.

I never stated I liked the move. I don't, but I can see why they might.

Keep in mind Dorsey has stated over and over and over that he wants to take the BAA. That means sometimes that player doesn't even start.

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by Rausch

I can't imagine a team being stupid enough to spend a 1.1 on RT.

What sense does that make?



You play Luke at RT and he busts you waste a pick but it doesn't hurt you on the field. You trade Albert and replace him with a bust and you suffer on the field and wasted a pick to do it.




I never stated I liked the move. I don't, but I can see why they might.

Keep in mind Dorsey has stated over and over and over that he wants to take the BAA. That means sometimes that player doesn't even start.

I just don't see how it improves the team to draft a tackle at 1.1

If you deal Albert for a first from someone like the Dolphins and draft Lane Johnson at 1.12, I can SORT OF see that. But Lane Johnson is basically what Albert was when he was drafted, so.... eh.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Extending Eric Berry would be a great way to free up salary space. Signing Albert long-term would also allow the team to structure salaries more efficiently. And of course, a little over 2 million for cutting Studebaker.

The Berry extension seems like such a no-brainer that I have to believe they're working on it.

Hali's damn near impossible to re-structure because i don't think they have any interest in tacking extra years onto his deal. Berry, OTOH, at a $10 million cap hit could and should be re-signed on a 5-year deal that gives him a top 5 safety figure, IMO.

I'll acknowledge that he may not reach that level, but the cap relief gained would be worth the possible overpay, and continuity in the secondary is always worth its weight in gold.

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

Stude is the long snapper(actually practiced it with the Eagles). And very well could have been Romeo's secret emergency QB.

[Nightfyre]

Voidable years are basically player options. The signing bonus is prorated over that additional year to provide cap relief in the prior years of the agreement. However, the pro-rated portion of the signing bonus is still on the books whether the player remains or does not.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Danny Parkins ‏@DannyParkins 23s

#Chiefs have $3.1 million available. 5 teams with less. RT @ProFootballTalk: Team-by-team cap space as of March 26 http://wp.me/p14QSB-7X0b

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Chiefs: $4.1 million.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...as-of-april-3/