He deserved that signing bonus. We've been getting him cheap.

8 milllion in cap space so we can sign one of these veterans out there as insurance policies? nice. go get a James Jones or Jermaine Gresham and go to work.

That can't be right.

Maybe weatherman was right?

Per Ian Rapoport

How quiet was the deal between the #Chiefs and Justin Houston? The agreement was actually struck last night, finalized today.

Yeah it's the Chiefs fault that Houston and Hudson aren't morons for accepting Costco extensions with FA looming

If we could get a vet WR that's a respectable no 2 or 3 it'd be nice. It's still possible, we haven't even started camp yet...:)

Whatever they wanted two years ago it sure as hell isn't what they'e making now...

He's usually spot on with breakdowns of contracts.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Based on <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet">@RapSheet</a>&#39;s report of $20.5M Justin Houston signing bonus, KC should pick up around $8M of cap space with small &#39;15 base salary.</p>&mdash; Joel Corry (@corryjoel) <a href="https://twitter.com/corryjoel/status/621366028690272256">July 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Also....interesting thought.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/corryjoel">@corryjoel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TerezPaylor">@TerezPaylor</a> enough to sign Evan Mathis?...reason why he hasn&#39;t signed anywhere yet?</p>&mdash; Spider Rico (@7points) <a href="https://twitter.com/7points/status/621355041530589184">July 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Prevailing wisdom is that you can usually sign a player for less before he gets into his final contract year.

That's why. There are always camp cuts plus now we can sign Evan Mathis 😏

Better run Peyton. 5-0's coming for ya.

It would be nice...

That's hard to fathom.

His cap hit this year will be less than 6 mil?

Yes. Having a recent top of the market contract to give a baseline helps a lot. The only reason DT hasn't been signed is because there isn't a recent top WR contract to provide a baseline. DT and Dez are trying to use Calvin Johnson's contract but the only reason CJ got that was because of the old CBA. Demaryius and Dez will set the standard that guys like AJ Green and Julio Jones will use next year.

That really doesn't make sense for either Houston or the Chiefs.