These guys will all be back on tender level contracts, so cheap. Anyone know what SFA means?

If I were calling the shots, I'd find a way to replace Fisher AND Schwartz.

But that's just not reality.

Schwartz COULD retire but then the Chiefs have to go after what's left of his guaranteed money to get that off the cap. It could happen but it also might not.

With Fisher, they almost certainly would have extended him before the injury and my guess is the the Chiefs aren't just going to fly off and replace him before they know what the situation is. Which means they're going to hang onto him and his cap number and be in limbo until probably mid-next season.

I'd say it's just as likely they draft ZERO offensive tackles as it is they pick up TWO.

My gut says you're looking at Niang starting out at RT with a stop-gap like Remmers or Rankin at LT until they know what they have in Fisher.

Again, not what I would do but what I think they will do.

I wouldn't count on Ward being back. He may get an offer the Chiefs don't want to match. The rest of them will likely be back, including Wylie.

Does to me. We also have a redshirt rookie RT on the roster. Would be fantastic if he is good enough to start next season.

Really? You think Ward is gone? I mean, I would tender him at the 2nd round level but that’s just me.

Dude, Ward isn’t going anywhere. They aren’t going to lose both starting corners.

That’s exactly what they will do.

If Niang can be the starter at RT at an above average level, then Veach’s job just got a whole hell of a lot easier.

That would give us Allegretti, LDT, and Niang starting in Week 1. Filling 2 spots is doable, especially if Fisher can come back mid season.

Bring back:
Daniel Sorensen
Bashaud Breeland
Alex Okafor
Damien Wilson
Mike Remmers
Anthony Sherman
Tanoh Kpassagnon
Mike Pennel
Charvarius Ward RFA
Byron Pringle RFA

Rest can pound sand.

They're not going to cut him. They'll probably tender him at a 2nd rounder, agreed.

It then becomes about what they want to match. If he can get Steven Nelson money, they'll probably take the pick and let him go.

Of course they'll tender him. That's exactly what I said they'd do.

It all comes down to what he gets offered and whether or not they can match.

A team isn’t going to give up a 2nd rounder AND pay Ward. That’s highly unlikely.

We can get younger and more athletic than Sorenson for a fraction of the cost.

Okafor can't even pound sand, he'd get hurt doing it.

And Tanoh is a waste of a roster spot. He can go flip burgers.

It could still happen. All I'm saying is it's not guaranteed he'll be back. He likely will be but we won't know until we see what the market is.

There are dumb teams in the NFL that do stupid shit every year at this time. It only takes one team to do it and he's gone.

Sure, “anything can happen”.

But this won’t. Ward will be a Chief for at least one more year.