Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 15579580)

I don't think the cutting of Fisher and Schwartz was set in stone, but seeing some of the talent cut yesterday was crazy and I believe there will be great deals to be had for 2021 and Veach wasn't afraid to pull the trigger.

Originally Posted by tmax63 (Post 15579688)

I think this puts Clark on notice in addition to everything else. BV just cut 35 mil of players that didn't perform to their pay last year. Even though it was because of injury. I'm thinking Clark knows he's gone if he doesn't play up to his contract for sure now. In the past the Chiefs didn't ever use their outs when they had them to get away from guys who were underperforming. There's a new sheriff in town now though.

Originally Posted by tmax63 (Post 15579688)

I think this puts Clark on notice in addition to everything else. BV just cut 35 mil of players that didn't perform to their pay last year. Even though it was because of injury. I'm thinking Clark knows he's gone if he doesn't play up to his contract for sure now. In the past the Chiefs didn't ever use their outs when they had them to get away from guys who were underperforming. There's a new sheriff in town now though.

Originally Posted by Chris Meck (Post 15579745)

Whatever is wrong with Clark, I think it's physical and not effort-based. It's not like he's taking plays off ala Houston. He's just...not as effective. I really think it's a long-term injury that he's playing through.

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 15579284)

Welp.

If I'm Brett Veach, I can now get to $40M under the cap with the following (in light of the Fisher/Schwartz releases):

1) Mahomes restructure (Roster bonus)
2) Jones restructure ($15M of roster bonus)
3) Mathieu extension (you can easily cut his 21 cap in half, even if he gets the same type of deal over 4-5 years that Budda Baker got)
4) Kelce restructure ($10M total between roster bonus and base salary)

In this FA market, i have a feeling $40M in 21 cap space can buy you a LOT. Even accounting for the need to hold about $6-7M back for draft picks.

Like maybe an upgrade at LT (Trent Williams) or an equivalent player to a healthy Fisher (Riley Reiff)

And an upgrade at C (Corey Linsley?)

And a defensive end to upgrade the pass rush (many options)

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 15579695)

It certainly makes me feel MUCH better about the Frank Clark situation.

If they don't redo his deal here soon, I'd say they're seriously looking at letting him go after the season.

Originally Posted by mkp785 (Post 15580002)

Perfect world: 1 of the Miami DEs fall to us at 31 and that guy plays under/opposite Frank for one year then takes over in 22. Saving us a ton of money.

Originally Posted by Chris Meck (Post 15580083)

because of the Clark situation and the fact that we need a DE opposite him, I fully expect that our first pick will be a DE.

Originally Posted by Chris Meck (Post 15579745)

Whatever is wrong with Clark, I think it's physical and not effort-based. It's not like he's taking plays off ala Houston. He's just...not as effective. I really think it's a long-term injury that he's playing through.

Originally Posted by tmax63 (Post 15580164)

I agree fully but I also see BV putting up the notice that if you aren't living up to your paycheck then you shouldn't get too comfy regardless of the cause.