Nice!

He and the original Darren from Bewitch have not been seen together

I don’t think there’s any certainty to the statement that they’re about to sign Bolton.

And I’m 100pct sure he had some idea what was out there for him. But unlike Jones where there are like 3 teams who are shopping in his 30mm+ aisle, there are probably a dozen who are doing so for a guy like Tranquil where the dollar figures are less and percentages more. Much more beneficial for a guy like that to go test free agency, wait it out, and leverage patience.

Clark was a trade though.

Juju was one of the savvier moves. Super cheap for what he did.

Mathieu or Thuney were probably the best signings. All Pros.

Tingles in my pants.

Hard penis

i feel like kelce and drue had a long talk

Excellent news he's a great kid and loves playing for the Chiefs.

He certainly could have gotten more elsewhere, but would rather stay and win. Definitely works for me. Glad he's back.

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Didn’t he say after signing last year that he was offered more and chose KC?

Hopefully jones decides to take a page out of this book. Great signing again veach.

That's a great deal for the Chiefs. Sucks we're probably going to lose Willie Gay but he's had some injuries. Dru was huge for the defense while Bolton was injured and he came up big in the playoffs. I'm guessing Dru took a little less because he's seen the difference between a team that has a great culture/winning and one that isn't.

If so then he did it to win a ring and he got his wish. Here’s hoping Mahomes can hook him up with some endorsement deals. Now there is a very good chance that Drue wins at least another ring or two before it’s all over.

He seemed to fit in well. Good signing. 👍

Great signing at a great price. His contributions are quite underrated.

Hey, Chris mother****ing Jones, did you see this? This is how a player who wants to be a Chief acts.

Damn what a great move and what a fantastic guy.

I can’t post the video here because I don’t know how to do that but at the parade on the right hand side anyone near the fence ( near buses union station) he jumped up there and it was just so awesome. He said this is so much better than LA I love being Chiefs. He was like being over the top just ****ing loving being a Kansas City Chiefs he talked to our side of the parade for probably a few minutes it was really nice. I’m buying his jersey.

It's also the same pitch Bert needs to be making to the entire NFL: "Y'all want a ring?"

Tranquill played 57% of the defensive snaps last season and had 80 tackles, 5 sacks, 2 FF, 7 TFL and 7 QB hits.

We MASSIVELY underpaid for him. Feels like he could have easily gotten $12 million a year in FA for some team desperate for a linebacker.

Veach I love you! This is an awesome re signing! Tranquil will have a legacy to build here in KC. Him and Bolton are gonna be such a deadly duo for years to come (yes, Chiefs will re sign Bolton).

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Every time I see this thread I immediately think this is about a cold medicine

19 million in the greater KC area is like 50 million in Los Angeles right


Glad to have him back!

Team already ready to go for the 3-peat

We run the NFL

FWIW Barnwell had drue tranquill in the tier of linebackers of "backups likely to earn guaranteed money" and projected salary in the 1.5-3 mil per season. Even if he was in the next tier up Barnwell had those "borderline starters/high end backups" in the 3-5 million per season range.

Semi erect.

**** you

:LOL:

Yes..Way to go Barp Veech!! You da man! :thumb:

Agreed, forgot Frank Clark was a trade. This list is not acceptable.


1. Tyrann Mathieu

2. Joe Thuney

3. Jerrick McKinnon

4. Drue Tranquill

5. Chad Henne (never forget)

Guesses on which one of his agents down voted this?

Forgot about Henne, but that was a good one. He didn’t play often here, but he was money when called upon. The Cleveland Browns playoff game and that long drive in the playoffs against Jacksonville will always be huge.

This kid is smart, he found a team that not only fits him perfectly, but also is competing for championships every year. Could h had found more money elsewhere? Sure, but fit after and opportunity will not be better anywhere else. 13M guaranteed is also nothing too sneeze at, that also gets him a little stability.

He's also a mechanical engineer. Cool cat!

Great signing. He's a an extremely important role player, family guy (saw this on YouTube Chiefs franchise), and cerebral dude which Spags likes.

Much respect to him for taking less to stay with the team, a rarity these days.

A fantastic signing/contract for a great player and human. Absolutely thrilled to get Tranq back into the fold for a few more years!! LFG!!

Definitely a solid piece for the defense. It likely means the end of Willie Gay. It also is a bridge if we have trouble resigning Bolton next offseason.

Donnie was a Charger fan growing up.

This dude brings big energy, love it.

Someone would have paid him. Glad it's us.

Yeah, zero chance Tranquill only gets $1.5 to $3 mil if he hit the market after the season he just had. $6.5 million average is a bargain for what he brings to this team. Well worth it.

We'll never know. And that's fine by me. My only point is that I don't think it was as big of a team friendly deal as twisted seems to think it is.

Love this dude, was extremely happy last year we stole him from the June Superbowl Champs.

He would have gotten paid more elsewhere. It most likely also let's us walk from Gay.

I think this is one of those weird ones where it's a good deal in terms of his contributions to the team relative to our other contracts but just a fair deal in terms of market value. He probably would have been able to get more elsewhere, but I don't think it would have been DRAMATICALLY more.

This along with Chanel becoming a great player made Gay expendable.

This.

Again, i ask....what did he do last year that he didn't already demonstrate as a Charger in a full time role? Seriously.

No, i don't believe for a second that his market shot up as a part time player for us and that he took some home town discount.

We resign CJ and Ominehu makes a full recovery and we’ll still be a top 10 defense even without Sneed. Give Patrick some competent outside help and we’ll be just fine.

If he doesn't tackle Lamar on that batted ball reception, Lamar may have scored a TD.

Its a play that doesn't get discussed as being critical, but it was probably one of the most important plays of the season.

Loving this one. Great job Burnt Peach.

I'm not convinced that people are lining up to pay Gay.

Drue had a higher 2023 pff than Bolton lol.

Bolton sheds stacks and hits harder than Drue but other than that he’s solid

I am at peace with this signing.

That's a little higher AAV than I expected (I was thinking around $5 million/yr).

Good to have him back, but the difference between the $5 million and $6.5 million/season will start to add up after awhile.

And I do have some concerns with his durability over a full season. He's not a big guy and if he's someone you're going to try to get 75+% of the season's snaps out of, I question if he can hold up.

I also think the "Wow, we stole him stuff" is a bit odd. I mean he came off a MONSTER season in LA the year before. It was a career year for him and he was damn good. And the market just wasn't there for him so he came here on a fairly small 1 year deal. Maybe he took a little less to play here, but I doubt he was turning down $7 million last season to play here for $3.5.

His market just isn't terribly robust and never really has been. I don't think this is that much less than he'd have gotten on the open market. It's just a piece we managed to lock in place prior to the start of the FA period and that has some value in its own right.

You neglected to mention that Barnwell also has Willie Gay in a Tier of “capable starters” likely to earn 7-10mm per.

I think it’s a much smarter move to bring back Tranquil rather than Gay even if it were the same money.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drue Tranquill&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> Extension<br>▫️ 3 years, $19M<br>▫️ $12.5M fully guaranteed<br>▫️ 2 yrs, $13M practical<br><br>Cap Hits<br>2024: $3M<br>2025: $8.5M<br>2026: $7.5M<br><br>Full Breakdown: <a href="https://t.co/6U7dIMixxA">https://t.co/6U7dIMixxA</a></p>&mdash; Spotrac (@spotrac) <a href="https://twitter.com/spotrac/status/1766149036044693691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Love it!

I think it's safer. And I think the Chiefs obviously prefer Tranquill so it's kinda silly for me to argue to the contrary.

But I think Gay brings some really unique attributes to the table that we're going to miss even if Chenal steps up (Leo just doesn't have Gay's fluidity).

If I could have either guy for the same money, I'd bring back Gay. But the Chiefs clearly trust Tranquill more and there's something to be said for that.

Wow - that's a really low signing bonus.

I think I'd have preferred loading more of that year 2 salary into signing bonus so we could push it out into 2026. Maybe a signing bonus of 6 million with a base in year 2 of $4.75? Would've upped this year's number a little but knocked about $1 million off next season's figure.

That low signing bonus combined with guaranteed 2025 salary suggests to me it's a cash spending question for Clark. He simply didn't want to spend the extra $1.5 million this season. Tranquill would rather have that now. It would be better on our cap over the next 2 seasons. So why wouldn't you do it that way unless you just don't want to write a signing bonus check that large?

Presumably because you're trying to save some cash spending budget for the Jones deal?

My thought last night was if we see a low SB on Drue, it would be an indicator that they plan to cut a hefty check or two.

Never even occurred to me until I saw the bigger year 2 cap hit than I expected. So I looked up the breakdown and that immediately came to mind. "Why such a low signing bonus if you're just going to guarantee the year 2 salary....ooooooohhhhhhhh"

Last horse entered the barn there, I suppose.

It's basically just a two year deal with this structure. Very little dead cap in 26 this way, but if he performs as well the next two years as he did this year and stays healthy there a $6 mil team option on the 3rd year. Keeps cap space open this season and maximizes flexibility in three years. Veach is going the opposite of teams like the saints and bills and not spending a bunch of cap for players not playing for the team.