2023 Cap Discussion
 

If we were to absolutely max out all restructures, we would have almost $119M in cap space according to Over The Cap.

Effective Cap Space: $8,449,166

Simple Restructure: $67,070,657
Possible Cap Space: $75,519,823

Maximum Restructure: $110,459,052
Possible Cap Space: $118,908,218

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason_OTC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jason_OTC</a>, the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> could have $118,908,218 in cap space in 2023, with maximum restructures.<br><br>That would be the fourth-most cap space if every team maximized their restructures. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InVeachWeTrust?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InVeachWeTrust</a> <a href="https://t.co/0ezsiCNhFc">pic.twitter.com/0ezsiCNhFc</a></p>&mdash; Jacob Milham (@JMilTheHam) <a href="https://twitter.com/JMilTheHam/status/1587993472627359745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fix tackle situation. Sign best edge rusher available to pair with Jones. Profit.

I feel like if 'damn the torpedoes' was the approach they intended to take, we wouldn't have traded Hill.

The franchise has, wisely, taken a measured approach in balancing the now w/ the future.

LMAO

LMAO Legit mind****ed me for a bit what he was trying to say.

Some of my favorite things on here is when there's a wild typo, to google search it, and out of the entire world wide web, have it only be on Chiefsplanet and its a lexicon reference.

I wish it was a better FA class. But if nothing else it will help us retain everybody we want to.

The bills on the other hand are sitting at 3.6m over the cap next year, and only 40m projected in 2024

Seems like a lot until you look at our list of contracts coming up in the next 2-3 years besides Jones and Brown

All together these guys are costing us like $9 million or less in cap space this season.

Sneed
Williams
Watson
Johnson
Creed
Bolton
Smith
Gay
Moore
Toney
Pacheco

It will be like this until Mahomes retires. We think we have money but we have too many good players like JuJu that we will have to let walk after their 1 year deals are up.

In Veach we trust....

Honestly rather just stay pat for another year as far as major restructures go, no pun intended, and maximize our flexibility in the future. Most teams pushed all their chips in this season in a mad dash to catch up to us, and it's pretty clear by now that we're STILL at the top of the AFC with an off season where even most here expected we'd take a step backward in the short term for a chance to leap forward in the future.

Pay Juju his money
Pay Chris Jones his money
Figure out wtf to do with LT situation

Pay for a pass rusher

Profit

you just committed the Chiefs to at least $200 million and you still need to pay guys like Creed, Bolton, Sneed, Trey etc

We can’t just keep putting off the bill on every player. Mahomes will still be here way past these contracts. We have to live within our means.

He is going to want to be the top paid center in the game. And deservedly so.

I'd keep Juju around if he's willing to stay cheap but he'll probably be looking for work elsewhere if he wants market value.

JuJu is gonna want to cash in on the ridiculous WR market while he can. It’s probably the biggest reason why he and his agent took a one year ‘prove it’ deal with the Chiefs. Maximize your skill set in an elite offense in order to cash in BIGTIME.

I have no doubt he would like to stay with the Chiefs, but he’s gonna want to be paid BIGTIME.

The Chiefs should let him walk and find another one year contract candidate to pair with MVS, Moore and Toney (Hardman is likely gone too). If they’re not paying Reek top of the market contract, they’re not gonna give JuJu $20+ mil. per year.

Nor should they. I like him, but it’s a waste of financial resources. Mahomes doesn’t need elite WR’s (not sure if JuJu is even that) to succeed. This has already been made apparent with Reek leaving.

MVS, Moore, Watson, and Toney would probably be totally fine assuming all reach their potential IF we fix OT and the DL.