Salary Cap cuts - Hitchens and LDT
 

I was looking at the Chief's salary cap situation at overthecap.com and noticed that if the Chiefs cut LDT and Hitchens this year they only gain about 4m in cap space this year but they gain 20m next year. Also, I noticed that if they keep Hitchens this year and cut him next year, they only get a 2m increase in the cap next year. Will the Chiefs take the cap hit this year on Hitchens? Would you cut both this year?

The Chiefs are stuck with Hitchens for 2 more years, that restructure of his contract this past season did that.

They'll probably end up keeping both.

LDT is a really good cut candidate actually, he makes 9 mill and you get 5 of it back by cutting him. You likely get a better player than him if you invest half of it back into the position.

LDT really isn't all that great and he's constantly injured.

The 20m bump in next year's cap is intriguing to me.

You think we are going to get a better G for $2.5million?

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Well Wisniewski outplayed him and he made peanuts....

Plus, we have that young guard that we traded for with the Texans. I thought he was playing well before the injury. This is what good teams do. They trade away again, talented players for picks to replace them with young, less expensive players. You just have to have good scouting and development.

The same guy that most don't believe could stand up to an entire season? Gonna have to try again.

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Rankin is suppose to take Ervings spot.

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I liked LDT in the past, but he looked like ass this year. You can easily replace that level of production. The question is just whether he will stay healthy or not. If he does, he'll probably look better. But if last year is the new normal for him, he needs to go.

Erving is a backup....and I doubt he's going anywhere.

Huh? Why is that? Does he have a long injury history? :spock:

Also I'm not sure why it's hard to understand a guard taken in like round 4 can usually be a starter pretty fast.

I feel the same way. And he does seem to get injured a lot.