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Originally Posted by The Franchise
And you’ll probably end up lowering Jones hit with a new deal…unless they choose to do it another way.
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You can lower it by a little, sure - but probably not by a ton.
Jones is gonna get a BIG deal. And when you're dealing in numbers that large, it's pretty tough to lower that 1st year hit a ton without really paying for it down the road.
I'm not sure it's the best idea. The Chiefs cap is going to have more big numbers added to it over the coming years vs. falling off it. We don't have a lot of fat left on our cap once Clark is excised.
After Clark, you really only have Thuney and Reid as big numbers to take off the cap. And Thuney isn't underperforming his hit. Arguably Reid isn't either.
Now both guys play fairly easy positions to find reasonably priced average replacements in the draft. So you figure that's a probable result, but it's still not like our cap situation is going to be easier in the coming years than it will be next season.