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Originally Posted by MahomesMagic
Chris Jones is one of the 3 Elite, HOF players on the roster.
The other HOF player was traded.
If you don't want to sign your best players to instead fill the roster out with guys that are good but not special, just say that's what you want to do.
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Chris turns 30 next year and averages 9 sacks a year outside of money years where he's trying to get paid. He's kn pace for 10 sacks this year and I'd argue last year was his peak and a steady decline is coming soon.
Is 10 sacks a year worth a $30 million anchor? Him and Mahomes alone are just under 30% of this years cap. That's with Mahomes still being cheap.
Keep in mind Mahomes cap hit jumps $20 million from $37 million to $57 million. Even if the cap moves up, Mahomes is still gonna account for 20% of the cap by himself. Now add Chris and his massive contract which would likely make it over 30% of the cap on 2 guys.
Not ideal to do that for a depreciating asset when you can trade that asset and use the assets gained to get a shiny new WR in the first rd and have money left over to keep building the team.