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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Task #1: Figure out the Eric Fisher contract situation. My guess is that they want to keep him and he'll be ready by late October. The problem is that he only has 1 year left on his contract and a $12M cap hit. Kind of hard to extend him when he's just starting an Achilles rehab but also hard to just cut him and take the cap hit if he plans on coming back. So they're going to have to get creative there.
Task #2: Do something with Frank Clark's contract. Dude needs to take a pay cut but the Chiefs have very little leverage unfortunately. I think what ends up happening is he gets extended, lowering his 2021 cap hit but kicking the can down the road again. The other option is to eat his salary for 2021 and cut him after the season, which I just don't see the Chiefs doing.
Task #3: Extend Matthieu. Get some cap space and give him some guarantees. He's the heart of the defense, make sure he's here for the rest of his career.
Task #4: Rework Chris Jones' deal. That should give some cap space as well and his contract seems to be structured to do exactly this.
Task #5: Figure out who you want to replace Schwartz and if he's not on the team, go get him. Don't care if it's a FA, trade, the draft, or whatever. Just make sure you've got a guy you believe in at that spot going into the season.
Task #6. Figure out who you want to replace Reiter. See #5 above.
Task #7: Figure out who you want to replace Sammy Watkins. See #5 again.
Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
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That's a good list and puts the #1 pick in play for the most talented guy who can check one of these important boxes.
1.Can play tackle
2.Replace Watkins
3.Rush the passer