2023 Cap Discussion

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Bolton isn't signing for $10 mil and could easily sign for a top 3-5 ILB contract which will be around $17 mil/yr.

If Gay keeps playing as well as he has been, then you extend him this off season. He'd be coming off his only season of great production and if you offer him an $8-$10 mil/yr contract, then you can probably get him to sign.

I keep both of those guys, because we've went so long with shit at LB.

I wasn’t suggesting he would, just that both he and Gay will require 10+ mil. per year contracts and that there is no way the Chiefs will pay them both. They just won’t. And if I have to pick one, I’m picking Bolton. Even if it means paying him a bit more per year than Gay would get. Really feel like he will be the anchor of this defense for years to come.

Would love to have both going forward, but I think it’s just not in the cards.