Cap is 182.5M this year.

[RunKC]

$20.3 million over the cap currently. Pretty easy to free money. Clark signing that roster bonus for Patrick would free up $17 million alone before doing anything else.

We could easily manage to get to around $25 million in space

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by RunKC

$20.3 million over the cap currently. Pretty easy to free money. Clark signing that roster bonus for Patrick would free up $17 million alone before doing anything else.

We could easily manage to get to around $25 million in space

Sure can. And without doing anything outside of this group:

Mahomes, Kelce, Hill, Jones, Mathieu

A lot of teams will be able to kick the can on players, but I'm not sure how many that are in trouble can do it with the players you want around long-term, anyway.

Extending Hill so he's on a 5-year deal has minimal risk as long as you can walk on the deal in year 4 or 5 if he falls off a cliff physically.

Restructuring Mahomes was part of the plan from Day 1 with that contract.

Jones? He's got 3 years left on this deal and no prorated salary currently. Stretching 15M of his 21 cap hit out over 3 years gives you 10M of dead money if you cut him after 21, but they aren't gonna do that.

Kelce? Again, no signing bonus on his recent re-do, so you can restructure his 21 roster bonus and free up 3/4 of that money for 21.

And Mathieu? He's the linchpin of the defense, and they always intended to either extend or cut bait headed in 2021 with him.