Veach trying to keep Trey Smith

[Hoover]

There is nothing to motivate the player in signing a long term deal. He’s got 23M in his pocket.

[TripleThreat]

Originally Posted by Hoover

There is nothing to motivate the player in signing a long term deal. He’s got 23M in his pocket.

I actually was listening to the NFL radio network and from my view of what they were saying and their knowledge of the players in the active NFL, players don't like the tag and prefer a long term deal.

The main reason they cite is injury...

The idea is that while a guaranteed 24 million is great.... a $125 million with 55 million guaranteed is a whole lot sweeter and it protects them in a sense.

Imagine a guy plays on the tag, tears his ACL.... His extension or contract with a new team just took a HUGE hit, and he will probably be subject to a smaller contract in terms of years so they can prove they can still perform at that high level...

That's what I took from that segment.

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by TripleThreat

I actually was listening to the NFL radio network and from my view of what they were saying and their knowledge of the players in the active NFL, players don't like the tag and prefer a long term deal.

The main reason they cite is injury...

The idea is that while a guaranteed 24 million is great.... a $125 million with 55 million guaranteed is a whole lot sweeter and it protects them in a sense.

Imagine a guy plays on the tag, tears his ACL.... His extension or contract with a new team just took a HUGE hit, and he will probably be subject to a smaller contract in terms of years so they can prove they can still perform at that high level...

That's what I took from that segment.

All true. But it’s now after the fact. He’s been tagged. He knows the team will want to do a long term deal that’s friendlier to the salary cap, but there isn’t some sort of deadline. Maybe when OTAs start but beyond that Smith has time. The Chiefs don’t if they need cap space, but there doesn’t seem to be a problem for the Chiefs. Who knows maybe the Chiefs are willing to wait until they have some sort of leverage.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Hoover

All true. But it’s now after the fact. He’s been tagged. He knows the team will want to do a long term deal that’s friendlier to the salary cap, but there isn’t some sort of deadline. Maybe when OTAs start but beyond that Smith has time. The Chiefs don’t if they need cap space, but there doesn’t seem to be a problem for the Chiefs. Who knows maybe the Chiefs are willing to wait until they have some sort of leverage.

The deadline is in July. If they haven't reached a deal at that point, he plays on the tag.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Hoover

There is nothing to motivate the player in signing a long term deal. He’s got 23M in his pocket.

You’re thinking small potatoes. Yeah, to us, $23m would be insane, but a guy like Trey has the opportunity to gain a much larger amount over the next 5-7 years. Landon Dickerson just got $50m guaranteed. If Trey hit the open market, he would probably get between $60-70m given the dearth of quality interior linemen.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Hoover

There is nothing to motivate the player in signing a long term deal. He’s got 23M in his pocket.

No he doesn't.

I mean he'll get a game check in/around September and that game check will be in the $1.5 million range. So yeah, there are worse places to be.

But he could probably put $30 million in his pocket (and very probably more) tomorrow if he'd sign an extension. And THAT'S the motivation.