Veach trying to keep Trey Smith

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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.