2018 Free Agents

[Couch-Potato]

Who are you letting walk/cutting/retiring?

http://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2018/...8-free-agents/


Who are you targeting?

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nf...t-tracker?pg=1

[farmerchief]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

That Junior Galette thing makes me wonder how many Redskins free agents are ultra pissed about the Fuller thing and want to join him in KC.

Yeah, probably zero, since they'll go where there's money, but still. Anybody on here catch your eye? Note: The number next to the player's position is their age.

Kirk Cousins QB 29 WAS TBD $23,943,600 UFA Market Value
Terrelle Pryor WR 28 WAS TBD $6,000,000 UFA -
Shawn Lauvao G 30 WAS TBD $4,250,000 UFA -
DeAngelo Hall CB 34 WAS TBD $4,250,000 UFA -
Zach Brown ILB 28 WAS TBD $2,300,000 UFA -
Niles Paul TE 28 WAS TBD $2,000,000 UFA -
Will Compton ILB 28 WAS TBD $1,797,000 UFA -
Trent Murphy OLB 27 WAS TBD $1,118,200 UFA -
Arthur Jones DT 31 WAS TBD $900,000 UFA -
Chris Carter ILB 28 WAS TBD $885,000 UFA -
Brian Quick WR 28 WAS TBD $855,000 UFA -
Junior Galette OLB 29 WAS TBD $800,000 UFA -
Tony Bergstrom C 31 WAS TBD $775,000 UFA -
Phil Taylor DT 29 WAS TBD $775,000 UFA -
Spencer Long C 27 WAS TBD $715,950 UFA -
Bashaud Breeland CB 26 WAS TBD $676,500 UFA Market Value
Ryan Grant WR 27 WAS TBD $608,403 UFA -
Dustin Hopkins
Montori Hughes

I don't think the Chiefs could legitimaly be a player for any of them, that is over $900,000?

[BossChief]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...in-free-agency

After clearing up some cap space with the trade of former starting quarterback Alex Smith, the Kansas City Chiefs have some options. If they want to go further and drop some aging veterans, such as Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali and Darrelle Revis, they will have more than $22 million in cap space, according to Spotrac.

That type of freedom could lead to them going full 2016 New York Giants or 2014 Denver Broncos, when those teams invested highly in a third cornerback. With Marcus Peters and now Kendall Fuller (a slot cornerback acquired via the Smith trade) on the team, they would only need one more solid cornerback, likely an outside corner, to completely suffocate teams in the secondary.

Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has openly brought up the fact Denver could release him this offseason. His cap hit of $12 million, with just a dead cap figure of $1 million, makes that easy for the Broncos to do, if they want to. The question is, why would they want to throw away a cornerback who has made five straight Pro Bowls?

The answer almost certainly has to be Kirk Cousins, the quarterback whose sweepstakes we've been waiting on for nearly three full years at this point.

If Talib is "done wrong" by Denver for a quarterback, it would be interesting to see if the Chiefs, an AFC West rival, could land his services in what would quickly become one of the best cornerback rooms in the NFL.

[Mother****erJones]

Originally Posted by BossChief

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...in-free-agency

After clearing up some cap space with the trade of former starting quarterback Alex Smith, the Kansas City Chiefs have some options. If they want to go further and drop some aging veterans, such as Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali and Darrelle Revis, they will have more than $22 million in cap space, according to Spotrac.

That type of freedom could lead to them going full 2016 New York Giants or 2014 Denver Broncos, when those teams invested highly in a third cornerback. With Marcus Peters and now Kendall Fuller (a slot cornerback acquired via the Smith trade) on the team, they would only need one more solid cornerback, likely an outside corner, to completely suffocate teams in the secondary.

Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has openly brought up the fact Denver could release him this offseason. His cap hit of $12 million, with just a dead cap figure of $1 million, makes that easy for the Broncos to do, if they want to. The question is, why would they want to throw away a cornerback who has made five straight Pro Bowls?

The answer almost certainly has to be Kirk Cousins, the quarterback whose sweepstakes we've been waiting on for nearly three full years at this point.

If Talib is "done wrong" by Denver for a quarterback, it would be interesting to see if the Chiefs, an AFC West rival, could land his services in what would quickly become one of the best cornerback rooms in the NFL.

Wouldn’t that piss off our Denver faithful.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by BossChief

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...in-free-agency

After clearing up some cap space with the trade of former starting quarterback Alex Smith, the Kansas City Chiefs have some options. If they want to go further and drop some aging veterans, such as Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali and Darrelle Revis, they will have more than $22 million in cap space, according to Spotrac.

That type of freedom could lead to them going full 2016 New York Giants or 2014 Denver Broncos, when those teams invested highly in a third cornerback. With Marcus Peters and now Kendall Fuller (a slot cornerback acquired via the Smith trade) on the team, they would only need one more solid cornerback, likely an outside corner, to completely suffocate teams in the secondary.

Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has openly brought up the fact Denver could release him this offseason. His cap hit of $12 million, with just a dead cap figure of $1 million, makes that easy for the Broncos to do, if they want to. The question is, why would they want to throw away a cornerback who has made five straight Pro Bowls?

The answer almost certainly has to be Kirk Cousins, the quarterback whose sweepstakes we've been waiting on for nearly three full years at this point.

If Talib is "done wrong" by Denver for a quarterback, it would be interesting to see if the Chiefs, an AFC West rival, could land his services in what would quickly become one of the best cornerback rooms in the NFL.

Talib is a pos but I’d sign him for a couple of years just to piss off the Donks and the Raider games would be fun.

[Toad]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Who is going to pla NT? Isn't that now our biggest hole?

Huge hole...

[RunKC]

I wouldn’t spend too much money if I was Veach.

Marcus Peters
Kendall Fuller
Chris Jones
Tyreek Hill

Gotta have money to start getting these contracts knocked out a year from now.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by RunKC

I wouldn’t spend too much money if I was Veach.

Marcus Peters
Kendall Fuller
Chris Jones
Tyreek Hill

Gotta have money to start getting these contracts knocked out a year from now.

As of today, the Chiefs are $75 million under the cap in 2019 and that number will likely grow after Hali, DJ, Sorensen, et al, are released.

Peters can play on his 5th year option in 2019, while Fuller, Jones and Hill will only be RFA's after the 2019 season. I'm not saying that Veach shouldn't consider extending some of those guys after the 2018 season but there's time to make further evaluations.

I'd like to see Chris Jones play a 16 game season (and the postseason) without suffering any injuries before giving him a huge contract.

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

As of today, the Chiefs are $75 million under the cap in 2019 and that number will likely grow after Hali, DJ, Sorensen, et al, are released.

Peters can play on his 5th year option in 2019, while Fuller, Jones and Hill will only be RFA's after the 2019 season. I'm not saying that Veach shouldn't consider extending some of those guys after the 2018 season but there's time to make further evaluations.

I'd like to see Chris Jones play a 16 game season (and the postseason) without suffering any injuries before giving him a huge contract.

Exactly. You give a guy like Talib a short term contract. We can afford to spend money on a guy like that in 2018 and 2019. After that, probably not.

[DaneMcCloud]

A guy I'd kick the tires on would be Shaq Barrett. He's 25, had 4 sacks last year and would add an overall layer of insurance as the ROLB and LOLB positions.

I don't watch the Broncos, except when they've faced the Chiefs, and Barrett's been a factor in the pass rush the past several seasons.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

As of today, the Chiefs are $75 million under the cap in 2019 and that number will likely grow after Hali, DJ, Sorensen, et al, are released.

Peters can play on his 5th year option in 2019, while Fuller, Jones and Hill will only be RFA's after the 2019 season. I'm not saying that Veach shouldn't consider extending some of those guys after the 2018 season but there's time to make further evaluations.

I'd like to see Chris Jones play a 16 game season (and the postseason) without suffering any injuries before giving him a huge contract.

That’s true, and a lot of this will depend on what they think of Morse, Conley, Wilson and Fulton.

Its going to cost a fortune to keep these young guys. Peters, Tyreek and in 2 years Hunt might be extended. It’s time to shift the paradigm of the team. DJ /Tamba are done and Houston/Berry are the new DJ/Tamba of the last few years. Their time is coming.

[Couch-Potato]

Pass rush help? Dion Jordan?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2...-pass-rushers/

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Couch-Potato

Pass rush help? Dion Jordan?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2...-pass-rushers/

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

As of today, the Chiefs are $75 million under the cap in 2019 and that number will likely grow after Hali, DJ, Sorensen, et al, are released.

Peters can play on his 5th year option in 2019, while Fuller, Jones and Hill will only be RFA's after the 2019 season. I'm not saying that Veach shouldn't consider extending some of those guys after the 2018 season but there's time to make further evaluations.

I'd like to see Chris Jones play a 16 game season (and the postseason) without suffering any injuries before giving him a huge contract.

No way? They’d be UFAs after 2019.

[Couch-Potato]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

"Jordan appeared in five games last season and logged a four sacks and a forced fumble."

"Jordan may have to sign a one-year prove-it deal, which could be attractive for teams looking for immediate help with with minimal financial risk."

Doesn't sound like too bad an idea to me. I recall him being touted as versatile coming out of college, tall, long and lean. Might be a fit for Sutton's system if he can back drop into coverage. Maybe he stays out of trouble in KC.

[The Franchise]

I’d take Galette or Murphy.