Chiefs News: Tricky remaining offfseason scenarios Kansas City

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By Pete Sweeney

We’re at a little bit of a standstill when it comes to recent tales involving the 2025 Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Free company has handed – and now we patiently watch for the beginning of the annual “Camp Pat” exercises (which often occur in mid-April) adopted by the NFL Draft on the finish of the month.

In my opinion, normal supervisor Brett Veach and his personnel employees have finished it once more, as soon as once more assembling a 90-man roster and depth chart that would confidently line up proper now.

After the announcement of compensatory picks, the Chiefs now have eight picks to make use of all through draft weekend. For a fast reference, they’ve a first-rounder (No. 31 general), a second-rounder (No. 63 general), two third-rounders (Nos. 66 and 95), a fourth-rounder (No. 133) and three seventh-rounders (Nos. 226, 251 and 257).

Latest historical past would possibly counsel Veach will commerce up a number of occasions and find yourself with someplace round six picks. Nevertheless, given Kansas Metropolis’s nice variety of wants, we would see the staff commerce again a couple of times and safe a deeper class.

Even with the roster in good condition, Kansas Metropolis nonetheless has some lingering questions. In at the moment’s e-newsletter, I’ll current the very best and worst-case situations concerning these questions.

Will Trey Smith play on the franchise tag?

Finest-case situation: No. And I’ll share a phrase that transcends soccer: Deadlines make offers. The Chiefs and Smith have a deadline of July 15 to get a long-term contract finished, and up to now, either side have made some leverage performs. Smith has already signed his $23.4 million tag, signaling good religion and avoiding a holdout, whereas the Chiefs created cap flexibility by restructuring Patrick Mahomes and Chris Jones – restoring some leverage in negotiations. Now, it’s as much as the deadline.

Worst-case situation: Sure. And this specific worst-case situation isn’t that unhealthy. Smith performs one season on that quantity, motivated to place himself for an excellent larger contract subsequent offseason. The 2 sides kick the can down the street, and if he performs nice, maybe there may be extra room to function then. The 2 sides delay finishing a deal till the cap rises additional, which might really assist them get one thing finished later slightly than sooner.

What else is on this version?

Pete presents two extra of the largest situations nonetheless going through the Chiefs this offseason.
Our John Dixon offers a full breakdown of a transparent shift within the path of Kansas Metropolis’s mock drafts.
A hyperlink to the total hour-long episode of the “Editors Present” (preview beneath).

The Editors Present

Here’s a preview of this week’s Editors Present that includes Pete Sweeney and John Dixon.

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