Being so limited by the cap likely means moves are coming sooner than later, since the Chiefs want to be agile enough to take advantage of whatever the market might bring them over time. The two-time All-Pro will have a cap hit barely more than a second-year player’s minimum salary. Seals-Jones will cost $925,000 — a bit more than we had estimated. Your privacy is safe with us. NE: 891,77532. If CEH wasn't living up to the hype before, it's not going to happen now. And with those strokes of the pen, the Kansas City Chiefs will gain $2.2 million in 2020 cap space. Le’Veon Bell comes with affordable 2020 cap hit for Chiefs. But what had been reported was that this would be true for all aspects of the contract except any pro-rated signing bonus — or other amounts previously paid in 2020. “So the numbers may say one thing, [but] there are so many different things you can do to get yourself to where you need to be,” explained Veach. That’s not enough to even sign the Chiefs draft class — which Spotrac currently estimates will take $5.2 million in cap space — much less have the cap room to do anything else in free agency. Both sides have accepted the final language and will soon sign the deal. Remember Zunes? They have club options and ERFA tenders that now count against the salary cap. By: Charles Goldman. MIN: 12,495,44327. More importantly, there’s no reason to worry. NE: 891,77532. GB: 12,966,43326. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Brett Veach deserves some real credit here for knowing his boundaries. But we wouldn’t count on the team running out and spending that money just yet. If the front office had plans to roll over a big chunk of salary cap space into a 2021 season, with a $175 million dollar salary cap floor due to COVID-19, they might need to rethink that strategy. Sign up for the For The Win newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. (In other words, we all panicked about the corners last year and they turned out to be okay.). “The cap is flexible; what we’re able to do is flexible,” said Chiefs general manager Brett Veach on Thursday. Times is tough. (I realize it’s just magnets, but still.). Now what? Little known fact: Andy Reid likes to splurge for his Hawaiian shirts. There are 14 NFL games on the schedule for Week 6, including a few potential playoff previews between the league's best teams. It looks so silly in comparison to everyone else that you’d almost swear it’s a typo. Now? Those moving parts could include anything from a trade deal for defensive tackle Chris Jones (or even another player) prior to the draft — a move that would give the team more picks with which to work on draft weekend — to a simple contract restructuring to free up a few million in cap space to get the draft class signed. His work as the Kansas City Chiefs general manager has brought the team to the very edge of their salary cap space. So in a certain way, this amounts to a step backward. The Chiefs might look like a financially frustrated franchise (say that three times fast) at this stage, but any number of moves could generate plenty of cash—from signing Chris Jones to figuring out what to do with Sammy Watkins to restructuring a deal like they already did with Frank Clark. PIT: 8,667,81430. After a monster Week 1 performance against the Houston Texans (138 yards and a touchdown), he never topped 64 yards rushing, and in his past two contests, he only caught three passes each. Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. Two Chiefs players — right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and running back Damien Williams — have chosen to sit out the year. Or they could flip Super Bowl hero Chris Jones, who’s set to play under the franchise tag in 2020, for some draft capital and save about $16.1 million in the process. There appears to be one other change. That said, we couldn’t help but pause and make note of the fact that the Chiefs have only $177 in cap space. That’s considerably more than they’ll have to start the year in 2020. Cost: $200. ATL: 7,530,18831. This is sorcery, after all. Over the weekend, the salary cap site Spotrac reported figures for the recent contracts signed by Kansas City Chiefs players Demarcus Robinson, Bashaud Breeland and Ricky Seals-Jones. 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Welcome to Chiefs Wire's European Union Experience. Normally this would mean that every provision of the contract for 2020 (and the years beyond) would simply move to the following season. I suppose they could just ask Mahomes to sign a football for free, but footballs are pretty expensive. According to that report, the Chiefs have the least cap space in the NFL with $555K. Further moves will be coming. Bell, of course, was waived by the New York Jets on Tuesday and was free to sign with any NFL team. Over the weekend, the salary cap site Spotrac reported figures for the recent contracts signed by Kansas City Chiefs players Demarcus Robinson, Bashaud Breeland and Ricky Seals-Jones. I have serious questions for anyone paying that much money for some toys. But in the meantime, our current calculations give the Chiefs between $7.9 and $8.2 million in cap space — likely $8.2 million. Here are the games you can and can't miss, ranked by watchability. According to the folks at Over The Cap, the Chiefs have just over $6.2 million in cap space remaining for the 2020 season. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. This is because the CBA modifications allow NFL players to opt out of the 2020 season. Not an iPhone. Per the NFL report, the teams closest to the cap ... Kansas City is definitely in better shape than some other NFL teams like the Falcons, Vikings, Saints and Rams. GB: 12,966,43326. The team has a pair of creative salary cap gurus in Brandt Tilis and Chris Shea who collaborate with Brett Veach on this stuff. And with those strokes of the pen, the Kansas City Chiefs will gain $2.2 million in 2020 cap space. This reporting includes the recently assembled 53-man roster and 16-man practice squad. Honestly, I’m surprised that a levitating football doesn’t cost more. With signing of CBA change, Chiefs get $2.2 million in extra cap space NFL teams are getting an unexpected windfall of cap money, but they might not want to spend it. Ultimately, the salary cap is malleable and Chiefs Kingdom shouldn’t lose any sleep over this number for the time being. To be specific, the team has exactly $177 in space to work with at this point. We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like. The Chiefs could get a Zune, I suppose. Chiefs 2021 Salary Cap An updated look at the Kansas City Chiefs 2021 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses. September will be another story — but that’s something the team can worry about then. The Super Bowl champs are broke. Official cap space by team (teams 24-32):24. Even if the contracts are finalized that quickly, almost all of them will simply push a less-expensive contract below the top 51 threshold. NO: 9,237,53729. That’s $177, as in the same amount you’d pay to fly to, say, Orlando and back if we weren’t all quarantined inside our homes. But once the new contracts for the draft class are signed and processed, the team will need at least some of that draft class money. Now, however, we believe Washington has received a veteran salary benefit (VSB) contract. This means that 2020’s pro-rated signing bonuses for Duvernay-Tardif and Williams ($2 million and $533,000 respectively) will now be counted against the 2021 cap. Here’s why: As always, we don’t know what the cap figure will be for the next season — and because the league is very likely to bring in less revenue in 2020, there’s every reason to believe the total cap figure will be lower than the current $198.2 million.