Assumptions:

1. The Chiefs do very well in the 2024 season. HC Andy Reid and GM Brett Veach are retained.

2. During the 2024 season, the Chiefs trade a conditional 2026 pick to the Rams for CB Tre'Davius White.

3. TE Travis Kelce retires.

4. The Chiefs re-work QB Patrick Mahomes contract, partially extending him and lowering his cap number from his currently-gargantuan $66.2m cap hit.

5. The Chiefs re-sign: WR Marquise Brown 1 year, $5m; DE Charles Omenihu 2 years, $20m; DE Josh Uche, 1 year, $5m; LB Nick Bolton 4 years, $72m.

6. The Chiefs re-sign to minimal deals: QB Carson Wentz, WR Justin Watson, WR Mecole Hardman, DT Mike Pennel, P Matt Araiza

7. The Chiefs tender the following RFAs: LB Jack Cochrane, OG/C Mike Caliendo, CB Nazeeh Johnson

8. The Chiefs let walk: RB Kareem Hunt, RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, RB Samaje Perine, WR DeAndre Hopkins, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, TE Jody Fortson, OT Lucas Niang, OG Trey Smith, DT Tershawn Wharton, DT Derrick Nnadi, DT Marlon Tuipulotu, DE Malik Herring, CB Tre'Davius White, S Justin Reid, LS James Winchester

9. The Chiefs sign the following free agents: RB D'Onta Foreman (Browns), WR KJ Osborne (Patriots)

10. The WR DeAndre Hopkins pick qualifies as a 4th rounder.

10. The Draft:

1. OT Wyatt Milum, West Virginia
2. TE Luke Lachey, Iowa
3 (Sneed). RB Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
3. DT Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
5. S Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin
7 (either Smith-Marsette or Hardman pick swap -- the other was traded for Cam Thomas). DT Jay Toia, UCLA
7 (compensatory). QB Kyle McCord, Syracuse
7 (compensatory). LB Jack Kiser, Notre Dame


The roster:

QB: Mahomes, Wentz, McCord
RB: Pacheco, Hampton, Foreman, Steele

WR: Rice, Worthy, Brown, Osborne, Watson, Hardman, Remigio
TE: Gray, Lachey, Wylie, Hendershot

LT: Suamataia vs. Milum
LG: Thuney, Nourzad
C: Humphrey, Hansen
RG: Morris, Caliendo
RT: Taylor, Suamataia/Milum

DE: Omenihu, Uche, Thomas
DT: Jones, Turner
DT: Pennel, Lovett, Toia
DE: Karlaftis, Danna, Anudike-Uzomah

WLB: Tranquill, Jones, Kiser
MLB: Bolton, Tranquill
SLB: Chenal, Cochrane

CB: McDuffie, Watson, Williams, Johnson, Roland-Wallace
S: Cook, Conner, Hicks, Wohler

K: Butker
P: Araiza
LS: some guy
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