Chiefs Chiefs restructure Taylor - Page 3

With cap space tight after the DeAndre Hopkins trade, the Chiefs restructured the contract of OT Jawaan Taylor by converting salary into a signing bonus, creating $5.3M in 2024 room.
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CB more likely than another WR.

The Watson injury is a big loss.
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ZDarius Smith, come on down
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Could be a preemptive house cleaning move as they just used a lot of their available funds on Hopkins.

Good to have resources available with someone getting hurt seemingly every week...
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Originally Posted by kysirsoze:
DRob trade and extension! LFG!!!

He had a heck of a game last night
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Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
eh, we were also told screech doesnt sign WRs over 30 years old.

For high draft picks. Hopkins wasn't a high draft pick like Adams and Cooper was.
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Originally Posted by threebag:
He had a heck of a game last night

So we pay a 6th instead of a 7th? Who cares.
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Originally Posted by staylor26:
Is it possible that they needed to do this for Hopkins and they don't make another move?

We only have to pay $2.5 million for Hopkins, right, because Tennessee is picking up the rest.

I thought that should have left us with like $1.5 million.
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Originally Posted by PatMahomesIsGod:
So we pay a 6th instead of a 7th? Who cares.

The Rams because they were never trading a productive cheap player with the division still in clear sights.
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Originally Posted by wazu:
Feels like I remember them doing a restructure last year that everybody got excited about, but it was just freeing up a few million for minor transactions and stuff. Would guess this is designed to give flexibility to trade for a relatively beneath the radar player as well as have breathing room for minor weekly transactions.

They do need cap space for moves between the PS and active roster, but I don't know how much.

If we had a player with a larger salary coming back, like Charles O., would that be a reason we needed cap space?
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Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
For high draft picks. Hopkins wasn't a high draft pick like Adams and Cooper was.

He was the 27th pick, so it's not like he is Puka or something
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Hmmm weird I suggested this happen and some high football IQ wiz on here said dumb idea. Glad Veach is running the team.
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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic:
He was the 27th pick, so it's not like he is Puka or something

I think what he's saying is that the Jets gave up a 2nd for Adams and the Bills gave up a 3rd for Cooper. Veach got Hopkins for a conditional 5th.
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I've heard that Veach isn't done.
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Bring Sneed back.
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Originally Posted by In58men:
Bring Sneed back.

You can't unless he gets cut. A trade would need to wait until 2 years from the original trade.
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