Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower:
Butker's a distraction and rule changes have made kickers fungible. I think spending a premium on him is a mistake.
Creed's not a perfect center but you have to have continuity if you want to protect the best QB in the league.
Uh, guess you didn't see where Andy/Toub are probably backing off the whole "JR will be kicking KOs," huh? There's a funny thing about how the kick has to be aimed.
And Butker is a distraction to who exactly? And what does that have to do with football or scoring points? You get that KC probably doesn't win the last two SBs without Butker, right?
Pivot: how much could Butker get paid? What was the biggest contract for a kicker anyway? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dante84:
If Karloftis' ascent to superstar happens this year (like I think it will) that 5th year option is so, so huge. Same w/ McDuffie (who is already elite).
Thuney's money/age combo doesn't make sense to Veach after this year, so he's likely gone.
Big questions are obviously going to be Smith & Bolton. If either of Nourzad or Hanson look like a stud in camp & preseason, that would make the Smith decision very easy on paper, despite the nostalgia factor.
Bolton is the tougher one for me. I don't see how we let him walk if he has another healthy/elite year. I do bet he tests the market as DJLN suggests, but I'd really like to find a way to keep him for that second deal. Could he be a tag candidate? I imagine the LB tag is affordable....
Other 2025 notable names:
- Justin Reid
- Charles Omenihu
- Hollywood Brown
- Noah Gray
It isn't. There's no tag category for off-ball 'backers. It's all linebackers, including the OLB edge rushers that get $30 million/season.
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Uh, guess you didn't see where Andy/Toub are probably backing off the whole "JR will be kicking KOs," huh? There's a funny thing about how the kick has to be aimed.
And Butker is a distraction to who exactly? And what does that have to do with football or scoring points? You get that KC probably doesn't win the last two SBs without Butker, right?
Pivot: how much could Butker get paid? What was the biggest contract for a kicker anyway?
Tucker is 4/24. really pretty reasonable considering what Butkers done and the amount of points he puts up. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
Literally every time I watch McDuffie play or even do an interview I walk away even more impressed with that dude. One of the best picks of the Veach era, and that's a very high bar. Fantastic player and incredibly solid person by all appearances. Needs to be a Chief for life.
Yeah....I struggle to find a fault with the guy to be honest. He may end up being....shit I dunno the best Chief CB of all time? [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Yeah....I struggle to find a fault with the guy to be honest. He may end up being....shit I dunno the best Chief CB of all time?
He can get bodied off the ball at times but shit man, that's picking nits.
He's the stickiest CB I've ever seen in KC. You just can't shake the dude. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Yeah....I struggle to find a fault with the guy to be honest. He may end up being....shit I dunno the best Chief CB of all time?
McDuffie has hands of stone which is indicative why he plays CB. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Yeah....I struggle to find a fault with the guy to be honest. He may end up being....shit I dunno the best Chief CB of all time?
He was going to be the next jersey purchase, but then Veach had to go draft another baller in Worthy, so he's it now. [Reply]