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By Pete Sweeney
Now that the preliminary waves of free company have handed, we’re starting to raised perceive the offseason imaginative and prescient of Kansas Metropolis Chiefs common supervisor Brett Veach.
Earlier than free company started, our tracker listed 35 returning gamers underneath contract, however that dropped to 34 after Veach traded left guard Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears. Kansas Metropolis has 15 new reserve/future contracts and 24 new contracts for 2025. At the moment, the Chiefs have 4 remaining free brokers in the marketplace.
With particulars of the brand new contracts persevering with to trickle out, under, our Jared Sapp evaluates the place the workforce’s wage cap for 2025 at present stands.
Final week, the Chiefs made lots of their newly signed gamers out there to the media. Listed below are 5 standout quotes:
Proper guard Trey Smith: An sincere and open interview with FanDuel TV’s Kay Adams
Smith not too long ago spoke candidly with Adams for about 10 minutes, discussing his offseason and contract state of affairs. Because it stands, Smith has signed his franchise tag and is about to play on a one-year, $23.4 million deal except the 2 sides come to a brand new settlement by July 15.
Smith has all the time been considerate with what he says to the media, even going so far as complimenting Kingsley Suamataia instantly after an early-season sport by which he had to get replaced. With Adams, he overtly shared his want to remain in a Chiefs uniform each now and for the foreseeable future.
“I can solely deal with simply figuring out and coaching,” mentioned Smith. “I like Kansas Metropolis — it’s my dwelling. I like the Chiefs. The followers in Kansas Metropolis are a few of the finest individuals I’ve ever been round. In the end, I’d love to remain there. That’s my plan.”
Concerning go blocking in 2024, Smith performed in 9 video games when he allowed one or fewer pressures. However he additionally had some outings he could have needed again, permitting three or extra pressures in 4 video games (together with the Divisional Spherical and Tremendous Bowl).
At the same time as Smith is about to make quadruple the cash in 2025 that he has made in his total four-year profession, he’s taking that factor as a real problem to beat.
“I believe for me, the principle factor is simply to be constant,” he mentioned. “Be nice — however be nice persistently. That’s kind of the mission I’m attempting to be on. I’m attempting to not simply be the very best I might be however simply do it week in and week out and be that very same nice participant each single week.”
What else is on this version?
Pete highlights 4 extra Chiefs’ quotes from final week that matter.
Our Jared Sapp evaluates the place the cap stands heading into NFL Draft month.
A hyperlink to the total hour-long episode of the “Editors Present” (preview under).
The Editors Present
Here’s a preview of this week’s Editors Present that includes Pete Sweeney and John Dixon.
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In our sport preview publication on Thursdays, Pete shares his three ideas heading into the sport, Rocky Magaña highlights a pivotal matchup to observe — and John Dixon shares some background on one of many upcoming sport’s largest storylines.
In our post-game publication, Pete shares his three ideas stemming from every efficiency, Ron Kopp delivers his very first have a look at the movie — and Jared Sapp captures all the things being mentioned concerning the turning level of the sport.
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