As of 22 minutes ago, no final roster I can find yet
Roster moves:
Unreported cuts remaining: 21
Waived Players:
LB Swayze Bozeman
RB Deneric Prince
QB Chris Oladokun
WR/RB Louis Rees-Zammit
TE Irv Smith Jr.
WR Justyn Ross
WR Kadarius Toney
DE Owen Carney
CB Ekow Boye-Doe
QB Ian Book
WR Phillip Brooks
DT Alex Gubner
G Griffin McDowell
CB Kelvin Joseph
LS Randen Plattner
G Nick Torres
WR Kyle Sheets
TE Geor'quarius Spivey
Trades/ Signings:
Chiefs send seventh-round pick to Arizona Cardinals in exchange for linebacker Cam Thomas.
Chiefs sign free agent wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster
Injured/Reserve List:
DE Charles Omenihu
OL McKade Kettauer
DE BJ Thompson
A DT would do wonders for the defense. Get that guy to replace Nnadi or Pennel. We need a good guy in place for 1 year. There will be a surprise cut of an aging vet that will want a ring and can give us his all for a year or 2. We really need to get a drafted guy next year or develop one this year. I know omenihu is coming back, but when and how long for him to get in game shape? I really hoped Lovett would show something.
It goes up the same for all, thing is has other teams already mortgaged against it? We still have to sign our own etc but we are bit in the hole as some teams are.
Contracts dropping off and the cap spaces projection is going up too. Hell in 2027 we are projected to have 194 million in cap space. Looking at 2016 there is 34 total contracts out of 53. We are going to have to resign quite a few. Taylor we can get out if to make more space though at RT.
2027.....10 signed so far on the active roster with Humhprey not being shown per the link so far. So Veach is signing the players now and getting ahead of the needing to sign later. This is good imo as he gets ahead of the other signings which could drive up the price for our own. Also allows him to make other teams pay later on.
https://overthecap.com/salary-cap
Well I like the fact we tackle, practice hard and play our starters while other teams sit their players. We just need to come out of the gate ready to go and make it work.
Now to get Smith and/or Bolton. The way Veach does the cap space, I am sure he will leave a good amount for next year too. He is getting ahead of it all, then forcing those other teams to over pay themselves too.
I mean we had no WRs the first 7 games really as Rice was a rookie stull learning. Now we have a Worthy, still learning but much more impactful. Rice has looked great and Kelce who has had a good camp and is healthy to start the season. 3rd receiver then is still better than our WR1 last year as it looks now.