KC Warpaint 3,234 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 What are the Kansas City Chiefs options with Ben Grubbs? By Joel Thorman @JoelThorman on Jan 27, 2016, 9:00a 47 The Kansas City Chiefs traded for guard Ben Grubbs last year and the move was met with a lot of applause from those in Kansas City. Grubbs was a known commodity who was only two years removed from a Pro Bowl nod. The Chiefs offensive line was a major concern entering last season and this move seemed to go a long way to fix it. The Chiefs topped it off by re-working his contract and giving him a four-year, $24 million deal. And then Grubbs started playing. He was OK, not dominant, before a neck injury ended his season. I'm not sure what we expected but the first year wasn't really what anyone expected. I don't know anything about the injury but obviously neck injuries can be serious, particularly if they end your season early like this one did with Grubbs. So what's the Chiefs plan with Grubbs? I see a few options. 1. He comes back and starts next year. His cap number is scheduled to be $6.3 million. He's only 31 years old right now. Grubbs would have to beat out Laurent Duveray-Tardif, Jah Reid, Zach Fulton or whoever else the Chiefs line up at guard next season. It's reasonable to think this is a realistic option and it's the best case scenario. 2. He retires due to the neck injury. The Chiefs owe him nothing. Again, I don't know the details here but throwing this out as an option. 3. The Chiefs cut him. Possible? Yeah, I think it's possible but it would be costly. The cap hit would still be over $5 million next season, although they would save about a million off of the original $6.3 million cap number. The Chiefs were dealing with lots of dead money last year but most of that is gone now so there is some wiggle room to take a hit. Since they wouldn't be saving much cap space I would only consider this if they had someone on the roster who is clearly better than him (I'm not sure that they do right now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetlord 10,209 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 If Allen is gone, then the Chiefs may pencil Grubbs in as a starter and see what happens. At the least, he'll be competing with a draft pick or another free agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsy 1,137 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Money already spent..Might as well allow him to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefmanzada 466 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I doubt he'll rebound but we'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FANATIC 852 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I read earlier that he was actually grading out well prior to his injury. Not that I place much on that but its a better gauge than my opinion. NFL Injury Secrecy makes all these conversations in the dark. KC needs to bring in every possible guy to evaluate and compete. Morse, Fisher, Grubbs and Allen are good. None are great. The other GUYS simply are not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calichief 3,016 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Hope all the time off has done him well. He was once great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eraser 722 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I heard Jeff Allen on Schwatz' podcast. I really like Jeff Allen. He had a tough time here. Injuries slowed his development. It appears he is now ready to be the player we hoped he would be. I think he will be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard 2,061 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I think you bring him back. Don't save much by cutting him and he could rebound and be an asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMO 6,811 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Maybe the neck injury was hampering him. Who knows? Hopefully, he comes back better. We're stuck with him unless he retires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eraser 722 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Fisher/Grubbs/Morse/LDT/ ? Grubbs is not great at pass protection. LDT and Jah Reid can fight it out at RG. The Chiefs need to find a RT (whether from the draft or FA). I like Jeff Allen, but I get the idea he is not coming back. Hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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