What the Mahomes deal means for Chiefs
You may remember that I wrote about the potential of Mahomes signing a big deal and what that would mean for the Chiefs back in April.
A lot of that centered on the truth that the Chiefs only had $177 dollars in cap space at that time, and you misread that, I didn’t say $177 million, just $177 in cap space.
Well, that has changed a little bit with KC now having a whopping $6 million in space after some restructuring. I mean, they did have it right up until today when they (correctly) gave Mahomes his deal worth $40 million per year.
Even if they somehow structured it so that Mahomes gets no more extra money in 2020, that still leaves them with only $6 million in cap space which is a problem. If you haven’t been keeping up with it, the reason why that is a problem for the Chiefs is that Chris Jones (the player they used the franchise tag on) is asking for a contract worth $20 million per year.
And you know what, he isn’t wrong in wanting that based off of his NFL career to this point and he should absolutely ask for that. The fact that he is right to ask that is part of the reason he was able to threaten the team.