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The Chiefs in 2015 - Player Re-Signings

Posted on July 20, 2010 at 08:35 PM.

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Re-Signing Players

Re-Signed Player Contracts

* I should point out that, because we operated so close to the salary cap in our past couple of seasons, while assembling our Super Bowl winner, I wasn't so much shocked as anticipating our cap number for 2015. We will start at:
CAP -3.46-million & PEN 4.91-million

You are reading that correctly. As we begin the process of managing in this off-season, we are beyond the cap and clearly have some work to do, not just to get back within cap space but also to re-sign some returning veterans and newcomers in the draft!
This should be a challenge.

We really have only three re-signings to actually contemplate this off-season, barring extending any contracts (which I do not contemplate):
QB Matt Cassel, who is basically coming off a career year!
P Dustin Colquitt
K Ryan Succop

But first, we have to make some roster moves...

Trades

We have contacted the Jaguars about a trade and have moved C Harris & 3rd & 4th Round Draft Picks to the Jags for their 2nd Round Draft Pick.

We were also in conversation with the Falcons, which let me tell you was a tough phone call to make, given our recent history, and concluded a deal that sends CB Brown & 4th & 5th Round Draft Picks to Atlanta for their 3rd Round Draft Pick.

And finally DT Evans & a 6th Round Pick were shipped to the Cowboys for their 5th Pick.

* Subsequent to those deals, it was gratifying to know that all three found positions on the teams to which we sent them, with both Harris and Evans in starting roles on their new squads!

Re-Signings

Those roster moves/trades freed enough space for us to offer a new contract to QB Matt Cassel. We debated long a hard about our QB situation (as you will see later), but feel we simply cannot turn away from a QB that has been such a part of the fabric in our build to a Super Bowl, especially with the year he had meshing with both Chris Johnson and the rest of our very talented offense. Matt agreed to a new 4yr/50-million dollar agreement.

We were also excited when we received quick confirmation that P Dustin Colquitt was eager to return to The Chiefs with a new 2yr/2.25-million dollar contract.

Unfortunately we were unable to come to any sort of agreement with K Ryan Succop and we have mutually decided to part company. That said, we can't thank Ryan enough for his contributions to our success these past several years and wish him the very best.

Released Players

We have released SS Maxwell outright.

I cannot wait for draft day!