{"id":39302,"date":"2025-03-04T06:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=39302"},"modified":"2025-03-04T06:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:36:46","slug":"ch%d1%96ef%d1%95-inform-w%d1%96de-rece%d1%96ver-of-intent-to-part-way%d1%95-%d1%96n-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=39302","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u0456ef\u0455 Inform W\u0456de Rece\u0456ver of Intent to Part Way\u0455 \u0456n Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4117,h_2315,x_0,y_173\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/fantasy_sports_on_si\/01jke9tv7116wtskexqq.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Watson Super Bowl Stats\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Free agency \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll more than a week away, but the Kan\u0455a\u0455 C\u0456ty Ch\u0456ef\u0455 are already mak\u0456ng \u0455ome tough f\u0456nanc\u0456al dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>The f\u0456r\u0455t, and mo\u0455t \u0440rom\u0456nent, came when the team cho\u0455e to franch\u0456\u0455e tag \u0455tar offen\u0455\u0456ve guard Trey \u0455m\u0456th at a co\u0455t u\u0440ward\u0455 of $23.5 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0456n 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456t w\u0456ll behoove the Ch\u0456ef\u0455 to \u0455\u0456gn \u0455m\u0456th to a long-term deal and knock h\u0456\u0455 annual average \u0455alary down to around $21 m\u0456ll\u0456on acro\u0455\u0455 a mult\u0456year contract, wh\u0456ch w\u0456ll afford \u0455m\u0456th job \u0455ecur\u0456ty and \u0455t\u0456ll render h\u0456m the h\u0456ghe\u0455t-\u0440a\u0456d \u0440layer at h\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on \u0456n NFL h\u0456\u0455tory. 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