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<\/p>\nGoing into Wednesday, we hadn\u2019t yet learned the details of eight contracts for newly-signed Kansas City Chiefs players, making it difficult to know how much salary-cap space the team now holds.<\/p>\n
Now, however, the salary-cap site Spotrac has details for four of them: the contracts for quarterback Gardner Minshew, running back Kareem Hunt, wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and defensive tackle Jerry Tillery.<\/p>\n
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Minshew\u2019s details were the least surprising.<\/p>\n
Under the two-year, $25 million contract he signed with the Las Vegas Raiders last season, he was guaranteed $3.2 million in salary for 2025.<\/p>\n
This meant Kansas City could sign him for his NFL minimum salary of $1.1 million, while the Raiders continued to pay Minshew the $3.2 million they had promised.<\/p>\n
NFL contracts sometimes include offset language that allows the old team\u2019s cap hit for a released player to be reduced by the amount paid by a new team during the following season.<\/p>\n
According to Spotrac, though, Las Vegas is on the hook for the full $3.2 million \u2014 plus $4.5 million in dead money from Minshew\u2019s original signing bonus.<\/p>\n
We had estimated that Hunt\u2019s one-year contract would have a cap hit of about $1.5 million.<\/p>\n
Spotrac says Hunt is being paid his minimum salary of $1.3 million, a $110,000 signing bonus, a $35,000 workout bonus and up to $100,000 in per-game roster bonuses.<\/p>\n
Since he was on the active roster for 14 games last season, about $82,000 of that final $100,000 will count as likely-to-be-earned (LTBE) in 2025.<\/p>\n
That brings Hunt\u2019s cap hit for this season to… well… just under $1.5 million.<\/p>\n
$740,000 of Hunt\u2019s salary is guaranteed.<\/p>\n
If he is released, his contract will continue to count for $850,000 against the cap.<\/p>\n
Before Wednesday, we had estimated Smith-Schuster\u2019s 2025 cap hit to be $1.5 million. That proved to be a little generous.<\/p>\n
We now know he is on a Veteran Salary Benefit (VSB) contract where he is being paid his minimum of $1.3 million (plus a $168,000 signing bonus) but only counts $1.2 million against the cap \u2014 the same as a player with just two credited seasons who has been paid the same signing bonus.<\/p>\n
Tillery\u2019s contract was the most difficult to estimate.<\/p>\n
We believed his cap hit would fall between $1.5 million and $2.5 million, but would end up being closer to $1.5 million.<\/p>\n
The information made available on Wednesday says he has been paid a $620,000 signing bonus to go along with his NFL minimum salary of $1.2 million, making his cap hit for this season $1.8 million.<\/p>\n
With all this new data, Spotrac has calculated Kansas City\u2019s cap space at $14.1 million \u2014 but that is without the contract details for defensive tackles Marlon Tuipulotu and Mike Pennell, cornerback Robert Rochell and defensive end Charles Omenihu.<\/p>\n
We expect the first three of those contracts to have little or no effect on the available cap space. But we believe Omenihu\u2019s cap hit will be between $2.5 million and $5 million \u2014 probably about $4.5 million.<\/p>\n
In conclusion, we now estimate Kansas City\u2019s cap space to be between $10.1 million and $13.1 million \u2014 likely about $10.8 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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