{"id":68011,"date":"2025-06-07T22:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T22:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=68011"},"modified":"2025-06-07T22:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T22:39:49","slug":"trade-rumors-kansas-city-chiefs-linked-with-bombshell-trade-for-57million-cleveland-browns-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=68011","title":{"rendered":"TRADE RUMORS: Kansas City Chiefs linked with bombshell trade for $57million Cleveland Browns star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After trading away a big-money offensive lineman contract in the form of Joe Thuney, the Kansas City Chiefs have been linked to trade for a different big-money offensive lineman.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/07\/02\/99129867-14789193-image-a-33_1749260086216.jpg\" alt=\"Teller, a three-time Pro-Bowler, is entering the final year of a $57million deal in Cleveland\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thuney, who was earning $16m a year, was moved to the Chicago Bears as Kansas City dealt with something of a cap crunch.<\/p>\n<p>But with the Chiefs still in need of some upgrades at offensive line, they could begin looking around the league for a partner.<\/p>\n<p>In an article for Pro Football Network, writer Brandon Austin believes the Chiefs could find that help in the form of Cleveland Browns pending free agent Wyatt Teller.<\/p>\n<p>Teller, a two-time All-Pro and three-time Pro-Bowler, is entering the final year of a $57million deal and carries a $14.175m cap hit.<\/p>\n<p>PFN named Kansas City as a potential trade destination, especially considering the various offensive line issues they experienced last season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/07\/02\/99129873-14789193-image-a-32_1749260083046.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs have been linked with a trade for\u00a0Wyatt Teller of Cleveland Browns\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The outlet points out that if the Browns move Teller after June 1, they could save $7m in cap room while taking on $19.2m in dead cap through 2028.<\/p>\n<p>While Teller does play right guard, the publication thinks his versatility could allow him to slot in on the left side of the line where Kansas City needs more help.<\/p>\n<p>But in order to facilitate that, the Chiefs would need to make a trade that would balance their books.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Kansas City has the fourth-least cap space in the NFL at $11.25m.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is that roughly $3m short of Teller&#8217;s contract, it would also severely hamper the Chiefs&#8217; ability to make a mid-season move.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this all depends on who or what Kansas City sends to Cleveland as part of this deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs&#8217; offensive line issues were clearest in their Super Bowl LIX defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles &#8211; who sacked Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes six times, despite not calling one single blitz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After trading away a big-money offensive lineman contract in the form of Joe Thuney, the Kansas City Chiefs have been linked to trade for a different big-money&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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