Chiefs Unrestricted Free Agents
101 repliesFirst things first, an Unrestricted Free Agent, or UFA, are players who’s contracts are due to expire, and have four or more accrued seasons of service. Once Free Agency begins, they are free to sign with any team. Here is the list of UFA’s for the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Chiefs have until March 13th to re-sign their own Free Agents before the official start of Free Agency. Of course with the new NFL rules, teams can begin “legally tampering” with other players beginning March 11th. For more important offseason dates, check the AG Offseason Calendar.
| PLAYER | POS. | AGE | 2018 AAV | STATUS |
| Allen Bailey | DE | 30 | $6,250,000 | UFA |
| Demetrius Harris | TE | 28 | $2,100,000 | UFA |
| Dee Ford | OLB | 28 | $2,039,675 | UFA |
| Anthony Sherman | FB | 30 | $2,000,000 | UFA |
| Spencer Ware | RB | 27 | $1,800,000 | UFA |
| Orlando Scandrick | CB | 32 | $1,415,000 | UFA |
| Mitch Morse | C | 27 | $1,168,269 | UFA |
| Jordan Devey | G | 31 | $880,000 | UFA |
| De’Anthony Thomas | WR | 26 | $880,000 | UFA |
| Jeff Allen | G | 29 | $790,000 | UFA |
| Frank Zombo | OLB | 32 | $790,000 | UFA |
| Charcandrick West | RB | 28 | $790,000 | UFA |
| Chris Conley | WR | 26 | $780,921 | UFA |
| Steven Nelson | CB | 26 | $729,363 | UFA |
| Kelvin Benjamin | WR | 28 | $185,882 | UFA |
| Ron Parker | FS | 32 | – | UFA |
While the number of players the Chiefs have currently headed towards free agency isn’t abnormally large, the percentage of players who started games for the Chiefs this last year seems unnaturally high. Of the 16 players the Chiefs have entering free agency, 13 of them started at least one game for the team on offense, defense, or special teams. Granted, many of those starts were due to injury, but most of them still turned in quality starts.
Of the players listed, Ford and Sherman seem the most likely to be re-signed, or in Ford’s case franchise tagged at a minimum. I think a case could be made that the team isn’t quite prepared to replace Bailey or Ware at the moment if they can be re-signed on quality depth contracts. I would also like to see De’Anthony Thomas and Jordan Devey brought back on vet-minimum type contracts, and I doubt either will be receiving large amounts of interest on the free market.
Everyone else I am indifferent to. Sound off Arrowhead guys, who are you willing to pay for, who would you like to bring back if the price is right, and who do you never want to see on the field again?
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I kinda think a healthy DAT could make some noise on this offense. After his weed arrest he should be amenable to a vet minimum deal.
Looks like there is going to be some hefty turnover this year. Other than Ford, possibly Bailey/Morse, most of that list won’t be missed. I would argue that entire list could be turned over without regret.
It’d be nice to keep Sherman. Honestly, as many guys that contributed in the offense as possible would be nice to have back. Apart from Ford (hopefully they can have a place for him… far from the line of scrimmage, though I don’t know what that would mean for him) I imagine most of these guys will be allowed to sprout wings and fly.
I think Ripkowski can do all the things Sherman does…and at a fraction of the cost.
Leadership. Leaders aren’t always stars. Sausage’s leadership is invaluable.
The only guys that I think will be missed if they’re not brought back, or it might be a bit difficult/expensive to replace them are:
Bailey, Ford, Morse, Nelson
Everyone else, in terms of on field success, I don’t really care about. They’re either shit, or easily and cheaply replaced. Or could be brought back for close to the minimum.
Did we really miss Morse for the 5 or 6 games he missed?
Yeah maybe not. He’s definitely on the bubble for me
Cut Sorensen!
I’m on this bandwagon
Me three!
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don’t see anyone on there I’d keep. maybe the backup O-line guys?
DAT needs to stay. I’d also extend Bailey a small contract unless we are dead set on his replacement in an early draft round.
Morse should be offered a small contract — his concussion history scares me (for his sake) and I don’t think another organization would treat him properly should another situation arise.
Ford is staying. Book it.
Not sure I’d offer Benjamin anything substantial. Pat made Robinson look good. Hill/Kelce/Robinson/DAT/5th rounder would be good enough, I think. If Benjamin is adamant about being with a Superbowl contender he will sign cheap.
Jeff Allen over Devey.
Love ya Sherm, but if we need cap space you’re gonna have to go
Why does dat need to stay he’s injury-prone also if only because he’s about as big around as a toothpick.
Also if Sherman will come back somewhere in the 1.5 million range I think the possibility of saving more than half a million is pretty remote I also think the possibility of someone else paying him more than that is pretty remote.
So Tyreek doesn’t have to return punts?
That’s fair I’m not sure what Smith would look like returning punts he was a pretty good kick returner but that’s a different animal
I want DAT back for S/T’s and a depth gadget guy on offense. Andy was doing some fun stuff with him and Hill earlier this year.
He’s just about the only guy on the team who can keep up with Hill for any length of time. You hold on to that kind of speed.
Agreed.
With an improved Pat Mahomes next year, I highly doubt we punt all season long, Sadly we will probably not even carry a punter. Maybe Colquitt will come back for PATs at a reduced rate?
I read that wrong, however we couldn’t force a punt all season this year…punt returner is only needed if our shit defense is fixed!
I’m just thinking if Tyreek gets the $18-19mil a year he’s projected to, I don’t want him taking any extra hits on returns.
My biggest issue with him is he is prone to injury, everyone remembers him getting ISIS right.
Then there was that time he joined AIDS…
Devey played well before he got injured. I’d try to keep him cheap.
Draft a guy and sign a FA and still have money to spend for cost of Bailey
Harris either gets cheaper or gets replaced.
Morse needs to do team friendly deal with games played bonuses to protect for next concussion that likely ends his career
Chark or Ware will likely be back at close to veterans minimum
Benjamin could be an interesting case…..Pat will be best QB he has played with and might be enticed to get @$$ in shape and do a incentive loaded prove it deal with shot @ SB and big $ contract the following year, particularly if Conley and Day aren’t back
Dee Ford isn’t going anywhere……Guy with most pressures in league isn’t getting left of new defensive guys heavy pressure scheme
I never want to see Zombo on the field in a Chiefs uniform ever ever ever ever again.
If I were the GM ( all should thank God I’m not) I’d bring back some of these guys for the right price.
Ford, tag him or if he would take it 14 max per year for 3 years.
Sherman, 4 year deal with 1.5 the first 2 years and 2 the next 2 years.
Harris basically same as Sherman’s he probably will not take it and that’s fine.
Allen Bailey up to 4 per year, up to 4 years he might not take it either, but that’s the way it goes.
Steven Nelson 4-5 a year again went take it, if he will for a long term contract at near same money do it might be able to trade if nothing else.
Deavy and Allen 1-1.5 per year for 2 years
That’s it sorry DAT you are brittle but I do like ya.
No to Harris.
Never again, to Harris.
Draft a TE.
No to Harris.
Fair enough but even if we draft a Tightend I think we need depth and Harris knows the playbook he’s a good athlete and pretty dang good blocker
It kinda depends. This should probably be a comp pick year, given that list. Tag and trade Ford, you can probably get a 2nd, MAYBE even a first. Several guys in there could see contracts relevant to the formula. It doesn’t seem like we’re necessarily well positioned to refill the holes we would create though, which suggests poor forethought. The Patriots have 12 picks I think, after winning the Owl again. That is forethought, and what I expect out of our GM going forward. If you are going to approach it like every other GM, you see a window in Pats cheap years and you want to win the Owl. If you are going to approach it like BB you see a nice haul of comp picks for players that aren’t necessarily hard to replace. I don’t know that I trust Veach to be good enough to build a dynasty, so I guess I keep guys like Ford (tag), probably Sherm. Maybe Allen at the right price. Maybe Nelson. MAYBE.
Lol we will be lucky to get a third for Ford. He’s got too much an injury history and only one good year for anyone to offer anything else.
That’s hard to say exactly what they could get for him but one thing’s for sure a lot of teams are willing to give up draft picks for good pass-rushers I could see a second-rounder being in the mix.
Agreed. If we got anything less than a 2nd I’d lose my damned mind.
But is he good? That’s the problem. He’s been inconsistent and has had only one good year on top of being often injured. I think teams would be willing to pay money on a gamble, but mortgaging your future and then paying money on a gamble is pretty significantly more risky. Is it possible? Sure, someone could technically be that stupid to risk that much on an unproven asset. I just highly doubt it.
Consistant when healthy. And yes he is good he lead the league in hurries from his position and fumbles caused.
Right. Because players have never lead the league and then disappeared before.
Only if they sign a mega contract with chiefs….
I say franchise tag Ford, sign Sausage, hopefully Ware and Morse would be team friendly deals due to injuries they’ve had but keep them if money makes sense. DAT, Devey, Nelson, Bailey & Conley only if on the cheap. I would also be OK with dumping any of these if there is an upgrade we know we’ll get.
I also hope Houston would be willing to restructure.
Of course Houston would restructure.
Restructuring a contract means turning a season’s worth of game checks into one big bonus payment at the beginning of the season, and making it more difficult for the team to cut you in the future because of the dead money created by that restructure bonus. So, which player wouldn’t want that?
It amazes me how many people don’t understand “restructure”.
Yeah, they actually mean pay cut. But when they say/type “pay cut” out loud, they realize it’s not going to happen…so they use a different word to protect the dream.
Lots of potential for comp picks on that list. Bailey, Harris, Conley, Nelson, and Morse will all be signed to contracts much larger than we should sign them to.
Don’t forget how much Albert Wilson got paid by Miami last year.
The only ones I’d keep would be Ford on the tag..Sherman, Devey, Allen…. Benjamin on the cheap. Morse is a question mark. Not sure how Bailey will fit the new defense but may be a cap cut. The rest can be easily replaced. I know Nelson ended up being rated high but gets way too many penalties and I think his neck has been surgically fused together.
I think Bailey would be Jones’ backup at 3-tech on a 4-3-under Dline, from what little I’ve recently read about it. But, they might also use him in nickel/dime formations, and maybe even as a SDE backup, enough that he’d end up getting a lot of snaps despite not being an official starter.
Devey trade ford after franchise and sign Harris
I get the tag-and-trade with Ford if we’re confident in getting a guy we want in the draft, but the other two? Yuck.
Tag Ford, re-sign Devey, Sherman and Conley if cheap, offer vet minimum to Benjamin.
I see some names i would like to keep…
O-line boys minus Mitch
Nelson depending on $$$
Kelvin if he would do vet mins or very close
Sausage is my wildcard guy, man i love him but 2mil with the contracts we need to make?
The rest, we need to upgrade or at least a change of face with upside.
Forgot
Tag Ford
Harris is replaceable but we have no depth being Zeus.
Sausage is my only must keep. You cut ford before you cut sausage.
How do you cut the Dee and not the Sausage?
Bailey only on 1 year deal. Contract year Bailey is far superior than noncontract year Bailey.
Should make the unpopular decision to bring back Nelson.
Harris is interesting too. He’s gotten better every year as a TE but damn the brain farts are infuriating. Plus we don’t have anybody behind Kelce.
Ford should probably be tagged. I wouldn’t mind Morse coming back but I’m not going to cry over him or anybody else on this list.
In my mind, I replaced Harris with Benjamin. Harris is slightly less than “replacement player” in my book
Nelson depends entirely on price. Being a CB, there’s a very good chance that some team will offer him a lot more than he’s worth.
Absolutely. I’ll be shocked if Nelson gets less than $10 million/year average.
Here are my price points
12m Ford
4m Nelson
1m Bailey. Benjamin. Conley. Sherman.
Rest can walk. (But I’d listen to Dave Toub first)
Personally wouldn’t make any decisions based on Toub. IMO his job is to turn the back ups into a functioning special teams group.
I respect that. But I see special teams as about 10% of the total, or a fourth of either offense or defense. There are some players who really shine on ST but not in offense or defense and I’d feel negligent if I didn’t listen to that. DAT might be in that group, for example, even though a weak gust of wind can tackle him.
10-ford
2-sausage, Bailey
1-conley, Benjamin, devey
Vet min-DAT, Allen
Everyone else can walk. and to be honest, even these guys can walk and I won’t shed a tear. Except for sausage. Have to keep sausage.
I like your style. I’d like to add:
Jones 3m
Hill 2.5m
Landon Collins 1.75m
Berry and Houston restructure and work for stadium food.
I didn’t say we’d get any or all of them at that price. I said that was MY price for them. If they get more elsewhere I am happy for them and wish them well except when they play the Chiefs
Have an upvote.
Dude some of that shit is fire
Only two people taking those contracts are Benjamin and Conley.
Guess they don’t want a ring then
Not as much as they want money.
I like money.
More than you like rings?
If I’m being honest? Yes.
Same. And I can’t fault these players for having the same attitude. They only get a few contracts in their career, I’m not gonna judge them trying to maximize that.
Getting only 1M is enough to live comfortably for life if you are smart with it. Wanting more is just greedy. Sure it’s human nature, and understandable. But still greedy
I don’t agree with that sentiment. I do think doing something like Laveon Bell did this year is really crappy because he hurt his team and others (along with himself) in the process. He took it too far, IMO.
What part? That you can’t live comfortably on $1M for life? Or that it’s greedy to want more?
Yes.
Well that helps
It’s not. If you are genius with it, maybe. But merely smart? No, a $1 million gross paycheck at age 20-something is not nearly enough to live the rest of a natural life on.
You do not need to be a genius with it. though you do need to be smart with it. you can’t just live on it and nothing else. $1M is a significant enough amount that you don’t need huge returns on investments. That’s more than enough to supplement a simple job to make your life comfortable. Not lavish. Comfortable.
No, not comfortable. See MidKan’s basic comparison to $10/hour. And realize that somebody who makes $10/hour will pay a whole lot less of it in taxes than somebody who gets $1 million in one year.
This is stupid it’s not greed to try and learn as much as you can if so I expect you to go into work tomorrow and tell them you’d like to only make $10 an hour. Because surely if you’re good with your money you can live on that since at $10 an hour you would probably make close to a million dollars in your life. FYI $10 an hour at exactly 40 hours a week for 45 years is 936000.
These guys are in the top tax bracket for the short time in their lives that they can make this kind of money also their agent is getting a decent percent of that along with every hanger on that can possibly get a nickel. Everyone for the sake of themselves and their family should make as much as they can in their life then if they want to be a good citizen and help people out I highly recommend it.
I think maybe you’re berating the wrong guy/comment…?
(I agree with everything you said, by the way. Except there’s usually 48-50 work weeks per year instead of 52, but still, I agree with the sentiment.)
I hit reply to the Leaf comment, or at least I meant to
I actually figured it on these standard 2080 hours that a person is said to work in a year at 40 hours a week. Though a lot of people get more than 40 hours a week.
Not sure if your on mobile, but it’s practically impossible to tell who’s replying to who unless it’s the first reply. Proper nesting doesn’t really exist.
You are missing what I’m saying. First there is a big difference between $10 an hour and $1M. Second, I didn’t say I blamed them for trying to get more. Hell I want more in life. But that desire for wealth is the very definition of greed. Like I said, it’s human nature. I’m just saying it’s not necessary to live by the idea that you need to get every penny you can possibly get to live comfortably for the rest of your life.
It’s also human nature to be irrationally resentful against people you don’t know at all, and to let that make you count those other peoples’ money with your feelings instead of with your brain.
If you use a calculator instead of feelings, then you’ll find that the biggest difference between $10/hour for life and $1 million for one year, is that the $10/hour guy will get to keep a lot more of his money instead of paying it out in taxes.
Ignore the dollar amount.
Most those suggested contracts are insulting to the player. If we’re talking about taking a little less to maybe win a SB, then yeah. But If I’m Bailey and went from making $6mil a year and you offer me one? Peace.
I cant decide if you are serious or not. You know these are completely unrealistic numbers, right?
Ford’s franchise tag would be 15-16m, so that’s the floor for him. You may think he should just be allowed to walk as a result, but then you might as well just say “I don’t want Ford for the money he will cost.”
Nelson will make twice that on the open market. Sherman made 2m this year, why would he take a 50% paycut? Bailey made 6m and you want him to take an 85% pay cut?!
Devy, Allen, Ford, and maybe Nelson or Bailey. Cheap Oline depth is always good, we are going to have to cut ties with a few guys that we like to upgrade some positions. Are you going to do a post on potential offseason cuts?
Yup, sho is.
Cut Sorensen!
I will!
It really concerns me that we have 3 Oline as UFA this year. Those guys played well this year and I think they’d be really good if they had another offseason to gel.
Nooo not Kelvin Benjamin.For vet minimum I wouldn’t mind bringing him back another year.
Agreed. I want to see if he can do anything after some real time in the system. Remember, Sammy was reportedly struggling all through camp and pre season.
No kid. Kelvin Benjamin is faster and better than tyreek.
You’re on a roll today