If what we’ve seen in protecting Patrick Mahomes from the Bucs is the future, it’s hard to see how they’ll get to another Super Bowl anytime soon.
KANSAS CITY – General Manager Brett Veach showed enough creativity last season to help Kansas City Chiefs come back Super Bowl. He took over a provocative salary cap situation that at one point he left heads with $ 177 in the room to maneuver and found another way to recruit the defender Patrick mahomes, defensive attack Chris Jones and tight end Travis Kelce.
Veach You will need to show every ounce of creativity and more to create an offensive line that will protect Mahomes this year. The Chiefs launched veteran offensive attacks on Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz in a saving motion heads over $ 18 million against the ceiling, but leaves them short in two key positions.
The Chiefs could have five new starters on the offensive line by 2021, on the opening of last season. Fisherman Yes Schwartz I am outside, Kelechi Osemele Yes Rider Austin are free agents without potential restrictions and Andrew Wylie is a restricted free agent.
heads would receive reinforcements if Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Yes Lucas Niang come back after you chose not to play last season because of the coronavirus. This, at best, would only partially solve the problem of the bosses’ approach. Niang could be one of the starting attacks for next season, but Duvernay-Tardif is a goalkeeper..
heads they planned the movements with Fisherman Yes Schwartz for some time and waited until Wednesday’s news that the salary cap for 2021 will be $ 182.5 million before acting. The limit fell by more than $ 15 million per team compared to last year, leaving heads with few options other than a few drastic moves.
Injuries to Fisherman Yes Schwartz They made sense of their low movements. FishermanThe 30-year-old underwent surgery in late January after rupturing his Achilles tendon in the area. AFC Championship Game, a victory over Buffalo Bills. SchwartzThe 31-year-old missed most of last season with a back injury and also recently underwent surgery.
heads at this point they have no certainty that either of these two players will be healthy for next season. Even if they are, will they return to the same caliber of players before injuries?
Their release was the easy part. heads They eliminated a significant part of their salary cap problems with these moves and did so with players with an uncertain future.
Replacing them with players of a similar caliber is where things get tough. heads he still has to shave a few million dollars just to meet the league’s maximum permit. To do this, you need to increase the money needed to offer contracts to restricted free agents, such as Wylie, Byron Pringle, Charvarius Ward Yes Darrel Williams, and signs the eventual eight projects, and it’s hard to believe the victims Fisherman Yes Schwartz with a signal indicating a high-ranking offensive free attack, such as Trent Williams.
It is more likely that Veach must find a way to build an offensive line without further stretching the inflated wage structure of the heads. Maybe that means spending more of the eight projects on linemen. Maybe it means signing a minor free agent or two. Maybe it means re-employment Fisherman at a lower cost, when you prove that you are ready to play.
Whatever I do Veach, heads they have a lot at stake. They had a look at how Skills abilities were neutralized. Mahomes behind a trembling offensive line in Super Bowl LV, where they were beaten by Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
If this is the future heads when it comes to protection Mahomes, it is difficult to see how they will take advantage of their investment of over 500 million dollars in quarterback or how they will reach another Super Bowl early.
Veach You have to get it right here and it may take money and a lot of imagination to do it.