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The Kansas City Chiefs don’t need to do much in free agency

By Lyle Graversen

ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 05: Brett Veach, General Manager of the Kansas City Chiefs shakes hands with a fan before the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT
ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 05: Brett Veach, General Manager of the Kansas City Chiefs shakes hands with a fan before the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT /
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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – JANUARY 20: Eric Berry #29 and Justin Houston #50 of the Kansas City Chiefs are introduced before the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots at Arrowhead Stadium on January 20, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – JANUARY 20: Eric Berry #29 and Justin Houston #50 of the Kansas City Chiefs are introduced before the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots at Arrowhead Stadium on January 20, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

The other thing I always hear about but just doesn’t make any sense is renegotiating deals for guys like Houston and Berry. First off, no player in their right mind is just going to give up money. That doesn’t happen. Period. What does happen is moving the money they are already owed around to help with their cap numbers this season.

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The problem with that is that it means they will have more guaranteed money due to them after this season. When you are talking about guys who’s play has dropped off some as they have gotten older the last thing you want to do is make more of their money guaranteed later in their contract. If you don’t think 30-year-old Justin Houston is worth what he’s owed this season why would you want to guarantee more of 31-year-old Justin Houston’s contract?

My guess is that in the coming week we will find out that the Chiefs are using the franchise tag on Dee Ford. That will leave cornerback as the single biggest spot to fill on the team. After that, the Chiefs will just need to figure out what they are doing with their current group of safeties. If they feel they can count on Berry for next year I wouldn’t anticipate a big move there. If they are worried about Berry, then they may decide to move on from either him or Sorensen to create some cap space to bring a proven starter in. The rest of free agency will likely be pretty quiet as the Chiefs look for guys that they can bring in to compete on reasonable, team-friendly contracts.

The Chiefs were one of the best teams in football last season and are returning almost all of the key players from that team. That’s a very good thing and a huge reason why the Chiefs opened as the betting favorite to win the Super Bowl next season. Chiefs fans just need to keep that in mind when their isn’t a lot of exciting news about their team when the free agency media frenzy begins.

It’s much more important to win games next January than it is to win free agency headlines this coming March and history has shown that the teams that win one rarely win the other.

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