Kansas City Chiefs: Realistic look at 2019 Chiefs roster

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Houston Texans wide receiver Sammie Coates (18) (Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Free Agent Signings/Re-signings

Anthony Sherman would be another heartbreaker for Chiefs fans to see go, but he is already the third highest paid full back in the league. While his $2 million contract doesn’t seem like much, it might still be a little much for the Chiefs in their financial situation and Sherman could be looking for a raise coming off a Pro Bowl season.

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Aaron Ripkowski is already signed to a futures contract and could be a younger, cheaper replacement for Sherman. Ripkowski would likely cost around $600,000-700,000 ($660,000 in my lineup) compared to Sherman’s $2 million from last season.

Jordan Lucas looked solid when he played last season and would be considerably cheaper than an aging Daniel Sorensen. Giving Lucas $700,000 would be a raise for him and still would save the Chiefs almost $3 million in re-signing Lucas and cutting Sorenson after June first. Lucas will again be a younger, cheaper replacement for Daniel Sorensen that could potentially even be more effective.

Harrison Butker has been a very effective kicker for the Chiefs since signing in 2017. I had the Chiefs re-signing him and giving him a $445,000 raise at $1,000,000 for next season.

Marcus Kemp has been another very effective player for the Chiefs. Although he is listed at wide receiver, where he makes his biggest impact is on special teams. I had the Chiefs re-signing him with a raise as well, giving him $550,000 for next season.

The Chiefs also recently signed Sammie Coates who actually has a pretty good shot at making the roster. If so, he would likely cost around $625,000. The Chiefs re-signing Kelvin Benjamin to a cheap contract wouldn’t be crazy either. They could continue that experiment for another season (or maybe make him into a tight end). Kelvin Benjamin would likely cost somewhere between Coates’ projected $625,000 and $1 million.

The final wide receiver spot would possibly be going with a rookie, which would likely cost somewhere in the $500,000s. As you can see above, I predicted Coates to come away with the final wide receiver spot.

Lastly, I already touched on this earlier, but the Chiefs could save money by going a different route at the backup quarterback spot. Chase Litton looked like has the potential to be a very solid quarterback in the preseason last year and he would be the cheapest option, so I had the Chiefs going that route.

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It would require a few tough decisions to make this roster work, but this would be a very smart option for the Chiefs. Extending Tyreek Hill and Chris Jones should be just as big of a priority as franchise tagging Dee Ford and this is about the only way it can be done financially while remaining a Super Bowl contender.

There are a lot of tough moves ahead for the Chiefs, but it should make for an exciting offseason!

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