Kansas City Chiefs: Players who could be let go after 2019
By John McCarty
DUSTIN COLQUITT
It was an interesting move when KC signed Dustin Colquitt to a new deal last season and it’s hard to imagine he survives with the Chiefs past the 2019 season. With an offense that will likely put up a bunch of points in 2019 and 2020 as well, along with a defense that, let’s be honest, can’t be any worse, a high priced punter simply is a luxury the team simply doesn’t need.
With a cap number in 2020 of $2 million dollars and only $650K,Colquitt is a likely cap cut before the 2020 season if he’s not released before. It’s not that $2 million alone is a high number or perhaps even overly expensive, but the Chiefs simply don’t need a punter that makes a bunch of money.
In 2017, the Seahawks selected Michael Dickson in the firth round of the draft. His four-year contract will pay him a total of $2.46 million over the entirety of the contract.
I’d expect the Chiefs at some point to use a late round pick on a punter and keep that new punter around for four years. Unless that guy turns into a star punter, they are let go in free agency and the Chiefs return to the draft to find another young punter.
The cycle continues, and punters don’t count much of anything to kick the occasional punt, hold on field goals, and hang out on the sidelines watching Patrick Mahomes go up and down the field.