Kansas City Chiefs: Why trading Travis Kelce isn’t crazy idea
By John McCarty
Are the Chiefs following the Patriots model of saving money moving away veteran players?
When the Chiefs traded away Dee Ford this offseason for future draft picks, many believed the cap relief from the franchise tag would allow the Chiefs to make multiple big name signings in free agency. Thus far, that hasn’t happened.
Going back to the start, the Chiefs offseason has looked and smelled very Patriots-esque.
The Ringer sees the same thing and wrote a really interesting article about the very subject.
While $6.531 million isn’t a massive number in savings, it’s also a solid number that, if the Chiefs have decided to move on, allows them to bring in younger players to provide depth and perhaps an impact player that will contribute for the Chiefs into the future.
The offense is beginning, in some areas at least, starting to get old. Beyond Kelce about to turn 30, Eric Fisher has turned 28 (the start of turning old in the NFL), Mitchell Schwartz turns 30 this summer,and starting right guard (and having recently endured a broken leg) recently turned 28.
Jay-Z may be correct that in society 30 is the new 20, but in the NFL, 30 is old and time to be moved on from. It’s age that we remember the NFL stands for ‘Not For Long’