Chiefs Face TOUGH Choices as Veteran Players LINGER in Free Agency Market

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Kansas City Chiefs eye veteran boost as NFL free agency enters its third wave. With top names like Tyreek Hill, Von Miller, and Cam Jordan still available, could the Chiefs address critical gaps before training camp? Chris Clark spotlights pressing needs at wide receiver and edge rusher, evaluating whether emerging talents like Ashton Jeloti and Our Mason Thomas are ready to start—or if a high-impact signing is on the horizon. Salary cap constraints loom large, forcing tough decisions on contracts for stars like Chris Jones, Trey Smith, and Creed Humphrey. Will the Chiefs restructure deals or part with key players like Kristian Fulton to free up space? Chris Clark breaks down the numbers and potential roster moves that could shape Kansas City’s Super Bowl ambitions. Can the reigning champs outmaneuver the cap and reload for another title run?

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0:00.0	We're basically in the third free agency period. Let's talk about it.
0:03.6	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked On Chiefs podcast.
0:09.7	You are Locked on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast, part of the Locked on
0:15.8	podcast network, your team every day.
0:20.8	And welcome back to another episode, Locked on Chiefs, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. And welcome back to that episode, Lockdown Chiefs, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network,
0:24.2	your team every day.
0:25.3	I'm Chris Clark from Chief's Corner.
0:27.2	And let's just get into it.
0:28.6	The Monday after the draft, something happens.
0:31.4	And it is basically the NFL comes out and says, okay, at this point, you're not going to be
0:36.9	subject to losing any more comp picks
0:40.2	if you sign an NFL free agent. So that's a huge deal for Kansas City because they've already
0:45.7	got a couple of comps locked in for this next off season in 2027 based on the formula and
0:51.8	based on looking at like a guy like Jalen Watson going out and signing
0:54.9	the contract he did. So take that in consideration. That's why they haven't made some of these
0:59.2	moves. The other reason that they do this now is because now the NFL draft is over. Teams already
1:03.8	know what they have. Teams know what they still need. And if they can go address it in free agency,
1:10.4	they would like to address it.
1:11.8	So this is the time that they start being able to go do something like that.
1:15.4	So let's just dive right in and talk about some guys that are currently still free agents
1:21.6	that the chiefs could be looking for and some of the positions that they might be looking at.
1:27.8	For me, when I look at this, I don't, obviously I think the QB room is fine.
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