Chiefs' Super Bowl Hopes HINGE on Trey Smith Deal | Can They Make It Work?

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Chiefs' cap crunch: Can they lock up Trey Smith long-term? Kansas City's $10.9 million in cap space may not be enough to secure their star guard. Chris Clark breaks down the Chiefs' salary cap situation and analyzes the booming NFL guard market. He proposes a potential 4-year, $90 million contract for Smith, exploring how it could benefit both the player and the team. The discussion covers top guard contracts, including Landon Dickerson and Chris Lindstrom, and examines how Smith's deal could impact future moves for players like Trent McDuffie and George Karlaftis. Tune in to discover if the Chiefs can keep their offensive line intact and what it means for their roster flexibility.

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0:00.0	The Kansas Chiefs have about a week and a half to get a deal done with Trace Smith.
0:04.2	Will they get it done before the franchise tag deadline expires on July 15th?
0:08.8	Today on Locked on Chiefs.
0:11.1	From the land of the three and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.
0:19.5	Hey Chiefs, welcome back for another episode, Locked on Chiefs, your daily podcast covering the Kansas Chiefs. Part of the Lockdown Chiefs, welcome back for another episode, Locked-on Chiefs, your daily podcast covering the Kansas City Chiefs, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every single day.
0:28.2	Thank you for always making Locked-on Chiefs your first listen to the day.
0:30.8	Don't forget, we're free and available on all platforms, including YouTube as well.
0:35.3	I'm your host, Chris Clark.
0:36.5	You can find me over on Chief's Corner.
0:37.9	We're going to be talking a lot about the 53-man roster over the next couple of weeks.
0:41.7	As we head up into training camp, training camps about a month away at this point.
0:45.6	Actually, about three weeks away at this point, because it's starting a little bit earlier than normal.
0:51.5	Kansas City is in a situation where they have to figure out if they can get a deal done
0:55.7	with Trey Smith before the deadline on July 15th. We're going to talk about that a little bit later.
1:00.1	What does the market look like for the NFL and when you're paying top guards? What does that
1:07.0	look like at the NFL right now? But we're going to start with where the chiefs are salary cap-wise and what it means for a potential deal for Trey Smith.
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1:25.5	There's so much to talk about when you start looking at this chief team and the
1:29.1	salary cap and how it's going to affect the 2025 season.
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