Kansas City Chiefs' salary cap situation demands urgent action

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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Can the Kansas City Chiefs maintain their offensive edge after trading Joe Tuney? This bold move reshapes their offensive line strategy, sparking discussions on potential free agency moves and draft strategies. With the Chiefs' salary cap in the spotlight, hosts Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark explore how this trade impacts the left tackle position and the team's financial flexibility. Key figures like Trey Smith, Patrick Mahomes, and Chris Jones are central to the conversation, as the hosts weigh the pros and cons of potential replacements like Ronnie Stanley and Cam Robinson. The episode also examines the challenges of relying on a rookie left tackle and the possibility of trading up in the draft. Tune in to discover how the Chiefs plan to tackle these challenges and what it means for their future success.

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0:00.0	The Tooney trade changed the timeline and now they got to get after it.
0:05.2	What does it mean for free agency coming up next on Locked On Chiefs?
0:10.8	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.
0:19.7	Welcome in, folks. It is a Friday edition. We were brought to you today by Fanduel. New customers can get over there and get $150 back in bonus bets. Your first $5 bet wins. Go check it out at fanduel.com. We have a lot to go over the fallout from Joe Tuny. I hope that you saw yesterday's show as we had that pre-recorded.
0:39.1	And Tunney caught probably both of us by surprise. We'll talk through that, but it's about what
0:44.5	happens next that is the more important. So we're going to talk targets later in the show.
0:50.9	Who are the leaders and what are the circumstances around them? That's coming up later.
0:55.8	The free agency is now, I think, more on the table than it was before this trade. And what does
1:03.1	that do to the priorities, both in scouting, in what you do in cap, et cetera, et cetera. That's coming
1:08.0	up next. But we start with who is affected mostly by the Joe Tunney
1:13.1	trade and what does it mean for each of them. We're going to get to that right now. This is Chris
1:17.5	Clark from Casey Chiefs Corner. I'm Ryan Tracy from RGR Football and NFL33.com as well as
1:24.3	Rogue Analytics and Performance Consulting. Really excited about this process.
1:28.9	Thank you for making us your first listen. Check out another lockdown show for your next
1:32.1	listen. Make sure you get over there because we are free for you five days a week plus.
1:36.3	You can get that much more on our text line at 816, 35780, 781. Fallout is a negative
1:43.3	term in most cases. For some players, this is a positive. There is an
1:47.9	opportunity here. This all comes from, I think, a domino after the Trey Smith franchise tag.
1:54.9	You didn't have enough cash to go around. You had to make this deal. Everybody wins. Happy for
1:59.8	Joe, happy for the Bears, happy for
2:01.4	Caleb Williams. But what does it do for the Chiefs? A number of players are going to be affected
2:06.4	by this, and they're not all guards. One guy's listed as a tackle right now. Kizuamata'ia has now
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