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Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

MONEY MATTERS: Kansas City Chiefs Face MAJOR Salary Cap CRUNCH—Patrick Mahomes Restructure Coming?

Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

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🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs face a critical offseason as salary cap woes intensify—can the reigning champions restructure around Patrick Mahomes and avoid a roster overhaul? With Mahomes set to count $78 million against the cap and Chris Jones commanding a massive guaranteed salary, the team must make pivotal moves to stay competitive. Is a blockbuster trade on the horizon, or will contract extensions and strategic cuts provide enough relief for another Super Bowl run? Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark break down the Chiefs’ alarming cap deficit, highlight the financial impact of player incentives, and debate key cost-saving options with names like Juwan Taylor, Trey Smith, and Trent McDuffie in focus. The hosts dissect Kansas City’s commitment to its offensive line, forecast potential veteran cuts, and raise the tough question: will the Chiefs manage a retool or face a painful rebuild? Stay tuned for insightful analysis, insider perspectives, and a look at possible trade targets that could reshape the NFL landscape.

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0:00.0

After a season of doubt and failure comes a season of change, and this is it.

0:05.5

It's all about the money on Locked on Chiefs.

0:09.7

From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.

0:18.6

Welcome back, Chiefs, Kingdom.

0:19.8

Thanks for making us your first listen today here on the Locked On Chiefs, your daily show for the Kansas City Chiefs on the Lockdown Podcast Network.

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0:43.4

I'm Ryan Tracy, the founder of Rogue Analytics and Performance Consulting, home of the

0:47.3

athletic matrix and all the production metrics you need to know who's really who in the NFL

0:52.3

draft, as well as NFL33.com or me and my staff

0:55.8

run down the whole league and RGR football where we work film and every other aspect of

1:00.0

the Chiefs. Today with my partner, Chris Clark from Casey Chiefs Corner, panning that we are

1:05.5

going to our 10th offseason at this point, getting ready for next year.

1:10.2

Going to be fun because this is a full

1:13.0

circle moment for us. And the cap is the thing that drives this wheel. And it does.

1:18.9

Money matters. That's what comes down to making team building work for you in a way that

1:24.6

gets you to championships. We're going to run that all down for you. The Chief's salary cap situation is actually getting worse right now as we speak. We'll lay that out for you. There is a new cap number coming. He doesn't give a ton of relief, but it does give some interesting outs. We're going to go through that as well. And there are a couple of moves that the Chiefs absolutely positively have to make in order to get ready for this season. That's coming up later in the show. I'm excited about this because

1:49.2

this is the subject matter area that you are an expert at that I sometimes can get a little bit

1:56.9

stingy on. I want to talk about X's nose on the field. I don't care about the cap other than can I get my guy when I need my guy. You got to run me through all this because this has been a tough situation. They've barely any salary cap most of the season and now it's getting worse. It is getting worse. And it's going to be very curious to see what they do and how they go about doing I know there are a lot of people out there that want to see the chiefs go out and use a bunch of voidiers. I am not one of those people that want to see them go out and do a bunch of void years. I'll be very curious to see how they restructure the Patrick Mahomes deal. We'll get into that in just a minute. but I said this on Monday's show

2:35.1

and I know we're talking Chiefs,

2:36.3

but I do want to throw this out there.

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