Kansas City Chiefs Sign Entire 2021 Draft Class
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed their entire 2021 NFL Draft class to their rookie contracts, locking up their newest members up to long-term deals.
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May 13, 2021
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed their 2021 NFL Draft class, according to a tweet from the team, locking up their rookies to long-term deals.
According to Wilson, Bolton s contract is worth $5.834 million with a $1.602 million signing bonus and Smith s deal is worth $3.809 million with a $130,704 signing bonus.
These deals both align with the NFL s rookie wage scale, but are both noteworthy as they became the Chiefs first 2021 draftees officially under contract. It s also worth noting as a potentially impactful long-term number to keep in mind. In 2021, linebacker Anthony Hitchens will carry a $10.6 million salary cap hit. In 2022, Hitchens hit will be $12.7 million unless he s released (freeing up $8.5 million of cap space) or restructured. Those numbers hi
Two minor Chiefs roster notes on Tuesday
Jordan Ta’amu clears waivers and Andrew Wylie commits to the Chiefs for the coming season.
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From the NFL’s official transactions report: QB Jordan Ta’amu cleared waivers (waived 5/10) and is now a free agent. OL Andrew Wylie has officially signed his RFA tender. Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) May 11, 2021
The first was that quarterback Jordan Ta’amu has now cleared the NFL waiver process. Since no team claimed him after the Chiefs waived him on Monday, he is now free to sign with any club as a free agent.
Arrowhead Pride Out of Structure podcast, Matt Stagner and I were asked about the Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive line depth and specifically which players’ roster spots have been threatened by the team’s actions in free agency and the NFL Draft.
Here are the players we discussed:
Nick Allegretti and Andrew Wylie
These two will likely be fighting for the final spot(s) on the Chiefs’ offensive line. It’s likely that one of them makes the team and one thing Wylie has on Allegretti is positional versatility: Wylie has starting NFL experience as both a guard and a tackle. On the other hand, Allegretti is solely an interior offensive lineman and the Chiefs have loaded the guard and center positions this offseason.
Press-Republican SARANAC Saranac Town Clerk Mary L. Bell, 54, is accused of falsifying records and faces multiple felony counts. State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie announced the Redford woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly hiding her failure to deposit more than $800 in cash payments to the town that she had collected as clerk between April and August 2017. “Ms. Bell, as an elected official, swore to act with honesty and integrity,” DiNapoli said in a statement. “Instead, she took advantage of her position to manipulate the town’s records to cover for missing cash she was supposed to deposit.