@dylans Still plenty of room. I'd think that Watkins Cap hit this year is about $12M. Hitchens is probably $7M or $8M. Next year they will probably both jump, but with the cap increase that will be fine.
My estimation, based off of spotrac, is that we still have $3M in cap room after the draft. I expect Allen Bailey to get cut still, so add $6M.
We have about $9M or $10M left to spend this year, but there is always a way of finding more. Cutting Harris would save $2M, West $1.7M, Conley $2M, Witzman $1.3M, Zombo $1M.
Basically, if we need the money to bring in another big talent, it is there. We also have 8 draft picks once trades are finalized tomorrow. So we can build any depth we need through the draft or swap some of those for teams looking to get rid of vets.
There is also another $16M in dead money this year that we will have to work with next season. So, we can probably sign a big name and push most of the "cap hit" into next season.
The Chiefs got out of Cap Hell when they traded Smith and Cut Tamba. Just need to keep most of these deals under 3 years so we can sign Hill and Mahomes when the time comes.
