Chiefs Dynasty: A Seven Layer K.C. Masterpiece – Previously I released the recipe for a Chiefs dynasty. Well, the cake is done, the cookies are in the cookie jar, the candy is in the dish… and Brett Veach is licking the icing off his fingers. Now, we just need the Pandemic to go away. BTW… just saw where a vaccine worked well on 45 people and now they’re going to try it on 30,000. Keep your fingers crossed.
At the start of preseason we knew the roster to-do list was very lengthy. Ladner covered all this on Wednesday. Pat Mahomes needed a new contract. Chris Jones needed a new contract. Sammy Watkins needed a new contract. Same with DeMarcus Robinson, Mike Pennel, Bashaud Breeland, and Anthony Sherman. We’ve already heard it in many reports: 20 of 22 starters resigned while only losing Stefen Wisniewski and Kendall Fuller to free agency. We have quality backups at all the positions on both offense and defense. Yes, even at QB with Chad Henne and Matt Moore. Now, it’s a given that Dave Toub is the most under appreciated assistant coach in the NFL outside of Kansas City mostly because the OC and DC get all the headlines. Toub will always have the Special Teams ready, every year.
Roster for the Next 2 Years+
Top 55 on the Roster for 2020
Top 36 on the Roster for 2021
As the roster charts show, the Chiefs are built to win Championships for at least the next 2 years. The core group of players — top 14 salaries — are signed for at least the next 2 years. As we’ve seen over time that rosters can change from year to year, but the core group can stay multiple years. The right collection of core player’s is what keeps teams competitive year after year. Patrick Mahomes, Frank Clark, Chris Jones, Tyreek Hill, Anthony Hitchens, Harrison Butker, Mecole Hardman, and Juan Thornhill, are the only players from the top 20 salaries to be signed for at least a 3rd year. I do believe Tyrann Mathieu will resign a team friendly contract to stay with the Chiefs. He likes it here too well to chase the big money elsewhere.
“… the more important numbers for the Chiefs are these: 24 and 26. Those are the ages for Mahomes and Jones, respectively, when they put ink to paper — meaning both will play the primes of their careers in Kansas City.”
In a piece by John Dixon for ArrowheadPride, he quotes Nick Wright who states:
“You have the best player — and the most valuable player — in the entire league. You have a future Hall of Fame coach. You have an extraordinary GM in Brett Veach. You have your entire core locked up for the next two seasons — aside from Mahomes, and that will happen in short order — so the Chiefs are set up well. And if we were to set the over/under on career Super Bowls for Patrick Mahomes at 2 1/2, I don’t think there is a person in the world who is taking the under.”
Nick Wright makes a good point: the NFL has made it harder to have a dynasty these days. However, if anyone can do it, it is the Kansas City Chiefs. CBS Sports recently interviewed Charles Davis who said this about the Chiefs possible run at a dynasty:
“(The Chiefs) have a lot of continuity. They have like 20 of 22 starters coming back. It’s crazy. It’s like a college team. It is just nuts how good that is. (They have) a generational quarterback, who still feels like he has a lot to prove after finally getting over the hump and looking to do it again and again. I think that this is a team that has a chance to be in that hunt again, but predicting back-to-back … look, no team has been able to do it since New England in 2003-2004. Let’s just watch Kansas City make their run. It’ll be fun to see.”
The numerous articles on the Chiefs right now points to a very popular subject that comes with being tops in the league. The Dynasty talk since Patrick Mahomes and Chris Jones signed there new contracts is prevalent but, I was writing about it before they signed. Remember this piece?
Because of Patrick Mahomes’ popularity, pull, and signing a team friendly contract, he will entice more players to come here. The Chris Jones’ signing and how his terms worked out, I believe will entice more players to come to K.C. as well.
The K.C. Chiefs have the front office management reputation as being player friendly, and others around the league recognize it. The Chiefs have the best coaching staff reputation that players want to come here to play for… and yes, players do talk to each other and yes they do recruit each other. We sometimes see some joking about it, but the popularity and pull is truly there. The Ravens’ Matt Judon jokingly asked “how’s the real estate” in Kansas City after seeing Chris Jones’ lucrative deal.
The Future’s So Bright…
The Chiefs must keep players healthy while keeping the roster young but talented. That’s the goal for Brett Veach and his player select group. The next group of core players are already on the roster with: Juan Thornhill, Khalen Saunders, Derrick Nnadi, Charvarius Ward, Willie Gay Jr., L’Jarius Sneed, Mecole Hardman, Claude Edwards-Helaire, and Patrick Mahomes of course. They will be ready to assume leadership positions and to train the next wave of new rookies coming in.
That’s how we keep the dynasty rolling: veterans teaching the next wave. How many layers will the Championships go? There are many deserts called “7 Layer” items. SO WHY NOT… Seven Layer K.C. Masterpiece?
Alan Haupt — ArrowheadOne
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