Potential Chiefs Trade Targets - NFC WR's
The Chiefs are buyers in the trade market who should they look at?
I’m looking at some of the names that could be available before the trade deadline on October 31st. I’m going to go through all of the names that people wanted to see and I’m going to split them into rankings based on what the Chiefs could or could not afford. This is not necessarily about whether or not I think the Chiefs should try to get these players. I’ve already addressed the cost of Adam Theilen, Terrace Marshall, Chris Olave, Michael Thomas, and KJ Osborn in the following articles:
Chiefs Cap Space
As a quick primer for these conversations, the Chiefs currently have about $3.88 million in cap space. Adding players at this time that are much more than the league minimum will constitute a need for several restructures.
Affordable
Michael Gallup
Gallup is definitely having a down season for the Dallas Cowboys. His guaranteed salary is up at the end of 2023 so his cost for this season is very cheap. His salary is only $1.6 million with $1 million in per-game roster bonuses in 2023. In 2024 he is owed $8.5 million in salary, in 2025 and 2026 he is due $10.5 million and he has $1 million per-game roster bonuses each season, but none is guaranteed if he’s cut by March 21st. For the rest of 2023 Gallup would cost the Chiefs $889K in salary and $588K in per-game roster bonuses.