{"id":17215,"date":"2025-03-12T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17215"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:46:17","slug":"chiefs-restructure-patrick-mahomes-chris-jones-deals-to-free-up-50m-in-cap-space-for-2025-%f0%9f%92%a5%f0%9f%8f%88-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17215","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Restructure Patrick Mahomes &#038; Chris Jones&#8217; Deals to Free Up $50M in Cap Space for 2025! \ud83d\udca5\ud83c\udfc8 (Per Report)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"Article-body\">\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"Article-subline\">A big reworking of the checkbook in Kansas City<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportshub.cbsistatic.com\/i\/r\/2024\/12\/25\/6110757a-bf6c-44c4-806d-71e532493da0\/thumbnail\/770x433\/451cc3fa3cf399ddc20957847709bdec\/mahomes-2.jpg\" alt=\"mahomes-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs haven&#8217;t been stagnant to start the 2025 NFL offseason, recently agreeing to deals with free agents Jaylon Moore and Kristian Fulton, among others. It turns out they did some behind-the-scenes magic to make room for the incoming players, reworking lucrative extensions for quarterback Patrick Mahomes and defensive lineman Chris Jones to clear nearly $50 million in salary cap space, per ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes and Jones are both tied to the Chiefs for years to come &#8212; Mahomes is signed through 2031, and Jones through 2028 &#8212; so Kansas City&#8217;s adjustments here were likely related to how and when those players&#8217; contracts get paid out. These types of restructures are common in the NFL, where teams routinely spread out money over additional seasons to create more immediate financial flexibility.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjExODE0ODI0MjkwNTU5OTc2\/usatsi_25061632.jpg\" alt=\"Chiefs restructure 2 major contracts to create significantly more salary cap  space just hours ahead of new league year\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prior to these particular restructures, the Chiefs were projected to enter the new league year more than $19 million over the 2025 salary cap, per Over the Cap, which would&#8217;ve delayed or prevented them from processing new contracts. Mahomes was previously due to count $28 million against the 2025 cap as part of his historic 10-year extension &#8212; originally signed back in 2020 &#8212; while Jones was due $23.6 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big reworking of the checkbook in Kansas City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-blackhawks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Restructure Patrick Mahomes &amp; Chris Jones&#039; Deals to Free Up $50M in Cap Space for 2025! \ud83d\udca5\ud83c\udfc8 (Per Report) - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17215\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs Restructure Patrick Mahomes &amp; Chris Jones&#039; Deals to Free Up $50M in Cap Space for 2025! 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