The Kansas City Chiefs spent less than every team but one in the NFL last season when you go by cash spending (not salary cap). Yet they had one of the highest salary caps in the league. That means they had plenty of cap trouble, and so far this season they are cleaning that up.
Let’s look at some other Chiefs players that could be tough decisions soon because of cap reasons:
(All these cap numbers come from Over The Cap)
Dead money: $1.7M
Cap savings: $7.7M
This one seems obvious at this point.