ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Tyrann Mathieu may be the next safety in line for a big contract but he may have to wait. General manager Brett Veach said that while the Kansas City Chiefs would like to extend Mathieu's contract beyond its end this season, the timing isn't right for it to happen soon.
"The landscape is super tricky,'' Veach said from Chiefs training camp at Missouri Western State University. "We're at a $30 million (salary cap) deficit from what we thought and next year it's $15 million. Right now some things are out of our control just because of the cap reductions this year and next year.