After the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV after the 2019 season, there was speculation that the victory would start a new trend: free-agent players coming to Kansas City to play with Patrick Mahomes, sacrificing financial upside for a greater opportunity to win a championship ring.
But in the years since then, it appears that money has continued to be the top priority for most free agents — which is probably as it should be in a game as physical as football. Even as the Chiefs are coming off another Super Bowl title, money will likely continue to be a free agent’s primary motivating factor.