Bowe’s deal is for five years and $56 million with $26 million
guaranteed. The contract makes Bowe the second highest paid receiver in the NFL
behind Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald. During the season, it appeared that Bowe’s days as a Chief were numbered, as he suggested that he would like toplay for a winner and it was clear that the Chiefs were about to enter a
massive rebuilding project. Despite all that, Bowe has been very productive in
his career, and the team is extremely thin at WR without him in the lineup.
Bowe wasn’t the only Chief who hit it big yesterday – Dustin Colquitt
became the highest-paid punter in the NFL when Kansas City inked him to a five
year, $18.75 million deal with $8.9 million guaranteed. There is no denying
that Colquitt is an elite NFL punter – last season, he placed 42 punts inside opponents’
20-yard line (two short of the NFL record) and he has continuously bailed the
team out of bad field position when the offense stalls. Despite Colquitt’s
talent, that is a lot of money to give to a punter – especially when the Chiefs
are rebuilding for the future and not in a “win-now” mentality.
The third and final big move the Chiefs made was placing the franchise
tag on left tackle Branden Albert. The former first round pick has started 71
games for Kansas City and has slowly developed into one of the better tackles
in the league. It was rumored that the Chiefs were strongly considering drafting tackle Luke Joeckel, and it is unknown at this time if resigning
Albert will change that.
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