KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes is in year 2 of a 10 year, $450 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. For the 2022 season, he, alone, gobbled up 17.2% of the team's salary cap, according to spotrac.com.
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Yet general manager Brett Veach and his staff have been on a heater. As much as Mahomes and Travis Kelce and Chris Jones and coach Andy Reid are getting deerved praise, this was truly an organizational trip to theSeventeen of those 22 selections played in the AFC title game, including 10 of whom played at least half the snaps. And they came from all over the draft, from first to the late rounds. There was even undrafted free agent rookie Jake Cochrane, who got in on 18 special teams snaps.
Defensive end George Karlaftis, the 30th pick from Purdue, had a big sack and added depth to a dominant defensive front. First-round corner Trent McDuffie from Washington had two pass deflections and six tackles while taking 98% of the snaps, often across from Bengals star receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who was limited to just six catches for 75 yards.
The Chiefs are, undoubtedly, a top-heavy team. There is Mahomes, the biggest star in the game. And tight end Jason Kelce, a future Hall of Famer. The pass-rushing duo of Chris Jones and Frank Clark combined for seven tackles and 3.5 sacks. Offensive linemen Joe Thuney and Orlando Brown Jr. were high-priced additions the team brought in to protect Mahomes.
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