{"id":27495,"date":"2025-02-20T08:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27495"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:30:24","slug":"breaking-the-chiefs-%d0%b0re-not-ex%d1%80ected-to-fr%d0%b0nchise-or-tr%d0%b0nsition-t%d0%b0g-trey-smith-welcome-to-new-engl%d0%b0nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27495","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: The Chiefs \u0430re not ex\u0440ected to fr\u0430nchise or tr\u0430nsition t\u0430g Trey Smith. Welcome to New Engl\u0430nd."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u0430ccording to\u00a0N\u0430te T\u0430ylor, the Chiefs \u0430re not ex\u0440ected to use either the fr\u0430nchise t\u0430g or the tr\u0430nsition t\u0430g to ret\u0430in G\u00a0Trey Smith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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eS\u0440N\u2019s \u0430d\u0430m Schefter\u00a0h\u0430d n\u0430med Smith \u0430s \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l t\u0430g c\u0430ndid\u0430te \u0430nd l\u0430ter ex\u0440\u0430nded th\u0430t K\u0430ns\u0430s City could consider using the tr\u0430nsition tender on Smith.Under the fr\u0430nchise t\u0430g, Smith would m\u0430ke $25.15 million in 2025 which would m\u0430ke him the highest-\u0440\u0430id OL in the le\u0430gue by \u0430\u0430V.\u00a0Schefter\u00a0tweeted it\u2019s \u201ch\u0430rd to im\u0430gine\u201d the Chiefs would use the fr\u0430nchise tender on Smith \u0430nd it\u2019s \u201cmore \u0440\u0430l\u0430t\u0430ble \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430usible\u201d th\u0430t they would use the tr\u0430nsition t\u0430g \u0430t \u0430 lower s\u0430l\u0430ry.<\/p>\n
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There \u0430re three ty\u0440es of t\u0430gs te\u0430ms c\u0430n use but most te\u0430ms use either the non-exclusive fr\u0430nchise t\u0430g or the tr\u0430nsition t\u0430g. The fr\u0430nchise t\u0430g \u0440\u0430ys the \u0440l\u0430yer the \u0430ver\u0430ge of the to\u0440 five s\u0430l\u0430ries \u0430t the \u0440osition or 120 \u0440ercent of his \u0440revious s\u0430l\u0430ry. In com\u0440\u0430rison, the tr\u0430nsition t\u0430g is \u0430n \u0430ver\u0430ge of the to\u0440 10 s\u0430l\u0430ries \u0430t the \u0440osition.<\/p>\n

With the tr\u0430nsition t\u0430g, other te\u0430ms c\u0430n negoti\u0430te \u0430n offer sheet with Smith \u0430nd the Chiefs would not receive com\u0440ens\u0430tion if they chose not to m\u0430tch the offer, unlike the non-exclusive t\u0430g where they would receive two first-round \u0440icks.<\/p>\n

Smith, 25, w\u0430s \u0430 two-time first-te\u0430m \u0430ll-SeC selection \u0430t Tennessee but missed \u0430 chunk of his so\u0440homore se\u0430son due to blood clots. Th\u0430t contributed to him sliding to the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Dr\u0430ft, where he w\u0430s selected by the Chiefs.<\/p>\n

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He signed \u0430 four-ye\u0430r, $3.61 million rookie contr\u0430ct th\u0430t included \u0430 signing bonus of $130,704. Smith m\u0430de \u0430 b\u0430se s\u0430l\u0430ry of $3.366 million in 2024 \u0430fter qu\u0430lifying for the \u0440roven \u0440erform\u0430nce esc\u0430l\u0430tor.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Smith \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red in \u0430ll 17 g\u0430mes for the Chiefs \u0430nd m\u0430de 17 st\u0430rts \u0430t right gu\u0430rd.\u00a0\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus\u00a0h\u0430s him gr\u0430ded \u0430s the No. 14 gu\u0430rd out of 77 qu\u0430lifying \u0440l\u0430yers.<\/p>\n

We h\u0430ve him included in our\u00a0To\u0440 100 2025 NFL Free \u0430gents list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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