{"id":208041,"date":"2025-07-15T04:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T04:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/208041\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T04:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T04:02:12","slug":"chiefs-pursuing-multi-year-agreement-with-rg-trey-smith-before-july-15-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/208041\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Pursuing Multi-Year Agreement With RG Trey Smith Before July 15 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chiefs are hoping to reach an agreement with franchise-tagged right guard Trey Smith<\/a> ahead of a July 15 deadline for him to sign a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The team has been in touch with Smith\u2019s representation in recent days, according to NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport<\/a>, but negotiations are coming down to the wire. Smith already signed his non-exclusive franchise tag in March<\/a>, locking in a fully guaranteed $23.4MM salary for the 2025 season if the two sides can\u2019t come to multi-year terms before the deadline passes tomorrow.<\/p>\n

An extension has obvious appeal for both sides. For Kansas City, it\u2019s a chance to lock down one of their best players for the foreseeable future while reducing a 2025 cap hit that ranks third among all offensive lineman. (Chiefs right tackle Jawaan Taylor<\/a> ranks second, according to PFR\u2019s Adam La Rose<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

For Smith, an extension would mean long-term financial security and a stronger up-front cash flow. He said last week<\/a> that he is focused on football and leaves the contract talks to his agents at Creative Artists Agency.<\/p>\n

The $23.4MM tag makes Smith the highest-paid guard in the league ahead of Landon Dickerson<\/a> at $21MM per year and three others with an APY above $20MM. A multi-year agreement with the Chiefs would keep Smith in the top spot, per Rapoport, but the Chiefs may not want to reset the market by $2.4MM.<\/p>\n

A second tag in 2026 would be unlikely with a price tag of $28.08MM, but it could establish a framework for a deal. Two straight tags for Smith would pay him $51.48MM in fully guaranteed money over the next two years, outpacing the previous high of $48.2MM set by Chris Lindstrom<\/a>. The Chiefs could design a contract with a similar cash flow and guarantee structure in an attempt to convince Smith to take an overall APY below $23.4MM.<\/p>\n

Such a deal would have to come together before tomorrow\u2019s deadline. If not, Smith will play on the tag this year to set up another round of extension negotiations after the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chiefs are hoping to reach an agreement with franchise-tagged right guard Trey Smith ahead of a July…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,1216],"class_list":{"0":"post-208041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-trey-smith"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114855263913395491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}