Tyron to Leave Cowboys, Sign With Mahomes’ Chiefs?
The Kansas City Chiefs won their third Super Bowl in five years, and the opportunity for a “Three-Peat” is still open, thanks in part to MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who is only 28 years old. On Monday, the game’s MVP said of winning three consecutive games, “Yeah, it’s legendary.”
No one has ever done it. What is the best way for the Chiefs to do it? Keep Mahomes standing. Meanwhile, one area where KC might improve is the offensive line.
Enter a scenario in which Kansas City uses free agency to pursue Dallas Cowboys legend Tyron Smith.
Interestingly, as good as the Chiefs are in many respects, Pro Football Reference reports that they allowed 164 pressures in 2023, ranking fourth in the NFL. Yes, a healthy Tyron Smith would correct that. Unless he decides to retire, Smith, 33, will very certainly want to continue playing in Dallas with the only team he has ever known.
He is a fixture here, and his family-like closeness with club owner Jerry Jones and the Joneses has long influenced his actions… Including one from a year ago, in which he took a significant pay cut to stay.
Smith has a “reputation” for missing games over the last four seasons due to injuries. (As a result of all of this, Dallas is almost certainly looking for help in the NFL Draft.)
However, in 2023, thanks in part to a maintenance strategy that reduced his practice-week intensity, he played 14 games and performed so well that he was named second-team All-Pro.
Tyron’s market value is estimated by Spotrac to be a one-year agreement of $7.4 million. The Chiefs can easily handle this; they have $22 million in cap space.
As we approach free agency, which begins in March, the Cowboys have a lot of work to do to become cap-compliant. But at that price? Dallas can easily justify pursuing a means to keep him.
Tyron’s makeup may preclude him from “ring-chasing” in the classic sense, despite the fact that the Chiefs are clearly closer to collecting more jewelry than the Cowboys.
Tyron, on the other hand, finds winning a ring in Dallas, as well as a Lombardi Trophy for Jerry, very appealing. So, ideally, if he continues to play, he will keep “ring-chasing” as a Cowboy.
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