Frank Clark will be sticking around Kansas City after all. The Chiefs have reworked the defensive end’s contract to keep him in Kansas City, reports NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport (via Twitter).
Clark inked a new two-year pact worth $29MM with upside of $36MM. This will greatly reduce Clark’s cap numbers, which were set at $26MM in 2022 and $27MM in 2023.
Considering those pricey charges, Clark was mentioned as a cut candidate heading into the offseason. Cutting Clark before June 1st would have saved the Chiefs $12.7MM, and that number would have climbed to $19.5MM after that date. Instead, Clark was willing to take a significant pay cut to stick with the team.
Clark has earned three Pro Bowl nods during his three seasons in Kansas City, but his numbers have continued to decline. After totaling eight sacks during his first season with the Chiefs, he’s collected 10.5 sacks over his past two seasons (29 games).
Let’s go!!!!!!!
(eye roll)
Yay… he’s cheaper
Still overpriced, and an unproductive liability on the field.
But hey, he’s only $15m a year now, instead of $26m… yaaaayyy
KC saves $11m, when cutting him would have saved $12.7m.
Other teams achieved more production out of $5m contract edge rushers last year, but yaaayyyy…
You’re outta touch Brother….
What do you mean?
Those 11m in cap savings can go to 1 more player instead of the same money being needed to fill 2 DE spots.
Technically, you are correct.
But so am I, as my main point is that Clark doesn’t do enough on the field to fill his DE spot.
He’s more of a liability than either of the 2 DEs the Chiefs could afford with the $12.7m they’d save with the cut
If he was going to be good, he would have flourished when Melvin Ingram arrived mid-season and removed any double-teams that Clark drew.
Kind of like Chris Jones did. CJ was already decent getting double-teamed. Ingram shows up, and Jones got even better.
Clark just sat there and got swallowed by the blocking 9/10 of the time.