Zach Thomas, Chiefs Contract Details

by Joel Thorman on Apr 12, 2009 3:33 PM CDT

The Kansas City Star broke the news that the Chiefs signed former Miami and Dallas linebacker Zach Thomas. Now Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com tells us that the deal is for one year, as expected, and worth $2 million.

We speculated that the deal would be worth near the veteran minimum. However, the $2 million is a bit more than that.

Still, $2 million is worth the "mentor" aspect of the Thomas signing alone. Chris and I crunched the numbers and are roughly projecting the Chiefs cap room to be around $34 million remaining, give or take a couple million (Note: These calculations were done prior to the Thomas signing).

We can't complain about the $2 million given to Thomas considering the Chiefs still have to spend almost half of their remaining salary cap money just to meet the minimum (about 86% of the $124+ million salary cap).

Marvez also reiterated what the Star said regarding Thomas' status on the depth chart. It's assumed at this point that he'll be a starting middle linebacker for the Chiefs.

Marvez also said the deal is likely to be signed Monday or Tuesday.

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Does this help the case for Curry or hurt it?

Maybe with all the moves in the off season regarding our LB corps, we are getting ready to pick an OL in the 1st Rd. Providing, of course, that we can’t trade down.

by Chief C on Apr 12, 2009 3:40 PM CDT reply actions

I don't think it changes anything

Take a look at this post earlier today where we’re talking about this exact question.

by Joel Thorman on Apr 12, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Updating my Madden roster

I couldn’t strike a base pay of anything under 4 million even with a 3 year contract, so Pioli got off easy ; ^ )

by KansasCityShuffle on Apr 12, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions

This answers the question

someone asked earlier this morning in another thread – “Why would he come here?” At this point in his career why would you go to a rebuilding team with no chance of going to the postseason? Well, the answer is quite simple: $. Nowhere would he have gotten a 2 million a year

by KansasCityShuffle on Apr 12, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions

or because we do have a chance to go to the post-season

by SayHeyWerd on Apr 12, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions

umm I think the chiefs do have a chance going to the post season..

We’ve done enough this offseason plus with the draft I think we’ll be a contender next year with 7-9 wins

by CALIFAN1986 on Apr 12, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Another Interesting Note

There are a couple things we know:

A) Pioli’s camp did not say a word about this signing or especially the contract

B) Marvez has connections to Miami which means that Thomas’ agent probably wanted to get the word out that he got his 36 year old client a $2 million deal.

I always find it interesting trying to figure out who the source is on these stories.

by Joel Thorman on Apr 12, 2009 3:54 PM CDT reply actions

by Steve_Chiefs on Apr 12, 2009 6:51 PM CDT reply actions

with nobody knowing anything bout the chiefs even persuing thomas

it make me wonder who else they are after. could they be going after taylor? this organization is to secretive they could be talking to anybody about now.

by chiefs8288 on Apr 12, 2009 7:56 PM CDT reply actions