The Kansas City Chiefs locked in their backup quarterback for at least the next season, re-signing Chad Henne to a two-year deal.
Henne suffered an ankle injury during the 2019 preseason that knocked him out for a chunk of the year. He returned healthy from injured reserve late in the season ahead of the Week 9 game against the Minnesota Vikings. He was active during that game, backing up Matt Moore. He also was active for the game against the Tennessee Titans game during the postseason.
The structure of this contract essentially gives Henne a one-year deal with the Chiefs, as they’ll be able to cut him in 2021 prior to the third day of the new league year without a big dead cap number.
Here’s a look at the base salary, signing bonus and cap numbers courtesy of OverTheCap:
| Year | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Cap Hit | Dead Cap |
| 2020 | $1,250,000 | $375,000 | $1,600,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 2021 | $1,200,000 | $375,000 | $1,600,000 | $375,000 |
By my calculations, Henne’s contract leaves the Chiefs with about $1.5 million in salary-cap space. We still don’t know the details for Mike Remmers’ free-agent deal with Kansas City, but you can expect it won’t exceed a $1.5 million cap hit in 2020.
Brett Veach and his staff have some work to do if they’re to sign more players. At the very least, they’ll need to add more cap space in order to sign their five draft picks and undrafted free agents.
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