The Kansas City Chiefs are in the market for a new starting left tackle after releasing former 2013 No. 1 overall draft pick, Eric Fisher.
There are a number of ways the team can go about acquiring a new left tackle, but we all know that Brett Veach is not afraid of being aggressive when it comes to acquiring players in a trade. One player that could be available given salary cap restraints is New Orleans Saints LT Terron Armstead.
The 30-year-old perennial All-Pro tackle is entering the final year of his contract after signing a 5-year $65-million-dollar extension back in 2016. He is due over $16 million against the 2020 salary cap for New Orleans. The Saints are hard-pressed for cap space and trading Armstead could save them over $6.6 million against the salary cap. He’d cost the Chiefs $11.6 million against the cap in 2021, a number that can easily be handled once the team restructures a few contracts.
New Orleans can move Ryan Ramczyk to the left side, where he’s played in the past and pursue a new right tackle in free agency or the draft. Meanwhile, the Chiefs can sign Armstead to a multi-year extension and lock up the blind side of Patrick Mahomes for the next several years.
In order to work out a mock trade for Armstead, we enlisted the help of our friend John Sigler at Saints Wire. Sigler played the role of Mickey Loomis, while I played the role of Brett Veach in order to negotiate the trade.
Here’s a look at how our negotiations went and the final deal that we settled on: