The Kansas City Chiefs continue their busy Monday ahead of the start of the NFL’s free agency period.
The team has exclusive negotiating rights with four free agents this season. They’ve come to a decision on one of those players, tendering him a contract for the 2020 NFL season. Former starting left guard Andrew Wylie has been tendered a contract according to Yahoo Sports’ Terez Paylor.
Wylie is an exclusive rights free agent for the Chiefs, which means his first contract ended prior to accruing three seasons. To accrue a season, you must spend six games on the roster, injured reserve or the PUP list. If a team tenders a contract to an ERFA, they can’t turn down that contract. Wylie’s tender amount will likely be the lowest amount which was previously $570K, but that number could increase under the new CBA.
The Chiefs are expected to tender OG Andrew Wylie, an ERFA, a source tells me.
— Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) March 16, 2020
It makes a ton of sense to bring Wylie back. He’s an ultimate team player as showcased by his career in Kansas City. He worked his way up to becoming a starter in 2018, filling in for both Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and Cameron Erving at both guard spots. His performance earned the Mack Lee Hill Award as the Chiefs top first-year player.
In 2019, he began the season as the starting left guard, but he was sidelined with injuries multiple times. Wylie didn’t regain his starting role and was relegated to backup duty with Stefen Wisniewski taking over at left guard through Super Bowl LIV.
Overall, Wylie has started 21 games for the Chiefs during his two-year career. Wylie could be in the mix, once again, for a starting spot among the interior offensive linemen in Kansas City for the 2020 season.