{"id":505549,"date":"2026-03-05T16:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/505549\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:45:07","slug":"chiefs-news-3-5-chiefs-looking-for-running-back-below-top-of-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/505549\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs News 3\/5: Chiefs looking for running back below top of market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">The Chiefs determined at some point during the NFL Scouting Combine last week they couldn\u2019t squeeze McDuffie\u2019s asking price under the salary cap, or at least not without mortgaging the future window. McDuffie is likely to be paid north of $30 million annually in L.A., per multiple reports. Even after the trade, the Rams actually still have slightly more 2026 cap space than the Chiefs, though that\u2019s subject to change based on the format of the extension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">But the money is just the start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">As the Chiefs explored the potential trade market for McDuffie, a trade partner logically had to fulfill three requirements:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">A need at cornerback<br \/>Cap space to pay him $30 million annually<br \/>A win-now priority<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">That narrowed the field considerably, particularly the last item. The teams trying to rebuild prefer to use draft picks to accomplish it, rather than trading multiple selections for one player. It\u2019s not about the player. It\u2019s about the process of building. Thus, eventually the McDuffie talks came down two teams, per sources: the Rams and the Giants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chiefs determined at some point during the NFL Scouting Combine last week they couldn\u2019t squeeze McDuffie\u2019s asking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[110834,15977,349,99],"class_list":["post-505549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-arrowheadlines","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}