I'm doing this on the fly on a cell phone, on the road, so this will be more like throwing stuffs out there:
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Currently, the 17th highest paid a center is Ben Jones, at $6.750M)yr.
In 2021, his salary will be $7.25M
The next guy at 18th is Austin Blythe, $3.9M.
He's an UFA and may get paid more this coming year (if there's no red flag; ie., injury).
Then there's Garrett Bradbury 19th, $3.320M.
His salary will be bumped to $3.5M and change in 2021.
David Andrew 20th is at $3.4M , graded 67.7, also an UFA, that might draw some interest and may get paid more also.
Ted Karras, $3M, 22nd (66.5, 65.3 PFF grade the last 2 years). His 65.3 grade last year was good for 17th.
An UFA, he may also get paid a little more this year.
Frank Ragnow 21st, $3.2M
His salary will be $3.748M in 2021. He had a good year, graded 80.3 and made AP All Pro 2nd team.
Billy Price, $3.2M, to be bumped to $3.7M.
Bad year. Grade 50.9, 41.8, 50.7
Looks like overpaid.
Austin Reiter $3.758M had a pretty decent year. 70.9 PFF grade, UFA.
Was a backup, extended by Chiefs in 2018 with a back loaded contract.
Austin Reiter contract and salary cap details, including signing bonus, guaranteed salary, dead money, roster bonuses, and contract history
overthecap.com
Looks like a good move by the Chiefs.
He's an UFA again.
Matt Skura 64.5, 50.3
Then you have a bunch of scrubs.
Nick Martin, 58.3, 65.5, 56.1 PFF Grades the last 3 years.
So he's been consistently graded higher than Price.
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Roughly 23 guys, with those near the bottom arguably/maybe better than Nick Martin.
Those UFAs should be looked at and pursued before guaranteeing the money to Justin Britt is what I'm thinking.