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    Chiefs RG Trey Smith signed his one-year, $23.4 million franchise tag tender.
    The Chiefs franchise-tagged Smith in an effort to work out a long-term deal. The tag pays him $23.4 million fully guaranteed, effectively making Smith the NFL’s highest-paid guard. With Joe Thuney gone, getting Smith to agree to an extension will be imperative for Chiefs general manager Brett Veach and company. From Smith’s perspective, this tag keeps him from hitting the market, but he has plenty of leverage to work with as tagging him a second time would drain Kansas City’s financial resources in 2026.
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    The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain and Adam Jahns believe it would be “a surprise” if the Chiefs traded franchise-tagged RG Trey Smith.
    These two beat reporters cover the Bears, who are in the market for help up front, rather than the Chiefs. But it is notable that the scuttlebutt at the combine is that the Chiefs will simply keep Smith. They quote a longtime agent saying that he “can’t see the Chiefs letting [Smith] go,” and state that the consensus amongst people they talked to at the event is that Smith would stay with Kansas City. The franchise tag will at the very least buy the Chiefs plenty of time to work on a long-term deal with Smith.
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    Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz reports the Chiefs will franchise tag OG Trey Smith.
    Had he hit free agency, Smith would have been viewed as the best guard on the market and one of the top players overall. Instead, the Pro Bowl guard will remain with the Chiefs on the franchise tag, which will pay out $23.4 million in 2025. Schultz reports the “goal” is to get a long-term deal done with Smith in the near future. Smith was a sixth-round pick in 2021 and has been among the league’s best guards since entering the league. Last season he earned a PFF grade of 78.8 and a run blocking grade of 80.8 — the seventh-highest grade of any qualifying guard in the league.
  • KC Guard #65
    Chiefs GM Brett Veach said he is “pretty optimistic” that the Chiefs can keep RG Trey Smith.
    Pro Football Focus graded Smith as a top-15 guard in 2024. He has been in the league for four years and has never fallen below that rank. Smith is one of the top impending free agents, but the Chiefs may not let him get one foot out the door. They will work on a new deal as free agency approaches and could place a tag on him if nothing materializes. ESPN’s Adam Schefter previously reported that Smith is a candidate for the transition tag. In addition to the one-year contract, that would allow Smith to seek a deal from other teams, which Kansas City would then get the right to match.
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    ESPN’s Adam Schefter believes that the transition tag is “palatable and plausible” for Chiefs RG Trey Smith.
    Smith is expected to be one of the prizes of free agency after finishing with a 75.1 PFF blocking rating at right guard, the fourth year in a row that the 25-year-old has been above-average in their metrics. His only real demerit is the staggering amount of penalties he’s called for — 39 in four seasons. The projected transition tag for 2025 would assign a salary of $22,745,000 to Smith — a savings of about $3 million from the franchise tag — and would give the Chiefs the right to match any offer Smith receives.
  • KC Kicker #7
    Chiefs ruled out Harrison Butker (ankle) for Week 2 against the Chargers.
    Right guard Trey Smith was listed as questionable. Butker suffered the injury in Kansas City’s Week 1 demolition of the Cardinals. Safety Justin Reid was forced to take over kicking duties after Butker went down. Matt Ammendola was signed to the Chiefs’ practice squad earlier this week. He will be called up for the team’s Thursday outing with the Chargers. Kicking for the league’s best offense, Ammendola is a strong streaming option for fantasy purposes.

  • NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports Chiefs OG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif will be out 4-6 weeks with a broken bone in his hand.
    Rapoport added that Duvernay-Tardif’s injury won’t require surgery and that he still has a chance to be ready for Week 1. The veteran guard opted out of the 2020 season to serve as a frontline worker during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pro Football Focus graded him as an above-average pass blocker in 2019 but the Chiefs listed him as a second-stringer in their first unofficial depth chart. Trey Smith, a sixth-round rookie from Tennessee, was listed as the starter at right guard. With Duvernay-Tardif likely out for the rest of training camp, Smith should hold onto the starting role heading into Week 1.

  • KC Guard #65
    Chiefs selected Tennessee OG Trey Smith with the No. 226 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
    After working into the lineup as a freshman in 2017, Smith’s (6’6/331) career was interrupted by a blood clot in his lungs as a sophomore. He elected to play in 2020 despite being in a high-risk category, and had no issues. He hasn’t had a flare-up since 2018. Smith struggled at left tackle in Knoxville, but took off after losing weight and shifting to guard the past two years. Smith allowed only one sack and four hits over the past two seasons in 754 pass-pro reps. He has a massive, rangy build, length that suits him well in pass-pro. Smith shuts down power rushers by stalling engines with a vicious punch. He brings a semi-truck load forward in the run game, showing impressive drive strength. But he’s inconsistent, vacillating between forklifting opponents at the collision point onto a conveyor belt and lurching downward into contact, frittering away balance and leverage. Smith tested as a 9.91 RAS athlete, with 7.43 second 3-cone that ranked a size-adjusted No. 37 among guards since 1987. Assuming his lungs are medically cleared, Smith has starter upside.

  • KC Guard #65
    ESPN’s Alex Scarborough is “confident” that a team will draft Tennessee senior T Trey Smith.
    “When I close my eyes and picture a Pro Bowl offensive lineman, I see the profile of Tennessee’s Trey Smith,” Scarborough writes, later adding that "[w]ith his size and athleticism, I would have been surprised if he hadn’t been a first-round pick in last month’s draft.” Scarborough is on the money with his comments on Smith’s talent and upside, but the real test is going to be in the doctor’s office, as Smith played in just seven games back in 2018 due to blood clots, an issue which first cropped up in February of that year. While he was able to bounce back as a first-team All-SEC performer last fall, medicals are going to have a lot to say about Smith’s ultimate draft slot.

  • KC Guard #65
    Tennessee senior T Trey Smith won the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award.
    Given annually, the award recognizes the player who has shown exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship on and off the field. Smith returned from blood clots in his lungs to earn first-team All-SEC recognition last fall. Off the field, he leads coat drives and speaks to youth groups and at schools. Air Force QB Isaiah Sanders and USC WR Michael Pittman were two other finalists for the award.