Okafor joined Chiefs as a free agent in 2019, signing a three-year, $18 million contract with the franchise. Under these new terms, however, the 29-year-old player will become a free agent in 2021.

The restructure also sees Okafor’s max salary for 2020 clocking at $4.96 million, including $860K in per-game roster bonuses and $2 million in incentives.

This represents the third successful contract rework that Chiefs managed to pull off this offseason. The team first converted $5 million of DE Frank Clark’s base salary into a signing bonus while later managing to convince wideout Sammy Watkins to take a pay cut.

Alex Okafor comes off a troubling season with Kansas City in which he was limited to just 10 games, finishing the year with 22 tackles and 5.0 sacks. Okafor previously played with Arizona Cardinals and New Orleans Saints. He has 176 career tackles and 27.0 career sacks since entering the league as a fourth-round pick in 2013.

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Okafor got injured in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos, in which he made a sack before exiting. The 28-year-old underwent an MRI on Monday, which confirmed the torn pec diagnosis. He had a solid season so far, having 22 tackles and career-high 5.0 sacks in 10 games.

In a corresponding move, Kansas City claimed outside linebacker Terrell Suggs off waivers. Suggs was placed on waivers by Arizona Cardinals several days prior.

It remains to be seen whether Suggs ends up playing for the Chiefs. According to reports, the 37-year-old wanted to return to Baltimore Ravens and was considering not reporting if another team claims him.

Despite his surprising release, Suggs was actually very productive in Arizona. He played 13 games in which he recorded 37 tackles, 5.5 sacks, and four forced fumbles.

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Okafor joined Chiefs as a free agent in 2019, signing a three-year, $18 million contract with the franchise. Under these new terms, however, the 29-year-old player will become a free agent in 2021.

The restructure also sees Okafor’s max salary for 2020 clocking at $4.96 million, including $860K in per-game roster bonuses and $2 million in incentives.

This represents the third successful contract rework that Chiefs managed to pull off this offseason. The team first converted $5 million of DE Frank Clark’s base salary into a signing bonus while later managing to convince wideout Sammy Watkins to take a pay cut.

Alex Okafor comes off a troubling season with Kansas City in which he was limited to just 10 games, finishing the year with 22 tackles and 5.0 sacks. Okafor previously played with Arizona Cardinals and New Orleans Saints. He has 176 career tackles and 27.0 career sacks since entering the league as a fourth-round pick in 2013.

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Okafor got injured in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos, in which he made a sack before exiting. The 28-year-old underwent an MRI on Monday, which confirmed the torn pec diagnosis. He had a solid season so far, having 22 tackles and career-high 5.0 sacks in 10 games.

In a corresponding move, Kansas City claimed outside linebacker Terrell Suggs off waivers. Suggs was placed on waivers by Arizona Cardinals several days prior.

It remains to be seen whether Suggs ends up playing for the Chiefs. According to reports, the 37-year-old wanted to return to Baltimore Ravens and was considering not reporting if another team claims him.

Despite his surprising release, Suggs was actually very productive in Arizona. He played 13 games in which he recorded 37 tackles, 5.5 sacks, and four forced fumbles.

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