The smoke has finally cleared.
The uncertain fog surrounding the future of Sammy Watkins—the same cloud that made Watkins say he just needed time away from it all—has lifted and revealed a newly restructured one-year contract in place of the three-year contract signed in 2017. The new deal is cheaper for the Chiefs, yet much proportional to Watkins’ impact and production. It’s also incentive filled to keep Watkins quite rich among his peers if he performs as hoped.
Until the early morning deal was reached, no one was quite what the Chiefs would do with Watkins—including the player himself.