On Thursday, a report from thirty third Workforce reporter Ari Meirov positioned Kansas Metropolis Chiefs vast receiver Kadarius Toney on an inventory of gamers no first-round NFL draft choose ever needs to be on: these whose fifth-year contract choices have been declined.
12 gamers formally had their Fifth-year choices declined:
No. 2: Zach WilsonNo. 3: Trey LanceNo. 11: Justin FieldsNo. 15: Mac JonesNo. 16: Zaven CollinsNo. 19: Jamin DavisNo. 20: Kadarius ToneyNo. 22: Caleb FarleyNo. 24: Najee HarrisNo. 28: Payton Turner No. 29: Eric…
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) Might 2, 2024
Toney, 25, is coming into the fourth 12 months of his NFL profession, which started when he was acquired by the New York Giants with the twentieth choose of the 2021 NFL Draft. Halfway by way of the next season, Kansas Metropolis despatched a third-round comp choose (and a sixth-round choose) to the Giants for Toney, who had appeared in solely 10 video games of his rookie season and solely two of New York’s seven 2022 video games.
Whereas Toney has made some exhilarating performs with the Chiefs — together with the longest punt return in Tremendous Bowl historical past through the fourth quarter of Kansas Metropolis’s Tremendous Bowl LVII victory — he’s additionally made expensive errors and continued to overlook time with accidents. He has now appeared in 20 Kansas Metropolis matchups, accumulating simply 41 receptions for 340 yards and three touchdowns.
Since he was a first-round choose, the Chiefs held the choice to increase Toney’s rookie contract for a fifth season. In his case, it could have been for a assured $14.4 million wage. However simply as they did with their former first-round choose Clyde Edwards-Helaire, the Chiefs have determined that if Toney continues to play for the crew in 2025, will probably be beneath a brand new deal that pays him considerably much less.
In 2024, Toney will earn a totally assured $2.5 million wage for what could possibly be his remaining season in Kansas Metropolis.
