The Kansas City Chiefs are set to lose one of their All-Pro players to an up-and-coming team in the AFC. The Chiefs were able to retain a few key players for the threepeat, but cap concerns will keep several players from returning for the 2024 season.
The Kansas City Chiefs signed Chris Jones
The biggest signing of the Chiefs’ offseason was Chris Jones. Jones signed a record-breaking deal for a defensive tackle to stay in Kansas City. With all of the money they’re spending on Jones and Patrick Mahomes’ contract, the Chiefs couldn’t afford to keep Tommy Townsend.
Tommy Townsend is set to join the Houston Texans
Per Adam Schefter with ESPN, the Houston Texans are set to sign Townsend to a two-year deal worth $6 million.
Former Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend is signing a two-year $6 million deal with the Houston Texans, per source. pic.twitter.com/8vdQSyINKy
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 12, 2024
Townsend could face the Chiefs in the playoffs next season
Townsend earned All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors for the 2022 season. He will be remembered in Kansas City for a punt in February’s Super Bowl that was fumbled by San Francisco 49ers special teams player Darrell Luter. The late-third-quarter turnover allowed the Chiefs to take their first lead of the game.
Townsend will now join a talented Texans team that could threaten the Chiefs’ threepeat chance next season. The Texans won a playoff game in C.J. Stroud’s first season with the team, and they should only be better in 2024.
The Chiefs planned to part ways with Townsend shortly after the Super Bowl. In February, they signed former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza.
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17 Comments
SB hero???? Rofl!
“afc rival”
They ot am incredible punter In Mat Ariza
..best leg out there.
It’s not that serious easy replacement
We have to be careful losing any all pro players, these things cost you in the end…
I R. In. greement C watt I say n
Kansas playing with fire,just don’t get BURNED.?
The Chiefs suck.
So does your mom
That’s a bunch of bs to get rid of Townsend. But it is what it is.
Really punters are not the clutch player for any team in the NFL, sorry thats why no one knows their names. I have never said or heard anyone say they need that punter he is soo good.
Next time I am performing CPR on a patient and saving a life, I’ll remember that a punters value is greater than mine.
This is a reach for a real sports story as I have ever seen. It’s a ‘blip’ in the transactions section of the Sports section in the newspaper. We are not talking Ray Guy here. More NFL/KC media love fest. What’s next, “Did you see what the Commish had for breakfast?”
Get rid of 3 people Kelce Mahomes And Swift.
And the team won’t break .500
Why? So they can play sub par football? Don’t be silly.
He’s part of the kicking unit. Change one and all h*** can break loose. I know this all to well. My son-in-law is a kicker in the NFL.