Austin Blythe signs 1 Year, $990,000 Deal with Kansas City Chiefs ($0 Signing & $0 Performance Bonuses). Has Earned $7,987,049 in his 5 NFL Seasons

[Franisdaman]

April 9, 2021 Update:

Austin Blythe's contract:

* $0 signing bonus
* $0 performance bonuses
* It's for 1 year, $990,000 guaranteed.


Original Post:

Blythe, 28, started 47 of a possible 48 games over the past three seasons with the Rams. He played center last season, starting all 16 games, and right guard in 2018-19.

The Colts made Blythe a seventh-round choice in 2016, and he played eight games with one start as a rookie. The Colts, though, waived him during the 2017 offseason, and Blythe signed with the Rams.

He spent the past four seasons with the Rams.

 

[David1979]

Boom! Love it! Chiefs OL really coming together

 

[Mountain Man Hawk]

It still amazes me Blythe wasn’t drafted higher. I’m happy for him, I’m sure he prefers playing closer to family and it sounds like a good opportunity for him.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

Boom! Love it! Chiefs OL really coming together

Yep. Great news. The Chiefs really need to fix their OL and it looks like they're committed to doing that.

 

[WDMHawk72]

Boom! Love it! Chiefs OL really coming together

I'll say. I would expect him to sign a multi year after not year. A lot of teams strapped with the cap reduction this year

 

[NevadaHawk]

Perhaps the perfect landing spot for Austin. Great team with a great coach. I expect Austin to fair very well in KC.

 

[Hawkeyes4Life32]

The next Casey Wiegmann? Good to have him on the Chiefs

 

[ThisHawks4u]

And he would have been a millionaire before he entered the league not playing football. Good for him following his dream and risking his body.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Super pumped! So glad Kansas City got him!

 

[David1979]

It still amazes me Blythe wasn’t drafted higher. I’m happy for him, I’m sure he prefers playing closer to family and it sounds like a good opportunity for him.

Yeah, Ill never understand that. He was really good in college and is athletic.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

F*** you, Kansas City. Stealing the Vikings free agent OL prospects to keep your greedy little dynasty going when we have no left side of an OL.......

Because of your shenanigans, the Vikings went full potato and resigned Dakota Dozier, just weeks after cutting the worst graded guard in the NFL.

 

[UNIowaHawk]

F*** you, Kansas City. Stealing the Vikings free agent OL prospects to keep your greedy little dynasty going when we have no left side of an OL.......

To be fair you really don't have a middle of the OL either.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

To be fair you really don't have a middle of the OL either.

Meh. People are too knee-jerk with Bradbury and Cleveland was a rookie playing a brand new position.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

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That just pisses me off even more, because the Vikings probably would've paid him more to be the starting left guard.

Unless, of course, the rumors are true that the Vikings front office are just sabotaging their own offense.

 

[curleytop]

990,000 for a starting center? Wow seems underpaid

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

990,000 for a starting center? Wow seems underpaid

And the more I think about it, the more I'm believing that the Vikings never even tried to get Blythe, which is f***ing asinine.

The only other thing I can think of, given this contract, is that the Vikings contacted his agent to guage his interest, and Blythe either said no, or was turned off by the idea of only being brought in as a guard, as the Vikings already have Bradbury at Center and he's not as fluid as Blythe (because Iowa OL), who can play OG and C, but probably wants to play C more.

But however it went down, its just another in a long list of free agency failures by the Vikings, particularly when it comes to fixing their f***ing OL.

 

[HawkPT]

990,000 for a starting center? Wow seems underpaid

My immediate thought exactly. A bargain for KC.

 

[Franisdaman]

990,000 for a starting center? Wow seems underpaid

My immediate thought exactly. A bargain for KC.

the reduction in this year's salary cap has caused this problem for players like Austin, where they are taking what they can get

next year the cap will be higher & the money will be better

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

the reduction in this year's salary cap has caused this problem for players like Austin, where they are taking what they can get

next year the cap will be higher & the money will be better

And THEN he can sign with the Vikings so they can win a Super Bowl with someone not named Kirk Cousins at QB!

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

This can't be right, we had credible intel that Austin told his inner circle he'd retire before playing for anyone other than McVay.

 

[hawkquiz]

I think Austin needs to switch agents! That just seems incredibly cheap for a starting C/G option

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[UNIowaHawk]

He graded out at 69 per PFF (for real) which is above average. How he only got $990K (less than most on HROT) is mind boggling. Especially when considering someone line Dan Feeney just got $3.5M

Austin Blythe | Seattle Seahawks C | NFL and PFF stats | PFF

NFL and PFF player stats for Seattle Seahawks C Austin Blythe on Pro Football Focus.

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Dan Feeney | Miami Dolphins G | NFL and PFF stats | PFF

NFL and PFF player stats for Miami Dolphins G Dan Feeney on Pro Football Focus.

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[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

That's how much more he would've rather played for Kansas City than Minnesota. The Vikings would've offered roughly that, and Blythe chose a franchise that actually gives a sh** about the OL over money.........

 

[Franisdaman]

That just pisses me off even more, because the Vikings probably would've paid him more to be the starting left guard.

Unless, of course, the rumors are true that the Vikings front office are just sabotaging their own offense.

990,000 for a starting center? Wow seems underpaid

And the more I think about it, the more I'm believing that the Vikings never even tried to get Blythe, which is f***ing asinine.

The only other thing I can think of, given this contract, is that the Vikings contacted his agent to guage his interest, and Blythe either said no, or was turned off by the idea of only being brought in as a guard, as the Vikings already have Bradbury at Center and he's not as fluid as Blythe (because Iowa OL), who can play OG and C, but probably wants to play C more.

But however it went down, its just another in a long list of free agency failures by the Vikings, particularly when it comes to fixing their f***ing OL.

My immediate thought exactly. A bargain for KC.

I think Austin needs to switch agents! That just seems incredibly cheap for a starting C/G option

He graded out at 69 per PFF (for real) which is above average. How he only got $990K (less than most on HROT) is mind boggling. Especially when considering someone line Dan Feeney just got $3.5M

Austin Blythe | Seattle Seahawks C | NFL and PFF stats | PFF

NFL and PFF player stats for Seattle Seahawks C Austin Blythe on Pro Football Focus.

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Dan Feeney | Miami Dolphins G | NFL and PFF stats | PFF

NFL and PFF player stats for Miami Dolphins G Dan Feeney on Pro Football Focus.

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I will never understand why Offensive Linemen don't object more to the current system that allows the QBs to earn the mega contracts. Because without the OL, the QB does not stay upright.

Sure, Mahomes deserves a lot. But should his starting center earn less than a million?

And hell, look at all the bonuses Austin gets! (not)

Austin Blythe's contract:

* $0 signing bonus
* $0 performance bonuses
* It's for 1 year, $990,000 guaranteed.

 

[UNIowaHawk]

Blythe needs a new agent because that is unacceptable. He was an above average center making 30% of other centers not even average.

 

[jdv77]

Blythe needs a new agent because that is unacceptable. He was an above average center making 30% of other centers not even average.

Normally I would agree completely. The one factor here is that with the salary cap going down as much as it did, there will be a number of veterans signing "bad" 1 year deals, with the team that they want to play for, and then signing a multi-year deal in 2022 for normal money.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Normally I would agree completely. The one factor here is that with the salary cap going down as much as it did, there will be a number of veterans signing "bad" 1 year deals, with the team that they want to play for, and then signing a multi-year deal in 2022 for normal money.

This.

Though, as I said, Blythe could've signed with Minnesota for $2-3 million (whether it's 1 year or a multi-year), but chose whatever Kansas City was selling instead........

 

[Franisdaman]

Chiefs draft a Center

 

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