Overview
- The Chiefs declined defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah’s fifth-year option, according to reports from Pro Football Talk relayed by Pro Football Rumors and echoed by Yahoo Sports.
- Exercising the option would have guaranteed $14.48 million for 2027, which the team chose to avoid.
- Anudike-Uzomah missed all of last season and has yet to secure a prominent role in Steve Spagnuolo’s defense.
- He remains under contract through the 2026 season and would reach free agency in 2027 without a new deal.
- A fifth-year option guarantees a set salary for a player’s fifth season, and this cycle saw 22 options exercised across the 2023 first round with several others declined.