Overview
- Winchester agreed to a one-year, $1.75 million fully guaranteed contract, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
- The 36-year-old remains the league’s highest-paid long snapper, a $100,000 bump from last year that keeps him ahead of peers such as the Colts’ Luke Rhodes.
- A Chiefs mainstay since 2015, Winchester has handled field goal, extra point, and punt snaps and played all 17 games last season.
- Kansas City recently traded All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie to the Rams for the No. 29 pick in 2026 plus additional 2026 and 2027 selections, creating roughly $13.6 million in cap space.
- Other offseason moves include releasing Jawaan Taylor and Mike Danna and restructuring Patrick Mahomes’ contract, with the quarterback reacting to the McDuffie trade with a one-word post: “Damn.”