Here's some news that may put a player we can use on the open market. The Chiefs have money if they want to keep him but it's unlikely he stay for less than Flowers or Routt make. Carr would make a nice pickup to play alongside Peanut.
Brandon Carr and the cornerback market
February, 20, 2012By Kevin Seifert
As we noted from the start, there was never any indication that free-agent cornerback
Stanford Routt would land with one of the NFC North's cornerback-deficient teams. But could Routt's
decision to sign with the
Kansas City Chiefs put another player on our division map?
Conventional wisdom suggests the Chiefs won't break the bank on re-signing cornerback
Brandon Carr, 25, who has started every game for them in the past four years. I'm not sure if that's a safe bet, considering the Chiefs had a
monstrous $67 million in salary-cap space before Routt signed a three-year deal that will pay him $11 million in 2012.
In other words, the Chiefs can keep Carr if they want him. We'll soon find out if they do. If he reaches the open market, however, Carr will be an attractive option for the
Minnesota Vikings, who need multiple layers of help at the position, and the
Chicago Bears, who might be looking for an upgrade alongside
Charles Tillman. It's hard to imagine the
Detroit Lions finding the salary-cap space to sign Carr, assuming they retain defensive end
Cliff Avril in one way or another, but stranger things have happened.