AFC Notes: Christian Barmore Contract Details, Chiefs, Dolphins, Patriots

Chiefs

Chiefs HC Andy Reid said they will focus on developing recently signed Louis Rees-Zammitt, who is a former rugby player, as a running back. 

โ€œWeโ€™ll start him off at the running back position, get him to feel comfortable with that going forward here,โ€ Reid said, via ProFootballTalk. โ€œHeโ€™s had an opportunity to also go down there to Dallas and work with Pat and so again, heโ€™ll get used to some of these calls through our Zooms, and the plays, and then weโ€™ll just see where it goes from there.โ€

Dolphins

Dolphins fifth-round OLB Mohamed Kamara said he is “very, very angry” about sliding that far in the draft and has a chip on his shoulder.

โ€œTo be honest, Iโ€™m very excited, but I also am very, very angry going the round that I did,โ€ Kamara said, via ProFootballTalk. โ€œThatโ€™s just my personality. I knew I couldโ€™ve gone higher and I wanted to go higher, but the lovely team of Miami picked me up and Iโ€™m going to give them that burning desire. I have a chip on my shoulder, so it just got even greater. Everybody else, all 31 other teams, look out, because the way Iโ€™m about to play against these guys, you shouldโ€™ve picked me before.โ€

Kamara reiterated he’s using criticism against him as motivation. 

โ€œEverything that people knock me for, I use it for fuel,โ€ Kamara said. โ€œIf you want to call me short, watch out. If you didnโ€™t believe in me, watch out.โ€

Patriots

  • Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk writes Patriots DT Christian Barmore‘s four-year, $83 million contract includes an $18,889,503 signing bonus with $6 million of it deferred to March 31, 2025. His $1.822 million base salary in 2024 and $10 million salary in 2025 are guaranteed.
  • In 2026, $2 million of Barmore’s $12 million salary is guaranteed while his $18 million and $19 million salaries in 2027 and 2028 are not guaranteed. He can earn up to $5.95 million in per-game roster bonuses and $1,050,000 in workout bonuses over the life of the contract. 
  • Patriots LB Josh Uche on taking less money to stay in New England: “There were some offers on the table… I felt like it was my calling to be a Patriot. It felt like this is what I was destined to do… I didn’t want to be anywhere else.” (Mark Daniels)
  • Uche cited how well HC Jerod Mayo carried himself throughout the struggle of the 2023 season: “That’s when you see the true character of somebody -when things are not going the way they want them to go.” (Daniels)
  • New England RB Rhamondre Stevenson noted they are running the “Cleveland offense” this year, meaning a plethora of outside zone concepts. (Doug Kyed)
  • Stevenson believes extension talks could begin to gain more traction: “I love the Patriots organization. I’d love to be here for a countless amount of years.” (Daniels)
  • Patriots QB Jacoby Brissett isn’t concerned about competition with first-round QB Drake Maye and is excited to have Maye on the team: “That’s all out of my control. I don’t really worry about that. I’m excited to have him on the team, and the other guys that we drafted … Competition brings out the best in all of us. I’m excited about that part.” (Dakota Randall)

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