The NFL salary cap is mostly fake, and Brett Veach is showing why

A timeline of the Chiefs' offseason, viewed through the lens of the salary cap

Going into the offseason this year, the Chiefs had serious salary cap issues… depending on who you were talking to.

To an extent, some of the concern surrounding the Chiefs’ cap situation was legitimate. They carried a number of high-level salaries on the team and had a players whose situations were up in the air. Patrick Mahomes had earned a mega-deal. …