Chiefs Releasing OT Jawaan Taylor, Barring Trade

According to OverTheCap, releasing Taylor will free up $20,000,000 of cap space and create $7,391,668 of dead money.

The Chiefs signed Taylor as a free agent a few years ago in the hope he could play left tackle for them. However, Taylor struggled a lot penalties and the move ultimately never lived up to what Kansas City was hoping he could be for them. 

Taylor, 28, is a former second-round pick of the Jaguars back in 2019 out of Florida. He finished the final year of his four-year, $7,916,458 rookie contract that included a $3,777,424 signing bonus. 

Taylor signed a four-year, $80 million contract with the Chiefs as an unrestricted free agent in 2023. He’s due a base salary of $19.5 million for the 2026 season.

In 2025, Taylor appeared in 12 games for the Chiefs and started all of them.