The Kansas City Chiefs will have one of their top offensive lineman for the long term, agreeing to a four-year extension with guard Trey Smith.

 

The deal is worth $94 million total, with $70 million guaranteed, the most ever awarded to an NFL guard. The contract makes Smith the highest-paid interior lineman in league history.

 

Smith is 26 years old, and was the final player in the NFL still on the franchise tag, which would have been a one-year deal worth $23.4 million if the two sides had not agreed on an extension before Tuesday's deadline. This season will be the first in a decade that the NFL has no players playing on the franchise tag.

 

Smith reached his first Pro Bowl last season, and will be tasked with leading a new-look offensive line in Kansas City, following the trade of Joe Thuney, and departure of left tackle Donovan Smith.