Smith's new deal, at $23 million per year, also guarantees the offensive lineman $70 million. The 26-year-old Smith becomes the highest-paid guard in NFL history, topping Philadelphia's Landon Dickerson, who was extended last year at four years and $84 million on a contract with a $21 million average annual value.

The Kansas City Chiefs got their most important business of the 2025 NFL offseason wrapped up and not a moment too late.

“Power, brute strength, physicality — he’s a people-mover and a people-stopper,” an AFC executive said.