The Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs reached a deal on a trade that sends Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark to the Chiefs for their 2019 first-round draft pick, a 2020 second-rounder and a swap of third-round selections in this draft, a source told Yahoo Sports.

Clark, who has been franchise-tagged by the Seahawks, worked out a new deal with the Chiefs. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the two sides have agreed on a five-year, $105.5 million deal.

The Chiefs have an additional second-round pick in 2020 thanks to the trade of Dee Ford and are expected to retain the better of those picks. The surrendering of the 29th overall pick in this week’s draft means the Chiefs won’t make a selection in Round 1.

Clark, 25, has consistently been one of the NFL’s best pass rushers the past three years, as he has totaled 32 sacks since 2016. In 2018, Clark racked up 41 tackles and was tied for seventh in the league in sacks with 13 and eighth in the NFL in hurries with 27.

For the Seahawks, the move comes over a week after they signed quarterback Russell Wilson to a four-year, $140 million extension.

The Seahawks put the franchise tag on Frank Clark before nearing a deal with the Chiefs. (Getty Images) More

Dramatic move for Chiefs defense

In Kansas City, Clark becomes the edge-rush centerpiece of a unit that finished 31st in total defense in 2018 but will be guided by a new coordinator in Steve Spagnuolo, who is switching from the 3-4 scheme the Chiefs operated under the previous six years under former coordinator Bob Sutton.

The scheme change led to the offseason jettisoning of two longtime members of the Chiefs’ pass rush, as Ford was dealt to San Francisco for a 2020 second-round pick and Justin Houston was released. The Chiefs have added beefier defensive ends — a better scheme fit for Spagnuolo — since then, as they signed Alex Okafor to a three-year deal, traded safety Eric Murray to Cleveland for defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah and signed Jeremiah Attaochu to a one-year deal.

The addition of the 6-foot-3, 265-pound Clark — who fits the physical profile of the type of ends Spagnuolo likes — is the biggest of all. Clark’s deal is reportedly more than the five-year, $105 million extension that defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence signed with the Cowboys (which included $65 million guaranteed).

After a year in which the Chiefs finished 12-4 and fell a few plays short of the Super Bowl, Kansas City was willing to surrender draft assets for Clark as a part of its ongoing effort to go all-in on 2020, due to the club’s desire to put the best team possible around reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes right before he likely signs a mega-deal next offseason.

If Mahomes were to sign a mega-deal in January (the earliest an extension could be done), it will tie up a decent amount of salary-cap space for the near future, thus increasing the importance of drafting and developing cheap, cost-controlled talent.

The club would be betting that Clark’s youth (he turns 26 in June), energy and reliability (he played in 62 of a possible 64 regular-season games) will allow him to be a part of the team’s foundation for years.

On the field, Clark plays with a passion, enthusiasm and edge that the Chiefs have placed a high premium on since general manager Brett Veach took over in the summer of 2017, with the belief that those traits often lead to playoff success and generally help prevent the type of January failures the Chiefs have endured on that side of the ball since coach Andy Reid took over in 2013. It’s no coincidence that new safety Tyrann Mathieu, whom the Chiefs signed to a three-year, $42 million deal in March to be a defensive leader and tempo setter, has many of those same traits.

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