Tamba Hali is set to return from the PUP list shortly. When he does, he’ll be doing so under a revised contract. The Chiefs outside linebacker will now receive a $250K signing bonus for the 2018 season while also having $1MM of his 2018 salary moved from base pay to a March 1 roster bonus (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). 
The adjusted contract might explain why Hali did not begin practicing on Wednesday, as originally planned.
“I’m not sure exactly what’s going on, to be honest with you,” Reid said earlier this week (video link via the Kansas City Star). “When I walked out here, he was not practicing. [GM] Brett Veach is dealing with all that. I don’t know exactly the situation and what’s going on right now. That’s between Brett, Tamba and his representatives.”
The changes to the deal might seem inconsequential, but they could impact Hali’s future with the team. By converting $1MM of his 2018 base pay into a March 1 roster bonus, the Chiefs will be forced to decide whether to keep him or cut him much earlier in the offseason. If the Chiefs opt to move on from Hali on 3/1, he will have an opportunity to get in on the first wave of free agency when teams are still flush with cash.
Hali, 34, appeared in all 16 games for the Chiefs in 2016 and played on roughly half the club’s defensive snaps. However, he finished with only 3.5 sacks, his lowest posting since 2008.