The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs have traded cornerback L’Jarius Sneed to the Tennessee Titans in trade for a third-round decide within the 2025 NFL Draft. The groups will even swap seventh-round picks on this 12 months’s draft.
The information was first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter late Saturday evening.
Commerce: Chiefs are finalizing a deal to ship franchise CB L’Jarius Snead to the Titans, per league sources.
Chiefs are anticipated to obtain a 2025 Third-round decide, along with a 2024 Seventh-round decide flop, whereas Snead will signal a brand new contract. Commerce is pending bodily for Sneed. pic.twitter.com/GWjyKAgxZq
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 23, 2024
Sneed, 27, was chosen by the Chiefs out of Lousiana Tech within the fourth spherical of the 2020 NFL Draft. A security in faculty, Sneed showcased his inside-outside versatility in Kansas Metropolis, first making his title as a slot cornerback earlier than defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo deployed him in every single place.
Finally, Spagnuolo determined to assign the 6-foot-1, 192-pound cornerback to the opposition’s greatest weapon, and Sneed excelled in that function, curbing the likes of Miami Dolphins broad receiver Tyreek Hill, Minnesota Vikings broad receiver Justin Jefferson and Buffalo Payments broad receiver Stefon Diggs.
Kansas Metropolis positioned the franchise tag on Sneed this previous offseason, and if he had performed on the tag, he would have made $19.8 million. As a substitute, he stands to make rather more as a member of the Titans, in line with Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz.
These numbers embody $19 million yearly over 4 years and $55 million assured. For the Chiefs, they now have $26.6 million price of cap house for the 2024 season.
Getting into the offseason, it at all times appeared like a case of preserving defensive sort out Chris Jones or Sneed, and common supervisor Brett Veach made his alternative when he signed Jones to a five-year contract extension. Flexibility has at all times been the key phrase for Veach, who now has it for the three-peat strive.
With L’Jarius Sneed’s $19.8M franchise tag going off Kansas Metropolis’s books, they’ve extra flexibility to probably re-sign free brokers similar to Mike Danna and Donovan Smith.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) March 23, 2024
With out Sneed, Kansas Metropolis’s cornerback room now consists of Trent McDuffie, Jaylen Watson, Joshua Willams, Nazeeh Johnson, Nic Jones, and Ekow Boye-Dowe, amongst others. At present, McDuffie and Watson must be thought of the Chiefs’ starters at cornerback.
Kansas Metropolis has seven picks forward within the 2024 NFL draft, with their high wants now being offensive sort out… and cornerback.
In 4 years with the Chiefs, Sneed appeared in 57 video games (beginning 53), recording 303 tackles (223), 40 passes defensed and 10 interceptions. He additionally displayed a knack for attending to the quarterback when known as upon, recording 5.6 sacks and 13 quarterback hits.
The Chiefs received’t play the Titans in 2024 except they match up within the postseason.
