L’Jarius Sneed has a new home.
The Kansas City Chiefs have spent much of the offseason re-signing key players like Chris Jones and Drue Tranquill and adding reinforcements like speedster Marquise “Hollywood” Brown. But on Friday, the Chiefs lost a big piece of their championship puzzle, sending Sneed to the Tennessee Titans.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the deal on Friday night, noting that the “Chiefs are expected to receive a 2025 3rd-round pick, in addition to a 2024 7th-round pick flop, while Sneed will sign a new contract. Trade is pending physical for Sneed.”
Trade: Chiefs are finalizing a deal to send franchise CB L’Jarius Snead to the Titans, per league sources.
Chiefs are expected to receive a 2025 3rd-round pick, in addition to a 2024 7th-round pick flop, while Snead will sign a new contract. Trade is pending physical for Sneed. pic.twitter.com/GWjyKAgxZq
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 23, 2024
Schefter added that the Titans and Sneed “have the framework of an agreement that they have been working on for days” that “will make him one of the highest-paid CBs in NFL history.”
Titans and franchise CB L’Jarius Snead have the framework of an agreement that they have been working on for days, per sources. It will be formalized after Sneed passes his physical and it will make him one of the highest-paid CBs in NFL history. https://t.co/cSPTIZfkhi
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 23, 2024
The trade drew a lot of commentary, with much of the focus going on what the Chiefs did — or did not — get back in exchange.
Chiefs wanted that cap space bad because they could have just kept him a year and played the compensatory pick game https://t.co/kaZhAy8ojS
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) March 23, 2024
Chiefs fans right now: pic.twitter.com/iMI2dR5q5e
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) March 23, 2024
Chiefs when they say they gonna pay their CBs:
pic.twitter.com/7yoN9n976I https://t.co/a8cAttFIU7
— Mr. Stark’s Brownies (@DogsNDemBoyz) March 23, 2024
lmaooo they got nothing for him😭
— Akash (@YZR_Fantasy) March 23, 2024
L’Jarius Sneed will go down as an all-time beloved Chiefs big game player. His punch of the ball out of Zay Flowers’ hands at the goal line in the AFC Championship Game was likely the biggest play of the Chiefs 2023 Super Bowl winning season. https://t.co/cWxw9XUf36
— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) March 23, 2024
It’s worth noting that there may be further moving parts to this. The trade, once it goes through, will clear $19.8 million in cap space.
Once the trade is executed, L’Jarius Snead’s departure to Tennessee would free up $19.8 million against the Chiefs’ salary cap. https://t.co/cSPTIZfS6Q
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 23, 2024
While most of the top free agents have already been signed, that would open the Chiefs up for another big trade. If nothing else, their offseason just got a lot more interesting.
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