The Tennessee Titans pulled off a blockbuster move late Friday night, with the team reportedly acquiring cornerback L’Jarius Sneed in a trade with the Kansas City Chiefs.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Chiefs are expected to receive a 2025 third-round pick and the two teams will swap 2024 seventh-round selections in the deal.
As was expected in order to complete a Sneed trade, the Titans are signing him to an extension, also.
According to Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz, Tennessee is giving Sneed a four-year deal that is worth $19 million annually and includes $55 million guaranteed.
Per Over the Cap, Sneed’s annual average in the extension ranks tied for seventh at the position, and the guaranteed money ranks fifth.
This is a massive pickup for the Titans, who have now improved their secondary by leaps and bounds as compared to what is was in 2023.
Sneed will play opposite free-agent signing Chidobe Awuzie, giving the Titans one of the better 1-2 punches on the boundary in the NFL. Roger McCreary will, of course, work out of the slot in this new-look secondary.
Making this deal even better, the Titans didn’t have to break the bank in terms of the extension or the draft compensation they’re giving up.
