The Kansas City Chiefs are sending one of their best players to a conference foe.
With star L’Jarius Sneed landing with the Tennessee Titans, they get an elite piece to bolster their secondary defense to start the post-Mike Vrabel era.
With that in mind, star DE Jeffery Simmons took to Twitter to rave about this move (via Adam Schefter).
Titans Pro-Bowl DE Jeffery Simmons reacts to the news that Tennessee is set to acquire CB L’Jarius Sneed (📷 @The33rdTeamFB): pic.twitter.com/PEso8RCjjs
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 23, 2024
The Titans got one of the best players available for a very reasonable price.
They will only have to send a future third-round pick and a 2024 seventh-round pick swap to get him.
Sneed will later sign a multi-year deal with the organization, and the move will free up almost $20 million in cap space for the Chiefs, with the deal only pending a physical.
He’s now expected to be one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in NFL history, with a four-year deal in place.
Sneed is coming off the best season of his career in 2023.
The former fourth-round pick was elite in man-to-man coverage, handling the opposition’s best receiver in almost two-thirds of his team’s defensive snaps.
In 57 regular-season appearances, he’s logged 40 passes defended and ten interceptions.
The Titans’ defense was already good, but it’s now become scary good, and Jeffery Simmons knows it.
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