The latest:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For those that are wondering, here’s the Dianna Russini clip on what’s going on with the L’Jarius Sneed trade talks (Colts, Titans, Vikings, &amp; Patriots). <a href="https://t.co/zLAntFtWVi">https://t.co/zLAntFtWVi</a> <a href="https://t.co/1yJbXMgP1v">pic.twitter.com/1yJbXMgP1v</a></p>&mdash; CLew ����⚾️�� (@droppedballspod) <a href="https://twitter.com/droppedballspod/status/1769736490245112232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ok, I&#39;ll bite. Here is what happened: The Colts were talking to Danielle Hunter and contemplating a Sneed trade EARLY last week. When neither materialized, they moved on with their original plan: Re-signing their own players. Over $200m total in contracts. <a href="https://t.co/Q2v9laHmlG">https://t.co/Q2v9laHmlG</a></p>&mdash; Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) <a href="https://twitter.com/HolderStephen/status/1769750487706837217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Since Jawaan Taylor's 2025 salary guaranteed today, I'd look for a restructure there soon. Not a lot of downside and it'll open up room to add while this Sneed saga continues, or perhaps opens the door for him to stay on the tag.

Taylor's current cap hits:
2024: $24.725M
2025: $24.725M
2026: $24.725M

If you do a partial restructure of say $10M of his base salary, that opens up another $10m for this year and elevates his '25 and '26 cap hits to $28.225M.

Yeah, maybe bonusing out about $12 million of that to kick $8 million into the 25/26 seasons is a decent idea.

Even if the Sneed trade gets made, you've just created a rollover that would be carried forward and 'apply' to the overages you've created in the coming years anyway.

And the salary will get paid over the course of a season - if not that very day. So there's some time value lost but nothing substantial and no real cap risk.

VOTE YES ON 1 to implement a 3/8ths cents tax to cover half of Sneeds, Boltons and Creed's upcoming deals to keep them in KC! The Clarks need your patronage!

Adam Shefter just said on Pat McAfee's show that the Chiefs and Colts haven't had any conversations about Sneed.

They've got right around 70 players under contract right now; after your draft class + UDFA class, that number jumps to near 85.

We are talking about just a handful of spots to fill remaining in FA. That Taylor restructure will be the signal to me that they're ready and willing to keep LJ on the tag, because in a perfect world I don't think they wanted to do a Jawaan restructure until during the season, if that.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK!

LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The Colts and the Chiefs haven&#39;t had any conversations about L&#39;Jarius Sneed..<br><br>As of right now that&#39;s not happening&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdamSchefter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMSLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/bQuATO2Tvn">pic.twitter.com/bQuATO2Tvn</a></p>&mdash; Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1769766765972570317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Adam Schefter doesn't know EVERYTHING.

We're supposed to believe that they have had zero conversations about a trade? Bullshit.

No wonder this deal is taking so long . Would have been nice to know before the endless bickering about 3rd comp

You know what this sounds like to me?

Ballard and Irsay aborting mission and trying to play it off to their fans that they didn't fumble this thing.

Yeah that wreaks of PR to put out a fire. They don’t want to show their ass

LOL what a joke. Remember when we signed Mike Williams 3 days ago??

So nobody has any clue what's happening.

Sigh.

It's really odd that so many other reputable people say they have had conversations. Schefter will say whatever the front office people he works with ask him to say. I just don't know what they gain from either putting it out falsely or denying it after the fact.

Nobody knows jack shit. Days and days of bullshit and CP fighting.

Anyone who actually believes Pretty Ricky over Adam Schefter please seek help

So I guess the third round pick thing can be forgotten then?

It appears Sneed is making a huge gamble here with his contract demands. There is a real threat he will be forced to play on the tag, and that's a lot for a 27-year-old with a questionable knee who hasn't had a big payday yet.

The Schefter take today tells me the Colts are balking at his asking price and are about ready to wash their hands of it by their denial. If it isn't happening today, they will move on to the next DB on their list.

The Chiefs should offer Sneed a 17/18m year per contract or let him play on the tag. It's very unlikely Sneed will replicate his remarkable season.

So the only facts we have are...

-Sneed is on the tag
-He's been negotiating with other teams for several days, no trade.

I guess we wait. Sometimes guys get traded on draft night like AJ Brown. Anything can happen.

Sneeds knee isn’t a ****ing issue… he’s played more snaps than anybody on this defense not named Justin Reid. He has played 90% or more defensive snaps in every year except his rookie year

This is their way of just trying to shut it down now because the trade isn’t happening


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Why do people keep saying this shit? Sneed has been awesome since day 1. He didn't just burst onto the scene in 2023. If somebody wants to take this angle, at least change it to, "It's very unlikely Sneed will replicate his FOUR remarkable seasons."

Ringleader finds this statement to be: TRUE

Sneed has always been really good but the difference this year was his playing pretty much exclusively on the outside while shadowing the best WRs in the league and allowing McDuffie to operate from the slot.

That was definitely a new wrinkle in his game that turned him from above average to elite. Tough to say it's a fluke with the number of guys he shut down.

Doesn't feel like Veach offered him a contract at all. Franchise tag says we want to work it out for the long term. Transition tag says we don't. Who the hell knows how this will go down.

He definitely took it to another level this year, but yeah he's been remarkable since the day he got here.

I'm still utterly shocked at the way some people view him. I understand we cannot keep everyone, but Sneed is not just some average joe. I truly believe his leadership and tenacity were the keys to this defense turning into what it has. Before Sneed got here, this unit had almost no edge whatsoever, aside from maybe Frank Clark. Sneed's energy and intensity cannot be replaced, not to even mention his incredible talent.

I think as this defense has gotten better collectively, everybody shines brighter. When the defense was less dominant Sneed was usually one of the main guys making plays. INTs, sacks, TFL. I do agree this year he got to showcase his amazing coverage skills more. I think as Spags creates more confusion and pressure with the rest of the defense, the impact of somebody with Sneed's skillset just goes up.

ROFL but but but the twitter dudes said...

But the basement twitter dudes were SURE the deal was DONE and people believed them?

Russini said Titan were very close until they signed Ridley. Still in it just not as certain.

While Schefter said Colts haven't talked to KC, KC has talked to other teams.

I still think Titans could be in play and I hope Hopkins would be coming back in the deal with a pick.

What if Titans have been working on a deal and Veach asking for Hopkins? Titans wanted to wait to make sure they got Ridley signed to replace Hopkins before a trade was done. Plus they would save almost $8M in cap this year by trading Hopkins. Thats close to what Ridley's cap hit for this year!!!

YES not gonna happen but its fun to think about!

Hopkins+Titans 2nd...Done and Done

They talked to the Colts. This is a PR spin.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">L&#39;Jarius Sneed and the Colts have had conversations regarding a potential contract. However, due to his price, IND is out at the moment. That&#39;s reality.</p>&mdash; Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattVerderame/status/1769789401637290264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

People now know how to spell LJ's last name, mission accomplished -Sneed's agent

Sounds accurate enough for me.

Good luck getting that shit next year, Sneed. It won’t be from us.

It was on a sneed to know basis.

Hope he has smart people around him who advise him how to handle that $19.2M. Don't just blow it all right away.

Cause he's about to Orlando Brown himself.

Personally, I think it'll probably be the best thing for the Chiefs. Assuming he plays healthy this year.

But it's probably gonna end with him getting like $45M over 3 years instead of the $80M over 4 years he could probably get right now. And that would be a good outcome. If he has a bad injury, it'll be a nightmare.

Think he's overinflating his price to stay with the Chiefs at this point. Probably doesn't want to go to any of the primary suitors.

I want to go into next season with the same defense and our offense back to being top 3 which is what it will be with another legit receiver like Hollywood.

This would be the best team we've had under Andy

The "twitter dudes" were beat writers for the team in question. If a sports writer is a "twitter dude," then what do you call Adam Schefter?

The cap was up more than $30 million this year. Nobody knows how much it will be up next year, but it will be up.

Chris Jones just got resigned for much more than what he was demanding last year in his holdout, so if I was Sneed, the only thing I would be concerned about in playing on the tag would be my health and holding up my level of play. If he produces next year like he did this year, he'll probably get even more money than he's asking for now, just like happened with Chris Jones.

Yep.

It feels like winning SBs causes players to have overly inflated views of themselves. So many of these guys and their agents just aren't realistic.

Capn Colt? You probably watch times ours and garbage like that and think it means something too ROFL

Yep, he never wanted to leave. Just another reason we should be signing him to an extension. He loves being a Chief.

The $ Sneed is demanding is waaaaaay to much for a corner that has chronic knee issues.

I would rather extend McDuffie.

Sneed really can't demand anything more than 2 guaranteed years, he has kind of given us all the leverage here. The market has proven he's not worth what he thinks.

You can give him something like 4/80 with 50 guaranteed and clear him off the books before McDuffie even comes due. Next year, Reid is off the books as well with Connor and Cook still there likely starting at safety which leaves Sneed as the only member of the secondary not on a rookie deal at that point.

It's doable, if they want to. That's really the only question, and I do understand wanting to allocate the resources elsewhere though as well. This is a very tough situation that seems to be getting more complicated as we go.

Ouch.
Just confirmed what I said early about these Chiefs "insiders" knowing jackshit about the team's dealings. Just a bad look.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A couple things I can report/confirm re: L&#39;Jarius Sneed<br><br>- No team has made a 2nd round offer<br>- Sneed&#39;s desire is to become the highest paid CB in the league and that&#39;s been the major hold up<br>- The Chiefs are fine with him playing on tag next season<br>- The medicals are concerning</p>&mdash; Carrington Harrison (@cdotharrison) <a href="https://twitter.com/cdotharrison/status/1769797567464841651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">His knee. <a href="https://t.co/76rKi8doMb">https://t.co/76rKi8doMb</a></p>&mdash; Carrington Harrison (@cdotharrison) <a href="https://twitter.com/cdotharrison/status/1769798209449140686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Come on down SNEED!!!!

We're going to lock up the league again next year

We won't get a 2nd round pick or anything close to it if he's demanding top CB money. Dude is playing this like Orlando Brown and he's going to **** himself.

Eh, whatever I guess. Wanted the kid to get his bag while he could, but I'll settle for the outcome of him playing on the tag which I believe:

1) gives us the best chance to three-peat
2) gives us the most future flexibility

If he balls out again, might end up with a third-round comp pick for him anyways. It's the no brainer path the more this info flows out.

Yep, this is fine by me. Honestly couldn't have ended any better, even getting a 2nd wasn't going to offset his loss in the short term anyway. Get one more year out of him and collect the comp pick.

Another move needs to be in the works to clear some cap space then. With the draft class still needing contracts, I don't think we'll have enough or we'll be right up against the limit.

Brown did fine when you look at the guaranteed money he got from Cincy

And that’s before we even start to talk about Chris Jones and the result of his playing on a one year deal


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Or be prepared to get one more year out of him and that's it. The comp pick isn't guaranteed.

Sneed has made a little over $5.5 million to date. I’d bet he’s pushing it bc he thinks he has leverage due to the tag netting him $19.8 million.

Pretty much. 20m to a guy who has made nothing so far is great.


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Any contract would start at the tag #, so that sounds about right.

Let him play on the tag for a year, wouldn't be the worst thing.

Taylor restructure frees up probably $12-18M.

We should have seen this coming man LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even L&#39;Jarius Sneed&#39;s birthday cake knows what&#39;s coming in his future. <a href="https://t.co/zb9X3Hx7Sh">pic.twitter.com/zb9X3Hx7Sh</a></p>&mdash; Arrowhead Addict (@ArrowheadAddict) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArrowheadAddict/status/1748850298909495343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We'll see. his asking price will drive the value the Chiefs see, I think. Draft day and pressure to lock in life changing guarantees should motivate Sneeds team to get real.

The best deals, in whatever faze of life, both parties walk away thinking the other side got the best deal. Then, after time settles in, you realize it was a good deal for both parties.

April 26th, night two of the draft, is deadline day.

He makes it past there, we are pretty much bringing the entire #1 defense back and improving on O. League is ****ed - three in a row on deck.

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Quick look at Joshua Williams performing an animal sacrifice in hopes it helps get this deal done so he can get some playing time.

Everyone expects these guys to not want to get paid the max they can.

It's what they work for. Is what it is.

More power to him.....get as much as you can. Not being able to get a contract done and trying it again in a year when you're 28 has the chance to screw him over. That's especially if that knee doesn't hold up or he has a down year.

Report: Sneed likely to stay with Chiefs and play the tag
 

Veach will have known that there was a chance Sneed might not agree a contract with another team as a result of the tag


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For every Chris Jones story, there's an Orlando Brown Jr.

But the elite competitors bet on themselves and deal with the consequences I suppose

Yup. Plus the "Pay me" when he was asked if he wanted to say one thing to Veach.

Imagine if we paid Sneed and Chris Jones was on the Raiders right now. This place would be in shambles. Veach has played this offseason pretty well.

I though the cap number was lo er for non exclusive tag vs exclusive, probably wrong though

Who’s to say he won’t get anything done? Everyone is playing hardball right now.

It's a big gamble. But if he stays healthy and plays close to 2023, he'll probably get 3x$22M from someone.

If he does go that route it will speak volumes that he's confident in his knee.

That's what a lot of us expected to happen (minus the Raiders part) and we were ok with it.

I made my peace that Jones was gone after last year's holdout. I'm happy he's back, but I wish we could keep Sneed too.

Have the Colts signed this piece of shit yet?

You think the Titans are going to give up Hopkins AND a 2nd round pick? :rolleyes:

Maybe, probably close to that now. Could also be fighting if all 3 years are garaunteed or not. With the age and knee problems could see a team not wanting to fully garauntee a deal.