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Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch
This would also mean a Sneed transaction is in the pipeline, right?
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Possibly, but maybe not?
$15 million in available cap space. If they do a 3/45 type of contract, I would imagine the first year cap hit wouldn't be anymore than $10 mil. Gonna need roughly $10 mil. set aside for the rookie class.
So a simple restructure (Taylor?) or an extension (Reid?) could free up the extra space they need to make it work and keep Sneed under the tag.
I still think they will end up trading Sneed, but if teams are gonna continue to lowball them on offers (which sounds like that may be happening) then the Chiefs aren't gonna just give him away. They're a better team with him than without him.
If nothing else, they may just hold onto him till draft day where teams can see there's no CB available like Sneed. Or if someone has an eye on a particular player and they 'miss out', then pivot to a trade for Sneed with their second round pick.
If a trade doesn't happen in the next couple days, I would expect it to linger till the draft. And if for whatever reason nothing materializes there, then we get to keep Sneed for one more year for a run at a 3 peat. Win win.