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

[SHOWTIME]

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: "Strong winds" that L'Jarius Sneed will stay with the #Chiefs and play on his tag, per @MarinoNFL

The #Colts, #Dolphins, and #Lions wanted him but either went in other directions or are hesitant to give up draft picks. pic.twitter.com/naJ0oFqhhv

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 15, 2024

[ThyKingdomCome15]

Originally Posted by TambaBerry

Sneed really wants to stay in KC so he is probably asking for a lot knowing they will say no. This way if a team agrees it's a win win. He either comes back to KC or gets a ton of money

It's the "this is what'll take to get me away from away KC" asking price. I always knew he seemed nice like that.

[Chiefshrink]

We deserve nothing less than a first round pick PERIOD! Shut down corners are not a dime dozen.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Terrible offers. Keep him and 3 peat

[Danguardace]

Still think chiefs are crazy for not locking him up for 3 years given the Cornerback room is essentially all on rookie deals over that time span

[Red Dawg]

Koviev report is wrong. Draft picks aren't the problem. His asking price is. That's 610 and 810 saying so from inside.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Danguardace

Still think chiefs are crazy for not locking him up for 3 years given the Cornerback room is essentially all on rookie deals over that time span

This is how I come down on it really. How often do you get the opportunity to have two shut down guys (and another couple really good CBs to go along with a group of mostly young and really good safeties) locked up for 3 more seasons. I say pay the man or play him on the tag if his demands are unrealistic.

[Gravedigger]

We likely won't get any resolution on this until closer to Draft Day, if the Chiefs really want that cap space back then they'll play it loose and see how the board unfolds for other teams and rough agreements that were talked about will be there for a quick deal should players get picked. Hopefully we don't get too late into round 2 before we make that deal so it's a risk, but worst case scenario they'll keep him and fill through the draft.

[emaw1979]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

This is how I come down on it. How often do you get the opportunity to have two shut-down guys (and another couple of really good CBs to go along with a group of mostly young and really good safeties) locked up for 3 more seasons? Pay the man or play him on the tag if his demands are unrealistic.

I'd love for the Chiefs to offer him a 3/4-year deal at 17 per. I think that is more than reasonable and higher than projections. He'd be a fool to turn that down and gamble. He's an ACL injury away from 18.8 and the vet minimum, and his knee is already giving him issues. He wants to be here, and he's either trying to control that with unrealistic contract demands, or he's got terrible agents that are making a 45-60 million gamble with his future.

[VAChief]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

We deserve nothing less than a first round pick PERIOD! Shut down corners are not a dime dozen.

You are not getting a 1st rounder for a corner with suspect knee issues who likely is also going to cost you 20 mil per year. If we got a mid 30's to mid 40s second round pick I think it was worth it considering the depth we have in the DB room, anything less, I'm okay holding on to him and paying him the franchise tag. It will limit what else we can do this year, but hopefully the draft will fall our way for OT and WR .

If he would have brought a second round pick in the 30's or 40's we could likely get Morgan at OT and maybe still get one of the WR's that fell a bit, or use the two 2nd round picks to move up if needed.

[O.city]

Why would he take 17 mil a year when the tag pays 19.5?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by O.city

Why would he take 17 mil a year when the tag pays 19.5?

If he could get $36 million in guarantees over the first 2 years, it's not necessarily a no-brainer, but it's awfully defensible.

Risk $4 million (presuming he was looking to get $40 million in those first 2) to lock in an additional $16? That's probably worth considering.

I suspect he's looking at the 2/$44 million that Johnson got in his first 2 years as a baseline, though. Johnson's deal, at $19 million per, looks pretty nice. But it's frontloaded with lower salaries in years 3 and 4. He actually gets $44 million in total cash and guarantees in the first 2 seasons. And I suspect that's where the "Sneed wants $22 million/yr" stuff is coming from.

He wants a deal on par with Johnson's at the beginning of the contract. I don't think he has any real argument to surpass that contract, but maybe he's digging in on the structure over the first 2 seasons.

[Red Dawg]

Originally Posted by O.city

Why would he take 17 mil a year when the tag pays 19.5?

17 times 3 is more than 19.8 times 1. If he gets a 3 year deal next year then that's more. If he gets injured at 28 years old, which is likely with his knee problem it's less. He's gambling..

[emaw1979]

Originally Posted by O.city

Why would he take 17 mil a year when the tag pays 19.5?

Why did Holywood Brown accept 1 year at 7-8 mil (11 with incentives) when he could have had a lot more than that?

And regarding LJ....why wouldn't he? He's got a bum knee and his value will never be higher. The Chiefs will never offer him 22 per or whatever he has been asking, and if he wants to play for the Chiefs, he will play at their price or make a 50 million dollar gamble on the tag that his knee holds up, and he replicates his fantastic season. 68 Mil at 4 years > 19 in one and praying.

[Dunerdr]

If his asking price is the problem for teams with Qb's on rookie deals its certainly a part of why he's not staying.

[Dunerdr]

Originally Posted by emaw1979

Why did Holywood Brown accept 1 year at 7-8 mil (11 with incentives) when he could have had a lot more than that?

And regarding LJ....why wouldn't he? He's got a bum knee and his value will never be higher. The Chiefs will never offer him 22 per or whatever he has been asking, and if he wants to play for the Chiefs, he will play at their price or make a 50 million dollar gamble on the tag that his knee holds up, and he replicates his fantastic season. 68 Mil at 4 years > 19 in one and praying.

Because Hollywood was probably offered in the 13-15 market multi year and wants to try to reset his value with the best coach and QB.