When the Kansas City Chiefs lost star corner back L’Jarius Sneed to the Tennessee Titans in free agency three seasons ago, there was considerable hue and cry from the fan base. Sneed was considered a shutdown corner, and he played with an edge, so it felt like losing him would be a big blow.
Not so much, though, as it turned out. Matt Conner of Arrowhead Addict provided an update on Sneed’s situation in Tennessee, and things haven't gone well at all for Sneed. According to Conner, Sneed is scheduled to receive $7.5 million in guaranteed money on March 15, and Titans GM Mike Borgonzi will almost certainly choose to release him instead.
Conner isn’t the only one who thinks this will happen. Joel Corry from Over the Cap concurs, and he recently put Sneed on his list of 15 players who could be cut.
Tennessee brought Sneed in based on his reputation as a shutdown corner, and the deal designed was for four years with an overall value of $76.4 million. To say that the corner has been a disappointment would be an understatement based on his performance to date.
The list of problems starts with knee and quad injuries that have limited Sneed to just 12 games in the last two seasons, and according to Conner he hasn’t been all that effective on the field when he has played.
The there are the off-field issues. Sneed is facing a civil suit and has criminal concerns related to his failure to report a shooting, which is a felony that also drew some misdemeanor charges from an incident that occurred in Dallas County, Texas back in December of 2024, according to a report by Turron Davenport of ESPN.
That makes him off limits for most teams assuming he’s cut, but Connor also mentioned the possibility of Kansas City signing Sneed to a short-term, incentive-laden deal. It’s not a bad idea considering the Chiefs’ secondary situation, with cornerback Trent McDuffie due for extension and fellow cornerback Jaylen Watson and safety Bryan Cook also headed to free agency.
Sneed was effective in defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s schemes with his physicality, and the Chiefs definitely struggled to defend larger receivers on the boundary at times this season. The larger issue here is Sneed’s ongoing legal issues given that the Chiefs have spent the last year or so dealing with receiver Rashee Rice’s issues in that area, so they may take a pass on Sneed's impending availability.