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<\/p>\nSix years after being selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2020 NFL Draft and two years after being traded to the Tennessee Titans, L’Jarius Sneed is a Chief once again.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Sneed reportedly agreed to a one-year deal worth up to $5 million to return to Kansas City, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.<\/p>\n
The language in Schefter’s report implies that Sneed will have incentives in his contract that could earn him a considerable payday, but his guarantees and 2026 salary cap hits should be expected to come in much lower than his $5 million ceiling.<\/p>\n
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During his two seasons in Tennessee, Sneed played in just 12 total games while battling through injury. The Titans released Sneed this offseason to save more than $11 million in salary cap space.<\/p>\n
Sneed’s addition is certainly noteworthy, but not necessarily game-changing for the 2026 Chiefs.<\/p>\n
Sneed joins a cornerback room with plenty of unknowns, but not a lack of talent. As I wrote on Chiefs On SI<\/em> yesterday, Sneed’s signing creates some questions for Nohl Williams and Kristian Fulton, but it shouldn’t impact rookie Mansoor Delane. After being selected with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, there’s no excuse for Delane to have anything but a starting role when the season begins.<\/p>\n Williams, a third-round pick in 2025, is entering his second season after a promising rookie campaign. Fulton is in the second year of his two-year, $20 million contract with Kansas City after a disappointing 2025 season.<\/p>\n The Chiefs’ best-case scenario still looks like a starting duo of Delane and Williams, allowing the young, cost-controlled players to hold their roles throughout their rookie contracts. However, Fulton could reasonably win the job in 2026 if he can stay healthy during training camp.<\/p>\n The Chiefs should also already be hosting a solid competition at the slot cornerback position, with Christian Roland-Wallace, Kader Kohou and rookie Jadon Canaday battling for nickel snaps.<\/p>\n After losing Trent McDuffie, Jaylen Watson and Bryan Cook this offseason, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo should certainly be happy to have Sneed back in the building as a veteran presence. Sneed has played more snaps for Spagnuolo than the rest of the cornerback room combined<\/em>. Still, Sneed can’t be guaranteed a role at this point in his career until his health can be trusted.<\/p>\n Sign up to\u00a0our free\u00a0<\/em>newsletter\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<\/em>Facebook,\u00a0<\/em>X\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Instagram\u00a0for the latest news.<\/em><\/p>\n Follow<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After being traded away two years ago, L’Jarius Sneed is a member of the Kansas City Chiefs once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"What](\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6736,h_3789,x_0,y_118\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/arrowhead_report\/01ktf2j5t7axd5cwfv49.jpg\")
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