With his five-year, $158.57 million contract deal, the Chiefs re-signed Chris Jones, giving him the NFL’s defensive lineman with the highest average pay ever. Sneed agreed to a one-year, $19.8 million contract with the Chiefs on a non-exclusive franchise tag.
Chiefs general manager Brett Veach stated that keeping both players was his “goal and intent” when he spoke to media at the NFL Combine last month. Sneed, though, was quite clear that he was not accepting a wage reduction.
This was his greatest chance, at 27 years old, to land the biggest deal he could. Alongside Jones clamped down, the Chiefs were unable to come up with a long-term solution for Sneed.
The $158 million star of the Chiefs’ two words on the trade of L’Jarius Sneed.
On March 22, ESPN’s Adam Schefter revealed that Kansas City has decided to trade Sneed to the Tennessee Titans. Jones wrote a quick note to his old teammate after the announcement.
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