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The trade of Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed to the Tennessee Titans is now official, according to Tennessee’s official X account.

The Chiefs traded seventh-round picks to the Titans in next month’s draft, and the Titans will send their 2025 third-round pick to the Chiefs (our editor John Dixon reviewed the full details of the trade here).Multiple reports indicate that Tennessee was not the only team in contact with Snead. The Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots have also shown interest throughout the process.Arrowhead Pride told us the Vikings are considering sending a 2024 fourth-round pick and a 2025 third-round pick to the Chiefs in exchange for Sneed. but stopped calls because of his medical history.

As we noted in our Arrowhead Pride Premier newsletter over the weekend, Sneed was on 20 of 22 weekly injury reports in 2023.The Titans were cleared of Sneed’s medical history and he passed a physical. Tennessee’s offer was the only one on the table.As first reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Tennessee pursued Sneed after acquiring his rights and signed him to a four-year, $76.4 million contract. Rapoport added that includes a guaranteed $55 million and a $20 million signing bonus.

This week, head coach Andy Reid praised Sneed at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando, Florida.Sneed’s franchise tag for $19.8 million is now off the books. in Kansas City, giving general manager Brett Veach and cap guru Chris Shea a combined $25.7 million to prepare for the upcoming season. As our lead analyst Ron Kopp mentioned, wide receivers like Tyler Boyd and Odell Beckham Jr. remains on the open market. The Chiefs could use the extra money to pursue such players.We’re told Kansas City is also optimistic about using the extra cap space to retain 26-year-old free agent defensive end Mike Danna. The team’s own fifth-round pick in 2020, Danna has 17.0 sacks in four seasons with the Chiefs.