Sources -- Chiefs set to trade L'Jarius Sneed to Titans - ESPN

The Kansas City Chiefs are finalizing a deal to send star cornerback L'Jarius Sneed to the Tennessee Titans, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Friday night.

The Chiefs are expected to receive a 2025 third-round pick, in addition to a 2024 seventh-round pick swap, for Sneed, who will sign a new contract with Tennessee, sources said.

Sneed and the Titans have the framework of an agreement that they have been working on for days, sources told Schefter. It will be formalized after Sneed passes his physical, and it will make him one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in NFL history.

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The Chiefs placed the nonexclusive franchise tag on Sneed earlier this month. That allowed him to talk to other teams, who then could work out a trade with the Chiefs.

The Titans already signed veteran cornerback Chidobe Awuzie to a three-year, $36 million deal at the start of free agency. Sneed and Awuzie will become the outside cornerbacks with Roger McCreary as the nickel as the Titans contend with quarterbacks C.J. Stroud, Trevor Lawrence and Anthony Richardson in the AFC South.

Sneed joins a list of key Titans free agent acquisitions this offseason that includes linebacker Kenneth Murray. General manager Ran Carthon signed center Lloyd Cushenberry and guard Saahdiq Charles to shore up the offensive line. And the offense also got a boost when Carthon added wide receiver Calvin Ridley and running back Tony Pollard.

In 2023, Sneed had by many measures his best season since he joined the Chiefs as a fourth-round draft pick in 2020. Sneed covered the