*****The L'Jarius Sneed Thread*****

[Wisconsin_Chief]

Originally Posted by O.city

I like Bolton as much as anyone, but if it's between him and Sneed, it's Sneed and it's not close.

Not even close to close.

Sneed is clearly the heart and soul of this entire defense, and they feed off his intensity. The D was still almost as good with Bolton out and Tranquill in there. I'd keep Drue on a modest deal this offseason and if Bolton walks next year, you're covered.

Absolutely under no circumstance do you let Sneed go. None.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief

Not even close to close.

Sneed is clearly the heart and soul of this entire defense, and they feed off his intensity. The D was still almost as good with Bolton out and Tranquill in there. I'd keep Drue on a modest deal this offseason and if Bolton walks next year, you're covered.

Absolutely under no circumstance do you let Sneed go. None.

Chiefs have a HISTORY of letting our DB's walk

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

Chiefs have a HISTORY of letting our DB's walk

Most of them haven't been very good. We lost Ward but who else? You gonna go all the way back to Brandon Carr? Andy was Philly's coach when that all went down.

Sean Smith? We signed him as a FA -- we DO have a history of not giving guys a 3rd contract but that goes beyond DBs. We traded Peters. Nobody thought Steven Nelson was worth the deal he got from Pitt (including, ultimately, Pitt).

I don't think there's a trend for what the Chiefs will do with guy like Sneed. Ultimately I think the best thing to know is that the staff seems to love him. I think they'll do everything they can to keep him.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Most of them haven't been very good. We lost Ward but who else? You gonna go all the way back to Brandon Carr? Andy was Philly's coach when that all went down.

Sean Smith? We signed him as a FA -- we DO have a history of not giving guys a 3rd contract but that goes beyond DBs. We traded Peters. Nobody thought Steven Nelson was worth the deal he got from Pitt (including, ultimately, Pitt).

I don't think there's a trend for what the Chiefs will do with guy like Sneed. Ultimately I think the best thing to know is that the staff seems to love him. I think they'll do everything they can to keep him.

Only way to do that is the tag.

I really wish they coulda got something done with him this past offseason but it takes 2 to tango I suppose.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by O.city

Only way to do that is the tag.

I really wish they coulda got something done with him this past offseason but it takes 2 to tango I suppose.

Would you do 4/$84? First 2 years guaranteed, 3rd year partial?

18/20/22/24 -- so 3/$60 for all intents and purposes (signing bonus, whatever it is, gets removed from those figures).

I think I would.

I mean look at it this way - Christian Kirk got that deal at WR (plus an adjustment for cap increases). And by and large he's played to his contract; he's been solid for them.

If you spend $20 million/yr at WR and get Christian Kirk, that's going to be seen as a win in free agency.

Would I rather have Christian Kirk next year or Sneed? I mean man, that's not even a question is it?

You're not getting a premier WR anymore for $20 million - you're getting a complementary guy. But if I could retain Sneed for that same money, he's just so damn critical to what we do.

If the medicals check out (and my understanding is that the knees may not; there are some lingering issues there), I think I'm fine giving him that.

[Wisconsin_Chief]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

Chiefs have a HISTORY of letting our DB's walk

We've never had one anywhere near as good as Sneed, though. Not even close.

It will be very interesting. If they can get a haul tagging and trading him, I guess I could see it, but I just don't think you'd get the kind of value out of him that we did out of Hill.