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Ranking 10 Worst Contracts in NFL Ahead of 2025 Season | Bleacher Report
9. L’Jarius Sneed, CB, Tennessee Titans
Contract Terms: four years, $76.4 million with $51.5 million guaranteed
It’s easy to understand the rationale behind the Tennessee Titans’ 2024 trade to acquire cornerback L’Jairus Sneed. Good cornerbacks are hard to find, and Sneed had excelled in Steve Spagnuolo’s defense with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Still, it was odd to see Tennessee immediately give a 27-year-old corner who had never been to a Pro Bowl a deal worth $19.1 million annually—which has him as the league’s 11th-highest-paid cornerback a year later.
Players surrounded by talent in a championship-caliber defense don’t always replicate their success in a new home, and that’s how things are trending with Sneed. Pro Football Focus graded him 212th overall among 222 cornerbacks for the 2024 season, a campaign that was cut short after five games by a quad injury. He’s missed time this offseason with a knee injury.
“We’re waiting for him to show us the player that he’s been,” head coach Brian Callahan told reporters at the start of mandatory minicamp. “He hasn’t reached that level of play for us.”
If Sneed is unable to bounce back this season, Tennessee can cut him in 2026 and save $11.9 million in cap space, though it would have to eat $20.1 million in dead money to do so.
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Kansas City Chiefs: Left Side of the Offensive Line
Super Bowl odds: +750
In Super Bowls LV and LIX, the Kansas City Chiefs, particularly Patrick Mahomes, struggled mightily against dominant defenses, resulting in blowout losses.
Even the league’s best quarterback performs poorly when his offensive line crumbles under pressure.
The Chiefs could open the season with two inexperienced starters on Mahomes’ blind side, which isn’t ideal for a strong start to the campaign.
Kansas City traded two-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears, which created a vacancy at left guard and stripped them of an emergency plan at left tackle.
Last season, Wanya Morris struggled at left tackle. According to Pro Football Focus, he allowed five sacks and committed 11 penalties. The Chiefs can insert career backup Jaylon Moore or rookie first-rounder Josh Simmons into that spot.
In four years, Moore has started in 12 games. Simmons, though he has a ton of potential, is working his way back from a torn patellar tendon.
Kingsley Suamataia, who opened the previous season at left tackle, will transition to guard. He didn’t line up on the interior in college. At BYU, he made 22 starts at tackle.
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