In a perfect world, the Kansas City Chiefs would keep both defensive tackle Chris Jones and cornerback L’Jarius Sneed. But financially speaking, that’s a tall order.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported on February 27 that Kansas City is “prepared” to tag Sneed. They are open to “consummate a trade” if no long-term deal is reached. “Sneed is agreeable to the scenario, giving him a chance to talk with other teams while K.C. remains in play.”
A franchise tag for Sneed would cost the Chiefs $19.8 million. “The Chiefs won’t be paying that,” Arrowhead Pride’s Pete Sweeney posted. “It will either be a long-term deal for Sneed in KC that will lower that number, or they will move that number entirely for draft compensation.”
But we have already managed to reduce these distances that we had in Malaysia, for example.
“At the moment we still have those two or three tenths left that are the most difficult to reduce.
“There are still a few things missing. The important thing and the evaluation of the preseason is good.
“Because we have done a solid preseason, without getting nervous, respecting the times that were needed to get to know the bike.”
The season begins on March 8 in Qatar with Marquez’s true potential on the Ducati still a mystery.
