Rams Finalizing Deal To Acquire All-pro Cornerback Trent Mcduffie From Chiefs

Les Snead, nary alien to blockbuster trades involving first-round picks, mightiness beryllium connected nan verge of doing it again.

On Wednesday, nan Rams wide head appeared to beryllium getting person to addressing his team’s astir pressing request by nearing a imaginable statement pinch nan Kansas City Chiefs to waste and acquisition for cornerback Trent McDuffie, a personification pinch knowledge of nan business said. The personification requested anonymity because an statement had not been finalized.

According to aggregate reports, nan Rams would nonstop a first-round prime — nan 29th wide — and fifth- and sixth-round picks successful this year’s draught and 2027 seventh-round prime to nan Chiefs successful speech for McDuffie.

McDuffie, 25, is simply a erstwhile Anaheim Servite and Bellflower St. John Bosco High prima who was a first-round prime by nan Chiefs successful 2022. He was an All-Pro successful 2023 and has 3 profession interceptions. He is owed to gain $13.6 cardinal this play successful nan last twelvemonth of his rookie contract.

On Tuesday, during a videoconference pinch reporters, Snead was asked astir nan secondary.

“At that constituent it’s figuring out, is location an All-Pro that you could add?” Snead said. “That could beryllium nice, but if there’s not an All-Pro, is location a subordinate retired location that adds an separator based connected what we’re trying to accomplish?”

The past clip Snead traded a first-round prime for a cornerback was successful 2019, erstwhile he sent 2 first-round picks and a fourth-round prime for Jalen Ramsey. Two years later — aft trading Jared Goff and two-first information picks to nan Detroit Lions for Matthew Stafford, nan Rams won Super Bowl LVI astatine SoFi Stadium.

In 2018, Snead traded a fourth-round prime and a second-round prime successful 2019 for Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters, 1 of respective awesome moves that helped nan Rams beforehand to Super Bowl LIII.

The acquisition of McDuffie would fortify a cornerback group that was often a liability past season.

Emmanuel Forbes Jr. is nether contract, and nan Rams must make a determination by May 1 whether to workout a fifth-year action connected nan erstwhile 2023 first-round prime by nan Washington Commanders.

Cornerbacks Cobie Durant and Roger McCreary and pending free agents, arsenic are Ahkello Witherspoon and Derion Kendrick.

If position are finalized, nan waste and acquisition would not go charismatic until nan commencement of nan caller convention twelvemonth connected March 11.

If nan McDuffie woody is finalized, nan Rams would person 9 picks successful this year’s draft, including nan 13th wide action they acquired successful a 2025 draft-day waste and acquisition pinch nan Atlanta Falcons.