Rams finalizing deal to acquire Trent McDuffie in

Les Snead, no stranger to blockbuster trades involving first-round picks, is likely to be on the verge of doing it again.

On Wednesday, the Rams common supervisor appeared to be getting nearer to addressing his group’s most urgent need by nearing a doable settlement with the Kansas City Chiefs to commerce for cornerback Trent McDuffie, a individual with information of the scenario said. The individual requested anonymity because an settlement had not been finalized.

According to a number of reviews, the Rams would ship a first-round choose — the twenty ninth general — and fifth- and sixth-round picks in this 12 months’s draft and 2027 seventh-round choose to the Chiefs in exchange for McDuffie.

McDuffie, 25, is a former Anaheim Servite and Bellflower St. John Bosco High star who was a first-round choose by the Chiefs in 2022. He was an All-Pro in 2023 and has three profession interceptions. He is due to earn $13.6 million this season in the ultimate 12 months of his rookie contract.

On Tuesday, during a videoconference with reporters, Snead was requested about the secondary.

“At that point it’s figuring out, is there an All-Pro that you could add?” Snead said. “That could be nice, but if there’s not an All-Pro, is there a player out there that adds an edge based on what we’re trying to accomplish?”

The last time Snead traded a first-round choose for a cornerback was in 2019, when he despatched two first-round picks and a fourth-round choose to the Jacksonville Jaguars for Jalen Ramsey. Two years later — after trading Jared Goff and two first-round picks to the Detroit Lions for Matthew Stafford, the Rams received Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium.

In 2018, Snead traded a fourth-round choose and a second-round choose in 2019 for Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters, one of a number of major strikes that helped the Rams advance to Super Bowl LIII.

The acquisition of McDuffie would strengthen a cornerback group that was often a legal responsibility last season. During 4 seasons with the Chiefs, McDuffie pressured eight fumbles, three interceptions and broke up 34 passes.

Emmanuel Forbes Jr. is under contract, and the Rams must make a determination by May 1 whether or not to exercise a fifth-year option on the previous 2023 first-round choose by the Washington Commanders.

Cornerbacks Cobie Durant and Roger McCreary are pending free brokers, as are Ahkello Witherspoon and Derion Kendrick.

If phrases are finalized, the commerce wouldn’t develop into official until the start of the new league 12 months on March 11. In addition, the Rams would have 9 picks in this 12 months’s draft, including the thirteenth general choice they acquired in a 2025 draft-day commerce with the Atlanta Falcons.