{"id":38293,"date":"2018-02-23T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=38293"},"modified":"2021-05-30T19:29:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T23:29:48","slug":"chiefs-trade-marcus-peters-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/02\/23\/chiefs-trade-marcus-peters-rams\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs Set to Trade Marcus Peters to Los Angeles Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody is accusing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/teams\/kan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> of being idle this offseason. In late January, they made an unexpected move sending quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=SmitAl03,SmitAl02&amp;search=Alex+Smith&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Smith<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/teams\/was\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Redskins<\/a> in exchange for promising young cornerback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FullKe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kendall Fuller<\/a><\/strong> and a 2018 third round draft pick. Today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/22556460\/los-angeles-rams-agree-trade-kansas-city-chiefs-cornerback-marcus-peters\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Adam Schefter<\/strong>\u00a0reported the Chiefs<\/a> are in the final phases of a deal to trade\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PeteMa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Peters<\/a><\/strong>, their two-time Pro Bowl\u00a0cornerback, to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/teams\/ram\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Los Angeles Rams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chiefs are expected to trade CB Marcus Peters to the Los Angeles Rams, sources tell ESPN. Teams are in final stages of talks and barring an unexpected snag, the trade is expected to be agreed to as early as today.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/967097064676052993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Kansas City Chiefs Set to Trade Marcus Peters to Los Angeles Rams<\/h1>\n<p>The Rams overachieved in 2017 under head coach<strong> Sean McVay<\/strong> but fell short in the Wild Card round with a loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/teams\/atl\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>. In that game, quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RyanMa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Ryan<\/a><\/strong> threw a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to seal a 26-13 victory.<\/p>\n<h2>Making Some Moves<\/h2>\n<p>The Rams front office is taking a big swing to improve on their pass defense which ranked 13th in passing yards allowed last year. Now they look to add Peters, an impact player who can lock down his side of the field. This acquisition would allow defensive coordinator <strong>Wade Phillips<\/strong> to open up the playbook even more. Since he entered the league in\u00a02015, Peters has allowed the second-lowest passer rating (66.8) when targeted. He also has the most interceptions (21 including playoffs) in the NFL during that three-year span.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s relatively unusual to see a young player of this caliber traded. At 25 years old, Peters is just getting started in his already impressive career. He earned Rookie of The Year honors in 2015 by snagging an incredible eight interceptions. Even more impressive, he took two of those in for touchdowns. Peters has the ability to play on either side of the field effectively. The Rams would welcome his lockdown pass coverage and versatility to an already talented defense.<\/p>\n<p>Peters is in the final year of his rookie contract. He will only count as a $1.74 million cap hit in 2018. This trade fills the Rams need for a cornerback as current starter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=JohnTr05,JohnTr02&amp;search=Trumaine+Johnson&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trumaine Johnson<\/a><\/strong> enters free agency. Johnson has played under the franchise tag for the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-pFk10ohQptn1uhmPzCQkA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/895856874\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-pFk10ohQptn1uhmPzCQkA',sig:'wA3b4PvmV7zxEioNcSZP0xtW-xkf4oehSaj-avJ9M-k=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'895856874',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Adam Schefter reports the Chiefs are in the final phases of a deal to trade\u00a0Marcus Peters, their two-time Pro Bowl\u00a0cornerback,\u00a0to the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2383,"featured_media":38303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,34,36],"tags":[61,122,192,129],"class_list":["post-38293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","category-rams","category-nfl-news","tag-football","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-marcus-peters"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2383"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}