Adam Schefter reveals how close the Chiefs might be to trading for Marshon Lattimore

The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football and Adam Schefter dropped some interesting information on the broadcast before the game.

According to Schefter, "[The Chiefs] are monitoring the developments in New Orleans. They have checked in on Marshon Lattimore, and that would be a player I think the Chiefs could be involved in tomorrow by the 4pm deadline. We’ll see if the Chiefs can figure out a way to get something done with another trade."

The Chiefs, who have already made some trades ahead of the Tuesday afternoon deadline, are clearly not messing around when it comes to trying to pull off the first three-peat of the Super Bowl era. For those not familiar with Lattimore, he was drafted one pick after Patrick Mahomes in 2017 and has spent his entire career with the Saints.

As we all know, though, the Saints have been on the struggle bus this season and are coming off their seventh straight loss. Their head coach was fired on Monday morning, paving the way for the Saints to trade any of their players who might draw interest from other teams. Lattimore would make sense in Kansas City considering he's on a team that's not going anywhere and the Chiefs could use another cornerback in their already stout defense.

Adam Schefter says Marshon Lattimore to Chiefs could be closer than we think

The Chiefs lost their top cornerback in the offseason with L'Jarius Sneed getting traded to Tennessee but the secondary has still played pretty well. Trent McDuffie has cemented himself as the CB1 but adding depth, especially with a piece as talented as Lattimore, would be a home-run move for Brett Veach and the front office.

Something that could be worrisome, however, is that Lattimore has dealt with his fair share of injuries, missing two games this season and not playing a full schedule since 2021. That being said, Lattimore is still playing well, ranked 38th out of a qualifying 205 cornerbacks, according to PFF.

If the Chiefs go for it and make this move, there's no doubt that Lattimore makes them a better team. It'll prove that Veach and the front office truly are all-in on getting the three-peat and going down in NFL history. Gotta love it.