Chiefs Rumors: Chris Jones Nearing ‘Big-Money’ Contract Before Closing date
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As the closing date neared, the Kansas City Chiefs agreed to a four-year contract extension with defensive tackle Chris Jones, in accordance with ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen.
Schefter celebrated the deal is value $85 million with $60 million guaranteed.
The Chiefs placed the non-new franchise mark on Jones in March, guaranteeing him $16.1 million for the upcoming season. He and Kansas City had till 4 p.m. ET Wednesday to finalize a long-term contract.
The Chiefs signed Patrick Mahomes final week to a 10-year extension that can perhaps well be value up to $503 million. Some were taken aback to learn of the contract’s dimension because his $45 million annual wage would possibly perhaps per chance hit upon cherish a nick rate in about a years.
In explaining why he agreed to the deal, Mahomes acknowledged he wanted the Chiefs to occupy wage-cap flexibility, per CBS Sports actions’ Tyler Sullivan:
“We were in a situation to get this contract done in the true design that no longer easiest offers me the protection that I’ve always wanted nevertheless also permits alternatives for the crew to be gargantuan round me the entire period of my entire occupation. And I the truth is occupy have confidence that issues will get handled the true design as we dawdle during this occupation and we would possibly perhaps well be in situation to come to a decision moderately about a soccer games and confidently decide far more championships as my occupation goes on.”
Kansas City’s reported agreement with Jones is a high example of that.
Jones has 136 tackles and 33 sacks thru his first four seasons. His 15.5 sacks in 2018 were the third-most in the NFL.
In April, Pro Soccer Focal point’ Ben Linsey ranked Jones as the 11th-ideal player headed for free agency in 2021. Linsey celebrated easiest Aaron Donald and Fletcher Cox had a greater dawdle-speeding grade over the final four years among interior defenders, and Jones ranked fourth in pressures (212) over that span.
Now, the Chiefs can hit upon in the direction of retaining their ideal gamers eligible for free agency in 2022. Travis Kelce would presumably get priority with Tyrann Mathieu, Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz among the many others with two years last on their contracts.
Future success can by no intention be guaranteed, nevertheless Kansas City is doing everything it will to rob the franchise’s third Abundant Bowl title after final year’s championship bustle.