That doesn't make any sense...You can sign players this year and stagger a bigger portion of those deals into 2019 ($82 Million) when the past dead money is almost gone. Berry made $3 million last year and $13 million this season.

Dead money comes from players who are no longer on the roster...I'm not saying push the money to the final years, I'm saying pay them with the excess when you have it. Chiefs dont have any superstars needing to be paid for a few years...
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If he plays like last year yes I’d give him a new deal. If we got someone from this draft that is as talented, I’d consider letting him walk.

Injuries happen and Jones injuries have not been serious career threatening (ACL, Achilles, back).
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Yeah, I get it.

But it's the same thing Dorsey did with these guys to cause the cap to be what it is now and the Chiefs to have to cut guys like they have.

It's not ideal. You don't know what your roster needs will be next year and if you have money tied up it gets tough.

AKA, this offseason.
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Exactly. This is silly.
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I'd worry about extending Jones after next season anyway so it doesn't really matter right now.
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so Chris Jones is just having offseason knee scopes at 23 years old cause .......... for something to do?
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Injuries happen is exactly how they got into the situation they are in with Justin Houston
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Are you suggesting that Jones injuries are from wear and tear?

Like, Poe his first injury was in the offseaon when he wasn’t even practacing or anything. It might’ve even been a NFI IIRC.

The playoff game injury was a freak accident that happens all the time in the trenches.

Again, Jones isn’t playing a ridiculous amount of snaps so this makes no sense either way.
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he had that scope in '17 which started him on the PUP for the summer

he now has his MCL tear or whatever suffered in the end of the year

If he has an issue every offseason from now until the end of year 5, it absolutely should be considered on if he is worth a LTD
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Same reason I'd be hesitant to pay Bell big money in Pitt after they rode him into the ground this year.

Plus this years RB class is legit.
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Yeah, it's not great that he's been having to rehab every offseason instead of actually getting stronger etc.

Hopefully that turns around for him.
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If the Chiefs are going to stagger contracts or push money into next year, it's important to target young players that are more likely to be able to perform the life of the deal.

They've gotten fucked on deals lately.
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Justin Houston had a serious knee injury which his ACL was “loose” which needed more than a year long treatment and rehab.

Chris Jones MCL injury is a 2 month long recovery. It’s nowhere near as serious.

Guys have scopes and minor surgeries all the time in the NFL. It’s serious long term injuries like ACL/MCL/PCL (Parker Ehinger), Achilles (Eric Berry) and back (Dontari Poe) that should worry you. Those are serious long term rehab injuries.

FFS dude Chris Jones was already running a month after his surgery. :-)
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Its 2 straight offseasons where he's had injury issues though. Not necessarily the severity.
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All of this. I’ve already seen Jones working out on IG.
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