Chiefs Chris Jones threatens to Hold Out - Page 38

Well shit.

Or I won’t play. @LeVeonBell told me about this
— Chris Jones (@StoneColdJones) July 1, 2020

UPDATE 7/12/20: Things are looking good!

I'm not saying this means anything, but I'm also not here to tell @RealMNchiefsfan he can't choose to believe. pic.twitter.com/I93PzdsUNm
— Joshua Brisco (@jbbrisco) July 12, 2020

UPDATE 7/14: Looks Done!

Breaking: #Chiefs and DT Chris Jones have reached agreement on a contract extension, per @mortreport.
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) July 14, 2020

Chris Jones' new four-year deal will be worth $80 million, per source. @mortreport reported deal with Jones and the Chiefs getting done. After months of no talks, things heated up last week.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) July 14, 2020

https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/...761208322?s=21

4 year 85 million 60 guaranteed.

Originally Posted by SuperChief:

Chris Jones!!
— The Gunslingiest (@RedMamba707) July 14, 2020

This guy is a fucking GOD.

Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Jones will not sign for less than Frank Clark($20.8 mil/year) or Deforest Buckner($21 mil/year). I bet he wants $21.5 mil/yr and has no intentions of signing for less than that. It's the way contracts work for the elite players. The next guy gets paid a little more than the one that was paid before him. If the Chiefs don't want to pay him that much then Jones will go to a team that will and if he hits FA I can guarantee almost the entire league will be trying to sign him. Hes not gonna take some low ball offer after we told him to **** off and gave Frank Clark the contract he was asking for.

God damn im smart

Originally Posted by dlphg9:
God damn im smart

That's why I was so ambivalent this whole time.

Look - the market was set. Buckner set it. The Chiefs were gonna have to give him a bit more than Buckner got to get a deal done.

Either they would or they wouldn't but there wasn't gonna be a lot of confusion involved here. Everyone knew what it would cost and it was just a question of priority. If the Chiefs moved on, I'd have been confident that they had a plan that would've worked out fine as well.

Sign him, don't sign him - the Chiefs were gonna be okay. But when it gets down to it, sports are entertainment and I like rooting for dudes I like. And I like Chris Jones.

So I'm hopeful he stays healthy, plays up to his deal and I can CONTINUE to like Chris Jones. It's fun to root for a player rather than bemoan his cap figure when he underperforms.