BEARS!

What is his leverage, seriously? He will be missed if he holds out, but it would be exponentially more harmful to Jones's reputation and financial security as an individual compared to a team that has Mahomes and has been able to overcome many obstacles the last 5 years and yet have made it to 5 straights AFCCGs.

He played in 11 games before getting hurt and got 5 sacks. So he was on pace to get 8 sacks if he was healthy. Is that worth the $27 million cap hit they were giving him?

And I'm glad you brought up injuries. Dedicating that much to a single player that isn't a QB is a gigantic risk, especially one that is on a 3rd contract.

We saw what that looked like with Frank Clark. You saw what that looked like for the Bills last year too. Chris Jones age alone would be a factor here. Historically DT's starting declining around 30-31. A long term deal risks that.

How often do 3rd contracts work out for DL? JJ Watt? Nope. Von Miller so far? Nope. Aaron Donald so far? Nope.

Everybody wants to be the Patriots dynasty. Well hanging onto old players isn't how you do what the Patriots did.

As a Mizzou guy, I love Nick Bolton. But I don’t think he’s good enough in pass coverage to pay him a 2nd contract in the realm of what Roquon Smith got.

He made progress there last year, but I still think he’s got a physical limit to his coverage upside.

I don’t think MLB is the spot they pick. Especially not with how inexpensive Tranquill was. If he plays as much and as well as I think he is going to play, Tranquill could prove a better long-term fit/pay at MLB than Bolton.

https://twitter.com/kcsportsnetwork/...nI6B385NMubBQA

Chiefs won’t make him the highest paid DT

Bolton should get a contract that is more in line with what the Jags guy got maybe a bit more, he's not Fred Warner or Roquan.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> are reportedly “unwilling” to make Chris Jones the league’s highest-paid defensive tackle, per <a href="https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ByNateTaylor</a>. <a href="https://t.co/zg0JlFJI7n">pic.twitter.com/zg0JlFJI7n</a></p>&mdash; KC Sports Network (@KCSportsNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/KCSportsNetwork/status/1689675012096057344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Do you think they keep Gay and Tranquill and let Bolton walk? Do you think he will want Roquon Smith money? I guess we will see, but I saw how much of an upgrade he was over Hitchens and would hate to see him walk if KC doesn't have to.

We've completely Fonzied ourselves here in thinking losing a DPOY candidate won't be harmful to the Chiefs chances of winning a SB>

If those guys are reasonably priced I think they'd bring them back. Off ball LB's don't get paid huge deals unless they are elite.

They aren't even losing him, if that happened it'd be after the season giving them ample ability to replace him.

I don't think anyone disagrees with that.

The issue is if that's the way you wanna go, you do it before the draft this year.

Yes, next year woudl be ideal.

I don't think they'll risk tagging him and taking that cap hit during FA, but they may have to.

If defensive players are that unimportant, I can't imagine anyone here is happy the Chiefs have spent 3 straight first round picks on defenders.

I question the players value when it's a 3rd contract and he is wanting that kind of money.