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Originally Posted by Direckshun
Is genius.
The Chiefs could have put Chris Jones on the franchise tag this year, tagged him next year, then let him walk into free agency.
Instead, they signed him to a four year contract.
That four year contract costs almost exactly the same as tagging Jones two straight years, then gives the team the easiest possible out after that -- ZERO dead money in 2022. ZERO dead money in 2023.
That makes Jones by far the most tradeable asset the team has had since Jared Allen, if the Chiefs ever opt for that. It also gives the Chiefs some leverage if they go back to the table in 2023 to extend him.
And Jones has exactly zero $$$ in signing bonus.
Veach read this as inhumanly well as you could have. Chris Jones wanted $20m/year. That was his first and only concern.
So Veach and the Chiefs gave it to him, completely on their terms. Wow.
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Pretty sure his 2022 salary becomes fully guaranteed before the 2021 season. So it's effectively a 3 year deal.