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This post belongs over in the draft forum, which is where we've been talking about this potential decision for months.
I've gone back and forth. I can see the reasoning on both sides. Let me be clear, I love Jones, and in this season in particular, he's become the player he always had the potential to be; he's become an ALL-AROUND terror, and a true leader. In the past, he freelanced too much and could get exposed against the run, and while being a very likeable kid, was maybe a little immature. This is the season where he became THE MAN, in my estimation.
Love to see it.
But if you can upgrade three or four positions in terms of draft capital and cap resources, you may have to do it.
You can't look at it like- Jones is all we have, and you want to trade him?!
The point is, if you DO, you can add three, maybe four guys that are upgrades. Lots of good defenses in the NFL that don't include Chris Jones.
OR, you can try to build around him, but that will probably mean that a guy like Sneed walks after 2023. And we have a situation at LT. And RT that need dealing with this offseason.
So it's not as simple as hanging on to the guy you want to hang on to. Everybody loves Jones and wants him to be in KC. But is that in the best interest of the team long-term? I don't know.
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