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Originally Posted by dlphg9
The guy signed for less than Frank Clark after Frank had sucked shit and then he signed after Buckner and took less than him. He wants an extension, but I don't think he's going to demand being the highest paid defender in history. Aaron Donald is the only the defender to have over $30 mil in AAV. No way he demands that. I could see him asking for $26-$28 mil a year which puts him at top 3.
Maybe see if he would take less AAV for an extra year. I'd like for him to retire as a Chief and DT's age pretty well and Chris has stayed pretty healthy overall.
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He didn't really take less than Buckner.
Oh sure, that phony AAV stuff says he did, but AAV isn't terribly relevant when discussing contract 'value'.
Jones took less in overall AAV but he also got more in practical guarantees. A LOT more, in fact. Jones deal had about $60 million in practical guarantees as opposed to Buckners at about $45 million.
And at the time both guys signed their deals, they were seen in a virtually identical light.
Buckner set the market by signing first, Jones signed a deal at market that was structured a little differently than Buckner's was and traded a little in top end for a lot in additional guarantees.
Look at it this way - at the end of this season the Colts can cut Buckner and have paid him 3 years, $56 million with ZERO in dead cap money. Meanwhile if the Chiefs cut Jones this offseason they'll have paid him $61 million AND still carry $7 million in dead cap.
Jones didn't do anyone a 'solid' - he traded a few million bucks at the back end of the deal for a few million bucks in the first 3 years of the deal. In the world of NFL contracts, Jones has a more valuable deal than Buckner got. And in 2020 Jones was not an obviously better player than Buckner.
Jones isn't gonna take a haircut here, fellas. He didn't before and he's unlikely to do so this time around.