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Originally Posted by O.city
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Which leads into an educated guess at how the Jones contract situation will unfold in Kansas City over the next few weeks. He wants an extension in the neighborhood of $30 million in average annual value, per two sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations. Chiefs personnel executives, as evidenced by their roster reconfiguration last offseason and the Super Bowl that resulted from Brett Veach’s deft drafting and signings and cap management, are not dumb.
They know that Jones is a football unicorn, second only to Aaron Donald ($31.7 million AAV) in terms of elite NFL disruption specialists. It’s not difficult to argue, even, that Jones (15.5 sacks) had a better season than Donald last year (five sacks).
The Chiefs want to pay him, plan to pay him and should be expected to pay him—in all likelihood, before their season starts Sept. 7 against the Lions at Arrowhead.