Why the Chiefs will pay a lot for Chris Jones

[emaw1979]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I just really wanna know when Quinnen Williams turned into an afterthought in these discussions.

Quinnen Williams is WAY closer to Chris Jones than Chris Jones is to the Aaron Donald that 'earned' that contract.

Aaron Donald was neck and neck with Reggie White in terms of pure dominance from the DT position. I mean he was an absolute monster at his apex. His stretch from 2017 to 2020 has to be close to the most dominant stretch of DL play ever. He was THAT good.

Jones is very very good. Again, HoF at his peak. But not Mount Rushmore of Defensive Linemen at his peak. And someday, if not already, Quinnen Williams will be that 'very very good' level of player in his own right, IMO.

Yes...The fact they are mentioned together in the same breath bothers me. Even this past season, CJ wasn't close to the dominance Aaron Donald displayed for most of his career and it was CJ's defining season.

CJ has been a good player. Last year was the first time I felt he was great. Even in his 2018 season where he had 15 sacks, he was awful against the run and the defense was historically bad.

Veach's mistake was not making a trade at the beginning of the off-season when the value was the highest. CJ talking out his ass about wanting to be a Chief for life etc may have tricked us all.