I think you misunderstood my original thought - I'm saying, can Pat include Chris in enough of his off-field deals to make CJ another $5m give or take, rendering other teams' better offers less meaningful

What helped was that Manning who was considered his equal at the time wasn’t taking a lower contract.

I dunno man people continually say that but even if you tag and trade Jones there is still so much talent on that defense. Sneed, McDuffie and Bolton have all-pro capability. I think Karlaftis is on the verge of becoming a household name (guy is only 22 years old!!). Reid, Cook, Conner is a dang nice safety trio. FAU is a first round talent. Hit on another player or two in this draft.

Im all for bringing Jones back. The only way you get up shits creek with Mahomes at quarterback though is by dishing out enormous and lengthy contracts to aging players for past performance. Make Jones an offer that allows you to also keep Sneed. Chris - Do you want top dollar and more years or do you want a statue of yourself outside Arrowhead some day?

He has the personality to do commercials.

Wasn't about that. It was clearly about saying he was the highest paid DT

Well if he wants that over everything, bye

I think that's what his agents want. I don't think Chris wants it above all anymore.

In the past 10 years...

How many defensive All-Pros were 30 or older?

How many DPOY were older than 30?

How many elite defensive players were having their best years of their career at 30 or older?

Love Chris but I mean facts are facts. It is a young mans game.

And Pennel.

We just need to get the entire Chiefs team on State Farm commercials.

But then again, how many times has Chris Jones been 30 or older ?

Pennel has 2, I forgot Hardman who also has 3

Ideal world. Pay sneed as his top end is way cheaper than Jones.

Jones I would give him a 3 year deal, 60 million fully guaranteed. Then a whole bunch of incentive marks to get to 30 million to keep him hungry.

For what it's worth, Jones ate 12.2% of the cap this year. If he had around the same percentage in '24, it'd be up around $30m.

So if they did execute a new deal, it would almost certainly be a lower cap % than the previous two seasons.

It's all very simple. Ask yourself this question...

If the Chiefs keep their defense in tact and find one legit WR in FA are they a better team than last year? The answer is clearly yes. This doesn't even include the draft.

This is the easiest path to follow for a once in a lifetime three-peat opportunity. No reason for Veach to make this complicated and he won't.

If you listen to what Spags says regarding Bolton, he is undeniably the leader of this defense and the cog that makes it all function. Jones is an emotional leader that is outspoken. Those are two completely different things. Bolton is the leader of the D. Jones is a leader on the TEAM.