Chris Jones threatens to Hold Out

[Dante84]

Well shit.

Or I won’t play. @LeVeonBell told me about this

— Chris Jones (@StoneColdJones) July 1, 2020

UPDATE 7/12/20: Things are looking good!

I'm not saying this means anything, but I'm also not here to tell @RealMNchiefsfan he can't choose to believe. pic.twitter.com/I93PzdsUNm

— Joshua Brisco (@jbbrisco) July 12, 2020

UPDATE 7/14: Looks Done!

Breaking: #Chiefs and DT Chris Jones have reached agreement on a contract extension, per @mortreport.

— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) July 14, 2020

[Sassy Squatch]

Great thread to post that in

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!

Frank Clark’s cousin dies of Covid

You’re a ****ing moron.

[MAHOMO 4 LIFE!]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

You’re a ****ing moron.

You gonna tell that to Frank?? Nah because you are a little bitch. Prayers are needed right now for Frank and his family 🙏🏻

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!

You gonna tell that to Frank?? Nah because you are a little bitch. Prayers are needed right now for Frank and his family 🙏🏻

(This is a Chris Jones thread)

[Megatron96]

I still have faith that Veach will get Jones signed. Though I have no idea how that might happen.

My off-the-cuff theory is something similar to what they did with Mahomes. No, not for $450 million, etc., but possibly a longer deal than usual for a DT so the Chiefs can absorb the bulk of the cap hit a few years down the line. The trick will be getting CJ to accept a little less money now for more money later. But both sides have said repeatedly that they want to stay together, so I'm fairly confident they'll get a deal done by the 15th.

[crosses fingers]

[MAHOMO 4 LIFE!]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

I still have faith that Veach will get Jones signed. Though I have no idea how that might happen.

My off-the-cuff theory is something similar to what they did with Mahomes. No, not for $450 million, etc., but possibly a longer deal than usual for a DT so the Chiefs can absorb the bulk of the cap hit a few years down the line. The trick will be getting CJ to accept a little less money now for more money later. But both sides have said repeatedly that they want to stay together, so I'm fairly confident they'll get a deal done by the 15th.

[crosses fingers]

Mahomes contract makes it very possible to sign Jones but would have to frontload Jones

[eDave]

Have we extended this piece of shit yet?

[MAHOMO 4 LIFE!]

#Chiefs DI Chris Jones was tied for the third highest-graded defender on 3rd and 4th downs in the 2019 season, trailing only Aaron Donald and Jamal Adams!#ChiefsKingdom https://t.co/XuN02Bib5m

— PFF KC Chiefs (@PFF_Chiefs) July 9, 2020

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!

Mahomes contract makes it very possible to sign Jones but would have to frontload Jones

Ah, thx. Yeah, as I've said multiple times before, I haven' t a real clue how the whole contract/cap space thing works. I do enough math in my real life; never was interested in figuring out how the money works in sports.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by BossChief

In an interview (before lockdown) Chris said that the franchise tag has 2 ways it plays out.

1) the team signs the player to a long term deal.

2) the team trades the player to a team that gives him a long term deal

He never even acknowledges playing on the tag as an option. His recent tweet re-enforces that stance.

What does that have to do with what was said in the tweet?

Jones nor his agent have publicly demanded a trade. Nothing close to that.

The tweet was clearly in reference to Mostert like Kimosabi said.

[RustShack]

Originally Posted by BossChief

In an interview (before lockdown) Chris said that the franchise tag has 2 ways it plays out.

1) the team signs the player to a long term deal.

2) the team trades the player to a team that gives him a long term deal

He never even acknowledges playing on the tag as an option. His recent tweet re-enforces that stance.

He didn’t have to say it because the options he listed are what happens. If he plays this year on the tag and gets tagged again it’s back to the same two options. Or one of those options happen before he gets tagged again.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by staylor26

What does that have to do with what was said in the tweet?

Jones nor his agent have publicly demanded a trade. Nothing close to that.

The tweet was clearly in reference to Mostert like Kimosabi said.

This

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

I still have faith that Veach will get Jones signed. Though I have no idea how that might happen.

My off-the-cuff theory is something similar to what they did with Mahomes. No, not for $450 million, etc., but possibly a longer deal than usual for a DT so the Chiefs can absorb the bulk of the cap hit a few years down the line. The trick will be getting CJ to accept a little less money now for more money later. But both sides have said repeatedly that they want to stay together, so I'm fairly confident they'll get a deal done by the 15th.

[crosses fingers]

I hope Veach can swing something like this because the more I dig into the Mahomes deal the better it looks.

Mahomes is literally going to count < $30mm against our cap for the next 6 years. It’s crazy how much flexibility Veach has created for himself with the Mahomes deal. I could see everyone doing this kind of thing from here on out on the big deals:

- Almost no signing bonus at start
- Player gets security with iron-clad injury balloon payment
- Rolling roster bonuses let the team cut up the per year hit in 5 pieces each year
- Forcing the team to do it a year in advance guarantees the team is spending on players
- Since the team needs the player to restructure each year it gives the player more security that the team that is fielded is a good one and the coaching staff aren’t full of idiots — the player can pretty much force the team’s hand at any time giving additional security to the player.

It really is genius.

It takes you 4-5 years to get to a cap hit that equals what Mahomes is making and in year 6 they’ll presumably have the cap dollars to do it all again.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

Hey Chris- can you sign this picture of Mahomes for me--

More like: Hey Chris- can you get Mahomes to sign this picture of Mahomes for me?

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Uh oh.

#NFL In general the worst way for a player to facilitate a trade is to go public w demand. Other teams know player is unhappy and lowball in trade offers. Puts current team up against the wall.

— Leigh Steinberg (@leighsteinberg) July 8, 2020

Um wtf are you posting this for? Youre a moron.