It looks like Chris Jones has regrets about the way in which his disorder contract impasse in 2023 shook.
The Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Star Plates alluded to this remorse when he discussed the right -wing Trey Smith signing the chiefing franchise label this year. Smith, which Kansas City still hopes to ink a long -term agreement, present On the first day of the mini-cap compulsory Tuesday.
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“Well, it’s good Trey did not adopt my approach,” joked Jones after training before shooting journalists, then cracking a smile.
Jones continued, via KCTV5: “Trey does the right thing, guy. I don’t take any advice to myself. I did some different things. Do not take advice to me.
“Trey, you in a good place.”
Looking for a new contract while entering the last season of a $ 80 million contract over four years, Jones was held throughout the pre-season 2023. At the time, the defensive winger of the 49ers of San Francisco Nick Bosa had recently signed a contract of $ 170 million over five years.
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Jones was looking for an increase, and the champion of the first All-Pro team and the Super Bowl hinted that he was ready to sit until at least week 8 for more leverage. He began to continue these issues, looking at a defeat of week 1 against a future team of Breakout lions of a suite at Arrowhead Stadium.
The product of the state of Mississippi finally ended the drama, which included millions of dollars in fines, when it accepted a one -year lucrative contract on September 11 of the same year. This short -term solution prepared the ground for the guaranteed contract of $ 95 million over five years which it signed the following off -season.
Even if Jones did not hesitate in his loyalty to the chiefs during this saga, he held and created a noisy and elaborate distraction which could have been avoided.
Smith avoided this circus by signing the non -exclusive franchise label, which will gain $ 26.4 million to the 26 -year -old goalkeeper unless he accepts a new agreement before the deadline of July 15.
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“The franchise tag is like 25 million dollars, right?” Jones said on Tuesday via KCTV5. “It’s the big dollars. Yes, it’s in a good place. Stay healthy, be ready to participate in the training camp, which I know that Trey will be, and we are delighted to do it.”
The protection of the quarterrier Patrick Mahomes is the N ° 1 priority in Kansas City, in particular after the defeat of the Super Bowl from last season against the Eagles of Philadelphia, and the chiefs see Smith as a key ingredient of this recipe.
Smith, a sixth round choice in Tennessee in 2021, made his first pro Bowl last season after authorizing a single bag and 34 pressures, two low career in a season according to Pro Football Focus.
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“I think the future plans for the chiefs are to have Trey around,” said Jones, via KCTV5. “It is central to our offensive line. To bring it back here – it is a higher guard in this league. Could be an all-pro this year.
“His work talks about himself, so we are happy to put it back. He brings a lot of energy to the offensive line, and this is a good way for us to compete on the defensive line.”
