Chris Jones, Chiefs DT, watches game vs. Lions from suite amid holdout
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will likely be with out their greatest defensive participant Thursday evening.
Defensive sort out Chris Jones’ holdout is about to trickle into the common season. Jones is in a suite at Arrowhead Stadium to look at his teammates play as he sits out amid his ongoing contract dispute, NFL Community’s James Palmer reported.
Jones, who’s within the remaining yr of a four-year, $80 million deal, is looking for a contract extension and has been holding out as he awaits a brand new deal. He has a base wage of $19.5 million this season.
The four-time Professional Bowler spoke about his holdout to reporters at a Ronald McDonald Home of Kansas Metropolis charity occasion on Wednesday.
“Hopefully it will get labored out,” Jones stated to reporters. “It is all the time been my objective to be a Kansas Metropolis Chief for all times. I’ve stated that a number of time on social media platforms, from interviews, and so they know the place my place is at.”
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Jones has already accrued greater than $2 million in fines for lacking necessary minicamp and coaching camp. He’s now set to overlook weekly game checks.
The absence of Jones is an enormous blow to the Chiefs. He’s the star on Kansas Metropolis’s protection and performed an integral function on the group’s title two tile runs.
Jones has tallied 243 tackles, 65 sacks, 65 tackles for loss and 33 go deflections in 107 profession regular-season video games. The inside defensive sort out is by far Kansas Metropolis’s greatest go rusher.
The Chiefs’ beginning defensive position Thursday evening towards Detroit is anticipated to be defensive tackles Tershawn Wharton, Derrick Nnadi and defensive ends Mike Danna and George Karlaftis. That group mixed to report 12 sacks final season – properly wanting Jones’ 2022 whole of 15 ½.
Jones won’t be the one star lacking from the Chiefs lineup, as tight finish Travis Kelce is about to take a seat out with a knee harm.
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