Chris Jones is no longer dealing with the franchise tag, as he signed a four-year contract extension worth a total of $85 million dollars with the Chiefs.The contract includes $37 million in guaranteed money at signing, which increases to $60 million in guaranteed money in case of injury.One unique feature of Jones’ contract is that it is absent of any sort of signing bonus.That’s pretty rare because players typically want to be rewarded at the point of signing.The Chiefs managed to put a non-bonus mechanism in the contract that gave Jones $1.5 million upfront according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo
Contract breakdown for Chiefs DT Chris Jones’ extension
Chris Jones is no longer dealing with the franchise tag, as he signed a four-year contract extension worth a total of $85 million dollars with the Chiefs.The contract includes $37 million in guaranteed money at signing, which increases to $60 million in guaranteed money in case of injury.One unique feature of Jones’ contract is that it is absent of any sort of signing bonus.That’s pretty rare because players typically want to be rewarded at the point of signing.The Chiefs managed to put a non-bonus mechanism in the contract that gave Jones $1.5 million upfront according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo