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Did Chris Jones just tease that he will re-sign with the Chiefs?

Jones’ latest cryptic post on social media seems to be a signal that he might re-sign with the #Chiefs.

Chris Jones has been a cornerstone of the Kansas City Chiefs defense for years. He is set to become a free agent next week if the team can’t agree with him on a contract extension, but the star lineman’s latest post to Twitter may indicate that Jones is leaning toward re-signing in Kansas City.

Check out his cryptic tweet below to see his message:

While this tweet is far from concrete evidence that the Chiefs have a deal to keep Jones on their roster, it seems to signal that negotiations are progressing well.

Kansas City elected to use its franchise tag on defensive back L’Jarius Sneed after using it on Jones last year, so if no agreement is reached, the defensive lineman will hit the open market.

Nothing official has been reported by the Chiefs yet, but if this enigmatic post is any indication, Kansas City’s fans may get some good news about Jones’ contract situation in the coming days.

NFL reporter Albert Breer: ‘There’s a deal to be done’ between Chiefs, Chris Jones

NFL reporter Albert Breer looked at the numbers and tweeted that “there’s a deal to be done” between the #Chiefs and Chris Jones.

Star defensive lineman Chris Jones has continued his holdout from activities with the Kansas City Chiefs through training camp and the preseason amid ongoing negotiations on a contract extension.

Jones’ demands and the Chiefs’ ability to meet them have been a hot topic in recent weeks, and as the 2023 season is set to kick off on September 7, both sides need to reach an agreement quickly if the lineman intends to see the field with Kansas City against the Detroit Lions.

NFL reporter Albert Breer took to Twitter to break down the latest developments in the negotiations between Jones and the Chiefs and left his followers with a more optimistic outlook than usual.

It seems that there may be a way for Kansas City to make Jones one of the highest-paid players at his position without making his next contract a market-setting deal. Los Angeles Rams superstar Aaron Donald currently has the most lucrative deal of any defensive lineman in the NFL, and while Jones has certainly earned a massive extension, the Chiefs will have to get creative to make the numbers work.

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Chiefs GM Brett Veach shares update on contract negotiations with Chris Jones

Kansas City #Chiefs GM Brett Veach shared an update on the team’s contract negotiations with Chris Jones on Wednesday. | from: @EdEastonJr

The uncertainty surrounding All-Pro Chris Jones’ status is the elephant in the room for the Kansas City Chiefs entering the 2023 season. The star defensive tackle is still holding out as he seeks a new contract from the front office, causing him to miss training camp and the preseason.

The person in charge of leading these discussions from the Chiefs’ end is general manager Brett Veach. The negotiations over the offseason haven’t resulted in Jones being back with the team, but there was optimism from comments made during Veach’s Zoom press conference with reporters on Wednesday.

“We have been in communication,” Veacg explained. “And, actually, just the last few days, we’ve been in more communication. So we’re gonna continue to press on and work hard and a lot of respect on both sides of this thing. It’s been obviously well stated how we feel about Chris, and he feels the same way. So again, we’re just going to keep working on this thing. We’re looking forward to next Thursday, and hopefully, he’s in the lineup and ready to go.”

Jones ranked amongst the best defensive players in the NFL last season, emerging in many critics’ opinions as the league leader at his position. Veach refused to share details of the ongoing conversations in tradition to respect the players involved in negotiations.

“We’ve been in communications, and I think, you know, I like to keep all of those communications between us and them just out of respect for the whole process, and in the hopes that we can continue to work to get something done.”

Jones was placed on Tuesday’s Reserve/Did Not Report list for failing to attend team facilities at the NFL’s mandatory deadline. However, Veach continuing to be in communication is a positive step in a troublesome negotiation process.

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ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler gives grim update on Chiefs’ negotiations with Chris Jones

ESPN reporter Jeremy Fowler gave a grim update on the #Chiefs’ ongoing contract negotiations with Chris Jones.

The Kansas City Chiefs have been unable to reach an agreement on a new contract for star defensive lineman Chris Jones, who has been holding out for an extension through the preseason. With just over a week until their first regular season game, reports regarding the ongoing negotiations have taken a turn for the worse.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported an update between Jones and the team while appearing on SportsCenter on Sunday.

“I talked to somebody with the team who said it feels like this is going to drag on even longer, maybe even into the season,” Fowler said. “The Chiefs certainly don’t want that but neither side appears ready to move on contract talks.”

If Jones is not backing down from his stance of missing multiple games, then the Chiefs will have to keep their defensive line afloat while negotiations continue. Watch for Kansas City to keep more players to man its front four early in the coming season to compensate for Jones’ extended absence.

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Chris Jones fine tracker: Penalties piling up for star DT

Chris Jones has been fined a significant amount of money for his two-week absence from #Chiefs training camp in St. Joseph.

The announcement of Charles Omenihu’s suspension last week may have given star defensive lineman Chris Jones some leverage in his negotiations for an extension with the Kansas City Chiefs, but nothing is certain at this point. Jones is still being fined for each day of training camp that he misses at a rate of $50,000 per day, so his holdout from practices at Missouri Western State University comes at a steep price that ensures Kansas City’s front office still holds all the cards.

Last week when we looked at Jones’ accrued penalties he was sitting at somewhere between $400,000 and $500,000 owed back to the Chiefs for his absence. The $400,000 figure was calculated assuming that the fines started at midnight on Sunday, July 23, a day after Kansas City’s veterans reported to St. Joseph on July 22 and that he has not been accruing penalties for days that the Chiefs do not practice.

Now, though, even the calculation that assumes the most lenient punishment for his truancy has ballooned to $600,000 for 12 days of workouts missed, which is no small sum considering that Kansas City has not even begun its preseason exhibition schedule.

The more severe estimation, which sat at $500,000 last week, operates on the premise that fines are also being levied for days that the Chiefs do not practice. This would put him at $750,000 for 15 total absences from training camp in St. Joseph from July 23 until August 6.

Jones’ total cap number for the 2023 season remains $28,291,668 and these figures are starting to eat into his total pay for the year in a more significant capacity than they were last week. Now, Jones is set to effectively forfeit somewhere between two and three percent of his total cap number, with no sign of a resolution on the horizon.

The portion of Kansas City’s roster that decided to report to training camp, some 89 of the Chiefs’ 90 total players under contract, have been hard at work preparing for a championship defense while Jones figures out how to extract more money from the team’s delicate salary cap.

For his part, Jones is already the second-highest-paid player on the team, behind reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes. Jones makes about $6 million more than Joe Thuney, who commands the third-highest cap number, and his pay nearly doubles that of Travis Kelce, who accounts for $14,801,994 on the Chiefs’ books.

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ESPN’s Dianna Russini gives deep dive on Chris Jones contract negotiations

ESPN’s Dianna Russini gave listeners an in-depth update on Chris Jones’ contract negotiations with the #Chiefs during an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show. | from: @LazarczykLogan

ESPN reporter Dianna Russini made an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Thursday and gave a thorough update on Chris Jones’ contract negotiations with the Kansas City Chiefs.

“I had a conversation with someone this morning that’s involved in negotiations — they still feel really optimistic [that] they are going to get it done,” Russini said. “The number Chris Jones wants is — it’s a big number, it’s a big number.”

Although Jones’ asking price is steep, Russini made it clear that her sources within the Chiefs organization were optimistic that a deal will eventually get done.

“Every conversation I have had with [Chiefs sources] over the last few months has been nothing but – understanding his value, understanding his role on this team, we want to get this done, we feel good we are going to get this done, we are optimistic,” Russini continued. “That’s one of those where I think it feels a little icky right now, but I think it’s going to work out by the time we get to at least the third, fourth week of camp here.”

Kansas City had its ring ceremony in June, and many people inside the organization were confident that Jones would be present for the celebratory occasion. However, he wasn’t, and Russini said that his absence was a surprise for his coaches and teammates.

“Going back to the ring [ceremony] I attended with the Chiefs a few months ago, and talking to them, they were like, ‘We will get it done’, Andy [Reid] was like ‘Chris will show up’, and then he didn’t show up,” Russini explained. “That threw a wrench. They weren’t expecting him not to show up. That’s where it did get a little off track.”

Russini still feels that everyone involved wants to get a long-term deal done before the season starts.

“The sense I get, it will get done, Chris wants to be there, they want Chris there,” Russini said. “Look, could it go off track? Yeah, of course. We have seen it happen.”

Jones is under contract this season with a $28 million price tag, which is enough to make him the second-highest-paid player on Kansas City’s roster. With an extension, that price would come down a bit and open up some cap space. The Chiefs have the second-least cap space in the league with just $562,000.

The most important thing for both sides at this juncture, though, is that a contract extension is finalized before the season. Neither party will benefit if Jones misses time as Kansas City looks to defend its Super Bowl title.

Cryptic social media post may spell disaster for Chris Jones’ contract negotiations

Chris Jones took to Instagram on Thursday to share a message that won’t sit well with #Chiefs fans as his holdout from camp continues.

Star defensive lineman Chris Jones remains at a standstill in his negotiations with the Kansas City Chiefs on a contract extension that would keep him in Western Missouri after the 2023 season.

Already the second-highest-paid player on the team behind reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes, Jones is looking for a significant raise and guarantees that Chiefs general manager Brett Veach seems unwilling to give him.

In yet another act of social media cryptography, Jones took to Instagram on Thursday to share a message that is sure to scare Kansas City’s fans as his holdout from training camp continues.

The post consisted of a screenshot that contained lyrics from a song by popular rapper Kevin Gates titled “Walls Talking”, which may not be appropriate for all listeners. Jones made a point to pause the tune to emphasize one line of words that reads: “Guess all good things must come to an end”.

Clearly, Jones was looking to draw a reaction out of the team’s fans, though what he hopes to accomplish with this strategy beyond generating angst throughout Chiefs Kingdom is unclear. Is he looking to get fans to start a petition for his extension? Or to fly a banner over training camp a la the “Fire Pioli, Bench Cassel” incident in the late 2000s?

At this point, it is hard to say, though one fact remains abundantly clear: Jones is willing to go to any length to prove whatever point he intends to make in his contract negotiations. He has effectively de-prioritized the Chiefs’ pursuit of another Super Bowl ring in favor of social media gamesmanship while he bargains for more money.

Fans in Kansas City can expect these shenanigans to continue until he can no longer afford the fines he is incurring as a result of his holdout, which are accruing at a rate of $50,000 a day.

Chris Jones posts cryptic tweets as holdout continues

Star defensive lineman Chris Jones seems to be at a standstill in negotiations with the #Chiefs as training camp moves into its second week.

Chris Jones’ status will be a top storyline to monitor as the Kansas City Chiefs move into their second week of training camp in St. Joseph, Missouri. The team has been hard at work preparing for the season but is without its top defender as Jones, who is in the final year of his contract, seeks an extension.

Jones is the second-highest-paid player on the Chiefs behind quarterback Patrick Mahomes and is rumored to be asking for $30 million or more per year in his next deal.

The star defensive lineman posted some cryptic tweets over the weekend, but it is unclear whether they had anything to do with his holdout.

The veracity of information out there regarding Jones’ specific demands isn’t clear, but it is a fact that the star defensive lineman has held out from training camp to give himself leverage in negotiations with general manager Brett Veach.

For now, it seems all Kansas City fans can do is wait for a resolution and hope that one of the players who reported to St. Joseph can step up to fill his shoes should the stalemate last through August and into the regular season.

NFL issues notice to teams warning that man is trying to negotiate on behalf of Lamar Jackson

Lamar Jackson’s free agency saga took a bizarre turn on Thursday when the NFL issued a memo about his representation in ongoing negotiations

The Baltimore Ravens’ negotiations with quarterback Lamar Jackson took a bizarre turn on Thursday when the NFL issued a notice to teams that a man who is not a certified agent might be reaching out on his behalf. Ken Francis, a businessman with ties to Jackson, was named in the memo, though his exact role in any negotiations that the quarterback has had since free agency opened last week is unclear.

While the league’s assertion is disputed by Jackson, this memo wouldn’t have been released if there were no cause for concern on the NFL’s behalf. Uncertified agents are prohibited from negotiating contracts or trades, and teams will be subject to fines if they try to broker a deal through one.

This development could be a reason that Baltimore’s negotiations with Jackson have been at a standstill, though without more information, nothing can be certain. Francis’ business relationship with Jackson remains unclear.

One thing is clear, though; something has been happening behind the scenes that has delayed a deal from getting done. Jackson should have suitors around the league lining up for him, and the Ravens should have had a contract to match or decline by this point in the free agency process.

More news about Francis’ involvement with Jackson is sure to break in the coming days and weeks. With the draft about a month away, teams that may have previously been interested in Jackson could look to younger prospects who won’t bring additional baggage with them.

DK Metcalf reports to Seahawks but not practicing to start camp

Seattle Seahawks WR DK Metcalf reported to the Seattle Seahawks facility but isn’t practicing to start camp, awaiting a contract extension.

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf reported to the Virginia Mason Athletic Facility to start training camp on day one but he wasn’t a participant in practice. Metcalf appears to be currently “holding in” as he waits for a contract extension.

There was some thought that Metcalf could be still sidelined by his earlier foot injury but coach Pete Carroll was quick to silence that notion.

“He passed his physical,” Carroll told reporters. “He’s fine.”

The hope is still that the two sides are able to reach some sort of agreement sooner than later and Metcalf can join his teammates in prepping for the season.

“We’re working,” Carroll said. “I don’t have any update for you, but we’re working.”

The action continues at the VMAC on Thursday – tickets are still available to the public!

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