On Tuesday, rookies and quarterbacks reported to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ coaching camp at Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph.
However many minds are targeted on a Chiefs participant who isn’t scheduled to report till veteran gamers examine in on Friday: defensive sort out Chris Jones, who’s getting into the ultimate yr of his contract after turning within the first All-Professional season of his seven-year NFL profession.
The 29-year-old Jones and Kansas Metropolis normal supervisor Brett Veach are presumed to be engaged on a contract extension that can tie him to the Chiefs for an additional few years — maybe so far as the top of his profession. It’s thought of probably that till a deal is agreed upon, Jones won’t report back to coaching camp.
Final week, the New York Jets signed defensive sort out Quinnen Williams to a four-year contract price $96 million — which has been considered the contract that Jones and the Chiefs would use as a reference level of their negotiations.
Whereas chatting with reporters on Tuesday, head coach Andy Reid — who usually defers all such inquiries to Veach — was non-committal concerning the chance Jones shall be in camp this weekend.
“I don’t know that,” mentioned Reid. “I’ll simply need to see how that goes. I imply, there’s communication happening. That’s the vital half. Then we simply need to see.”
However earlier within the media session — whereas talking of the management of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight finish Travis Kelce — Reid had talked as if he totally expects Jones to be within the combine ultimately.
“He’s going to proceed to be one of many leaders of the crew,” he mentioned of Mahomes, “and also you noticed that with Kelce. You’ll add Chris Jones in right here someplace as issues go on. He’ll be one other one which helps step issues up. However we’ve obtained a wide range of younger guys [who’ve] obtained nice personalities. I’m anticipating them to proceed to develop in that space, too.”
Keep tuned.