Chris Jones, champion in Super Bowls LIV, LVII and LVIII with the Kansas City Chiefs, agreed this Saturday a contract extension with the team for cfive years in exchange for $95 million dollars guaranteed to make him the highest-paid defensive tackle in the NFL.
Jones, a 29-year-old veteran, will earn $31.6 million annually starting in the 2024 season. which will start next September, and until 2026, pending the disclosure of the money that the other two campaigns of the agreement will receive.
The player born in Houston, Mississippi, has been a fundamental piece in the defense that helped win the three Vince Lombardi trophies that the Chiefs have put in their cabinets since 2019.
The two most recent championships were obtained consecutively with victories against the Philadelphia Eagles, last year, and against the San Francisco 49ers, whom the Chiefs defeated in Super Bowl LVIII held on February 11.
Chris Jones, a Kansas City Chief for life
Chris Jones has played his entire NFL career in Kansas Citythe team that selected him in the second round of the 2016 Draft. Since then he has accumulated 273 tackles, 75.5 quarterback sacks, has forced 12 fumbles and recovered three.
His campaigns with the most captures were those of 2018 and 2022 with 15.5 each. Last season he recorded 30 tackles and 10.5 sacks in 16 games.
At the end of last season the Chiefs retained their star tackle with a one-year contract with the promise of a multi-year agreement starting in 2024.
After winning Super Bowl LVIII, coach Andy Reid’s team negotiated with the player until Tuesday of the previous week without reaching an agreement, so Jones was emerging as the most coveted player in the free agency that will begin this week. .
This Saturday the possibility of the five-time Pro Bowl tackle leaving the monarchs ended with the millionaire agreement which ensures his permanence in Kansas City for the next five years.
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