OR my last name could be KATZ!!!!

Would gain us $7M in cap!!! Might be needed with the Chris Jones stuff going on! Great idea Raybec.

And the time has come. And went.

This bundle of sticks will Tyrann Matthew his way out of town by season's end. Then, will end up signing an undervalued Orlando Brown type contract for overplaying his hand because of...... GREED.

**** this dumb fool.

He's a tiger warrior with the heart of a lion

Well, it looks like they didn't place him the reserve did not report list. I fully expected that they would. Maybe they're close to a deal?

I didn't realize that deadline was today.

Would make some sense I guess.

Big news if true

They haven't even announced all their cuts yet.

Think it had to be done by like 3, so they're probably all done

I totally get what you are saying but… I don’t know, I guess it depends on wether or not CJ’s agent is just following his client’s wishes or if he is giving him bad advice. If the former, I agree with you. If it’s the latter, a face to face where Veach can by pass the agent’s BS and lay out for CJ just where exactly this path he is on will lead might not be a bad thing.

But all we can do is speculate.

Jones was placed on the reserve/did not report list.

God damnit

NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE! Great Job Veach!

I can't believe we're about to have another Le'veon situation. It's just......shocking someone else is gonna do that.

Dude isn't coming back until week 8, not sure why anyone thought otherwise. His time with this team is going to come to an ugly end, much like what happened with many players during the Patriots dynasty. It is what it is, may as well prepare yourself for it.

This year will be the ultimate test for Andy, Pat, Kelce and Spags. They haven't let us down yet, so I have no reason to think they will now. Jones doesn't seem to understand he's a cog in the Kansas City machine, not the engine.

Enjoy your time off, Chris. We'll all move on.

Jones costing himself 10 million dollars is just so stupid.

NFL players are, let's face it, generally pretty stupid. Agents like to take advantage of that and are also sometimes pretty stupid themselves.

What we have here is a perfect storm of stupidity, and it's going to work out very poorly for all involved.

Jones probably thinks if he sits 2 games and the Chiefs go 0-2 giving up 40 points in both games they'll give him whatever he wants to save the season.

He better hope they do.

If they come out and play well.....man. I just don't get it.

And legacy damage. Huge.

So at the end of the day Chris Jones for all the talk and all of that is just a dipshit huh?

It's one thing to holdout but he's now taking it further than basically any other player has.

Honestly, at this point I hope the Chiefs have factored that into their decision. They can’t cave.

I mean I'm sorry it's one thing to hold out, but this just takes it to a whole nother level of idiocy.

Yeah, I really thought he'd be on the active 53 today. This...this is just bordering on stupidity with his Agent. Now, he's losing leverage every day. At this point, he and his agent have to be banking on the Chiefs looking like shit without him. Not good.

Dude's gonna give up 10 million dollars.

That's just wild to me.

Exactly. Worst case scenario for Jones 8-0 if he does in fact plan to sit 8 games.

It's kinda weird thinking that Jones, at home on the couch, might be cheering for KC to lose. Geez I hope he doesn't post himself cheering.

Maybe they read social media, basically the narrative is without Chris Jones their teams will get to beat Mahomes now and we'll be like 9-8.

A poverty franchise like the Bears will give him 120 mil

****ing blows that this is gonna be looming over every Chiefs game for the first half of the season.

I know this means he doesn’t count against our cap, but what options could that open up if any?

Yep. Never took him for the Honey Badger bitch boy type, but he is exactly that.

Can't imagine some no name agent is like **** that 26-27 AAV Chris, we can get 32!

He's probably more pissed than we are that Chris is acting like a fat bitch right now

If he legit doesn't report until week 8, I'll bet he's out of shape and doesn't contribute until week 12 and you'll be lucky if you get more than half ass because he'll only be here because he has to be.

still hope

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4uo12ZW...bp&name=medium

The Chiefs can tag him next year and do this whole thing over again. Him sitting out gives the Chiefs more leverage.

They could theoretically have him, if he sits to week 8, for about 48 million dollars via the tag for the next 2 years.

I can actually understand that rationale, even if I don't appreciate it. His problem is that he's now in a position for rooting against his team and teammates. That's a clubhouse problem. This is no bueno.

Well getting paid seems to be the only thing he cares about.

That's blatantly obvious at this point.

They'll trade him after this year

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I was at that game in Tampa, sitting in the end zone, and in the days before social media I had no idea he had returned until I saw him in uniform on the field warming up.

So the trade deadline is OCT 31st. Week 8.

Chris Jones flushed being remembered in a good light by this fan base...

If they have him for the rest of his prime for 50 million dollars...why would they do that?

If they were to tag him after this year that would be UGLY AS ALL ****, like the drama would be the worst ever he might not report for the entire season.

Except, now he doesn’t get paid, and is gambling someone will make up the difference.

He wants the money we don't want to pay him. If a guy doesn't want to be here and you can get some quality picks for him why would you keep him?

So the dude is gonna flush 35 million dollars down the chute?

I don't remember the knee to the head. He obviously took in the Super Bowl

Exactly, after the clownshow he's put on you gotta hold the line... Jones is a bigger dumbass than I ever could've imagined

He's already flushing money doing what he's doing now.

They should have done that 5 months ago....yet here we are.

Sitting out half the games both years isn’t much help .

That is exactly the hand I'd play.

Can they sign Dunlap now?

They've got $ available, but they have to keep it open based on him showing up or not. So they can't go spend it.

This is a big ****ed situation. Blown up offseason in the middle of Mahomes prime and one of Kelce's last years.

****ed.

Pretty good chance they thought Jeffrey Simmons, Quinnen Williams territory was what they were looking at because of Jones age 3rd contract etc.

Him coming to them with completely unexpected demands when he knew he had the time at the worst possible time was on purpose. You can't say "well the Chiefs shoulda done this"

When NO ONE thought he was gonna ask for Donald money and he magically didn't do that until after FA and the draft...it was purposeful and it makes Jones the one who created this issue.

He basically is trying to strongarm the Chiefs into doing what he wants by putting them in a corner. Lets make outlandish demands when they can't move me..lets say I only want to be a Chief and how I love it in KC..then lets not report and try to screw the team.

Dudes being a selfish ass about the entire thing.

The guy appears content setting $20 million on fire and refusing to play while he's under contract (when accounting for the damage done to his tag figure).

You think there's a chance in hell he's signing the franchise tender? Of course not. And that's probably why the other $10 million in impact on his franchise figure next year isn't included in his calculus. He has ZERO intention of signing that tender.

He's done here. He'll play out the season, probably half-assed and eventually hurt, then he'll get moved. Because he's taken steps at this point to ensure that coming back at $25 million or so is non-tenable for him. And the Chiefs have drawn their line in the sand.

I think this saga is mostly over at this point. Now it's all over but the crying.

Has any Chief hurt their reputation with the fans more while being on the team, alive, and still being good at football?

He can afford it, right? Amirite!?!?!

And it is 100% on purpose because Jones knows he's screwing with a team trying to go back to back, it's a strongarm tactic to "get mine"

Mmmhrmmm.

Sure. It's on him. I agree.

But don't wait if this is the case. It's just ****ed.

But after he misses a game check that money goes to us correct? If so then if he shows up he is only due what games are left.

Yeah....I agree.


I'd trade him now if I could. Just be done with it.

Honestly..

I don't think they thought he would demand that much money or pull this protracted hold out thing...if they had expected it they likely would have handled it differently.

Yeah, but at the time CJ acted as if he was going to be a Chief for life and we lost Saunders as well with the CJ antics. :)

LJ maybe?

**** Chris Jones what 3 sacks in the playoffs whatever asking for that much money. Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Yep, and he'll either get injured, dog it, or both

To who? Who is going to give him the contract that he wants?

30 year old Chris Jones last big pay day is the only thing that matters to him, I guess the Chiefs should have seen that coming, an aging player trying to cash in one last time is what he is.

Lets swap him for Bosa!

Apparently he and the 49ers are nowhere close on a deal either.

Not gonna happen I know but funny to joke about.

Not exactly true. Even when/if he comes back Veach does not have to take him off the list until "THEY" think he's ready to play. Veach can do whatever he wants now that Jones didn't report today.

Very true.

But shit man...you just can't let yourself get drug over the barrel like this right?

and they're certainly not going to do it now. We're in purgatory.

Yeah, but the thing is.....it's not clear that this strategy will even maximize his earnings.

I'd take a 2nd for Jones from Chicago and package a couple 1's and 2's and send them to SF for Bosa

He wants 33 a year so no thanks to that though.

I mean what are you supposed to do?

So this guy that we budgeted to pay like a top player at his position even at 29 years old is demanding to be paid like the 1 outlier at his position we can't do that...and in return the player basically lights everything on fire while smearing shit on anything not burning?

No one would have really expected him to do that, it logically doesn't make sense.