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Originally Posted by Mecca
What leverage does he have?
If he sits in actual games he losses a ton of money and will leave huge question marks as to what he'll be on a new contract. He'll also be 30 at that point, if a 30 year old DT sat out of games and halfassed it when he returned he wouldn't get paid..by anyone at least not at the level he wants.
It's a non issue right now because he has to report before the season and play his ass off...also this idea that if this is his last year here the Chiefs run at SB's is over is really laughable. I'm sure the Chiefs are a bigger SB contender if they lose several young ascending players because 33 year old Chris Jones is making 30 mill a year.
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Well, I'd guess the Chiefs at this point in time, know that they can't trade Chris Jones and have a defense as good as they would like it to be. THey also know that his number next year contractually can't be 33.5 million dollars on the cap. They also aren't in the business of letting him walk with no value coming back I'd imagine.
So yeah, he has some leverage here.