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Originally Posted by mr. tegu
Were the Chiefs offering Matheiu anything close to a top of pay for that position? Of course not as I don’t think they offered him anything if I recall. So he was never going to get a raise over his previous contract.
Not only is Jones likely passing up a big raise right now from the Chiefs, he passes up getting a big raise from anyone if he doesn’t perform well again this season. I maintain that if he has any hope of $30 per year he has to repeat of not outdo what he did last season. Anything short of it, and he is back to where he is right now with the Chiefs, and potentially lower if he sits out or under performs.
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When Terez Paylor said contract year is undefeated, part of the wisdom of the quote is that a motivated player is going to pull out all the stops to have a career year and earn the next deal.
The idea that a veteran player like Chris Jones is going to have another salary drive year to help the Chiefs so that he gets the deal he wants but the Chiefs are not giving so far seems overly hopeful.
Maybe Jones thinks he has already earned the deal he wants and another team will give it to him no matter if he chooses to be a malcontent play not to get hurt guy this year if he does not get a new deal.
I am impressed that neither side has played the leak the numbers game, so maybe there is hope.