FRISCO — If the Dallas Cowboys were to create a “free agency dream list” for the 2024 NFL offseason based on quality, need, and fit rather than salary-cap realities, Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones may be at the top of the list. He’s a destroyer. He is 29 years old and still in his peak. He fills a gap in Dallas’ lineup. He has a championship pedigree. The problem, in addition to all of reality’s obstacles? He’s stated that he intends to continue developing his “championship pedigree” in Kansas City.
Jones has three championships with the franchise, and according to his statements at Wednesday’s Super Bowl parade in Kansas City, he intends to play out the rest of his career there.
“Kansas City, we will return next year!” Jones stated. “And those who want Chris Jones gone, I’m not going anywhere, honey! Woo! I’ll be around this year, next year, and the year after. Three-peat! Three-peat! Three-peat!”
Of course, no one in Kansas City “wants Jones gone.” Jones’ agent, on the other hand, is joking that what he “wants gone” is the bartender who he believes over-served Jones into making comments that take away, if only somewhat, whatever power he and his client may have in upcoming negotiations. “Cut them off, bartenders!” tweeted agent Michael J. Katz in response to his client’s statement at the Super Bowl parade.
Jones is as important to completing the three-peat as anyone on that roster, including Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes. So, right now, the Chiefs have every motive to reunite the band in pursuit of a third consecutive championship. As for the Cowboys and any other possible Jones bidder fantasizing about stealing Chris Jones
