KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The answer seemed hilarious at Kansas City Chiefs training camp, where defensive lineman Chris Jones was asked about his sack goal for the upcoming season.
"Lead the NFL," Jones said then without a trace of a smile. "I've been talking about it all summer. I've been voicing it to my teammates. I want to lead the NFL in sacks. I believe that wholeheartedly. You have to speak it to believe it.”
That at the time sounded like one of Jones' many jokes. In his third season out of Mississippi State, Jones has talked about, among other things, his quarterbacking skills and how he could play that position and campaigned coach Andy Reid to be a ball carrier or receiver when the Chiefs get near the goal line.