During any other offseason, the Kansas City Chiefs might have taken a different approach.
Sure, on the surface, the Chiefs said all the right things and assumed all the right postures. “Yes, they wanted Chris Jones back.” “Yes, they wanted Sammy Watkins back.” “Yes, each player is so valuable.” The press quotes flowed from every mouth at Arrowhead.
In an offseason like this, however, the Chiefs knew they needed to back up those words by actually retaining those same players.
That’s not to say that Jones is officially back or that the Chiefs wouldn’t have brought them back anyway, but this particular offseason—this quarantined, COVID-19 filled offseason—has changed the game for every franchise.