It has been five weeks since the long, drawn-out contract negotiations between the Kansas City Chiefs and defensive lineman Chris Jones finally concluded. In the five games played since then, Jones has 5.5 sacks. That leads the team — and is tied for the league’s seventh-most.
That’s a positive sign for Jones, who agreed to statistical incentives in his reworked contract. But his individual dominance has only been one part of a Kansas City defense that has begun the season as one of the NFL’s top units.
After 6 weeks, the #Chiefs defense ranks:
2nd in PPG (14.