The Chiefs enter the 2023 season without their best defensive player, as Chris Jones remains away from the team while seeking a contract extension. At first, Jones’s holdout seemed like a typical training camp issue, but with Week 1 on the horizon, the defensive lineman’s teammates are getting worried.
On his New Heights podcast, tight end Travis Kelce pleaded with Jones to return ahead of Kansas City’s season opener against the Lions on Thursday.
“Chris, can you please come back? You’re really scaring me, man. I don’t get it,” Kelce said. “You must know something that I don’t know because I just don’t get it. I really want to get another Super Bowl ring with you, brother. This is me bargaining you to just come back and play football for the Chiefs. Please, we need you.”
