If Titans miss on Jadeveon Clowney, they should trade for Kansas City Chiefs, Chris Jones
By Will Lomas
Patrick “Megadeal” Mahomes
Kansas City Chiefs fans are completely invested in Patrick Mahomes and they absolutely should be. Mahomes is a star and he seems like he could be the quarterback to usher the NFL out of the Peyton Manning/Drew Brees/Tom Brady/Ben Roethlisberger era and into a new, modern age.
However, when you are going to make a QB the highest-paid player in NFL history, there are going to be some repercussions to that decision.
Keeping Sammy Watkins was a priority for the #Chiefs. They’ve also talked contract with Chris Jones (but no offers yet) and Patrick Mahomes’ megadeal is still likely to come after he draft. @nflnetwork @NFLTotalAccess pic.twitter.com/oQsmHnAZR9
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 3, 2020
Even if the Chiefs end up moving Chris Jones to the Titans for a first round pick, they will still only have around $20 million to spend this year.
If that is all guaranteed, that might cut it but I truly doubt it. Has there ever been a quarterback with more leverage than Patrick Mahomes has in Kansas City? On top of that, you have to remember that Mahomes wasn’t completely healthy this season and he is really in year two of his NFL career in terms of play after redshirting his rookie season.
That wear and tear hasn’t even started yet and it is only going to get harder as time goes by, so he should be motivated to get a new deal done quickly to make sure that he optimizes his NFL career.
With a new deal almost certainly coming this offseason, the Chiefs are going to have to figure out a way to make that happen and they almost certainly can’t do it with Chris Jones on the roster. Now the question is “where to” and no longer “what if”, so why not Tennessee?