{"id":286570,"date":"2023-09-06T18:49:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286570"},"modified":"2023-09-06T18:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:49:55","slug":"chiefs-dt-chris-jones-opens-up-on-holdout-all-im-doing-is-asking-for-a-raise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/nfl\/chiefs-dt-chris-jones-opens-up-on-holdout-all-im-doing-is-asking-for-a-raise\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs DT Chris Jones opens up on holdout: &#x27;All I&#x27;m doing is asking for a raise&#x27;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Jones&#8217; holdout continues one day before the Kansas City Chiefs open the season against the Detroit Lions. Still, the star defensive tackle joined teammates at a charity event Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the Chiefs&#8217; annual &#8220;Red Wednesday,&#8221; Jones was at the Ronald McDonald House in Kansas City,\u00a0helping deliver burgers to families.<\/p>\n<p>The star DT, who has held out all offseason in search of a contract extension,\u00a0spoke to the media\u00a0about his current situation on the eve of Kickoff 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t really talk about it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Hopefully, it gets worked out. It&#8217;s always been my goal to be a Kansas City Chief for life. I&#8217;ve said that multiple times on social media platforms, from interviews, and they know where my position is at. Hopefully we can get something worked out for the long term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jones said he &#8220;can be out there tomorrow&#8221; if the contract situation gets worked out in time.<\/p>\n<h2>          <span>            Related Links          <\/span>        <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>              Chiefs TE Travis Kelce believed to have avoided long-term knee injury; status in doubt for kickoff game vs. Lions            <\/li>\n<li>              2023 NFL Offensive Player Rankings, Week 1: Patrick Mahomes No. 1; four teams land two players            <\/li>\n<li>              NFL Power Rankings, Week 1: Steelers rising heading into 2023 season; Jets, Patriots fall before kickoff            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jones, entering the final year of his contract as the ninth-highest paid DT in the NFL, wants to be paid closer to \ufeffAaron Donald\ufeff&#8217;s $31.7 million-per-year figure. While it&#8217;s a surprise sides have yet to come to a solution with the season commencing, Jones said he hasn&#8217;t been frustrated by the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been in Miami, just training, staying focused, understanding that this is a process,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been keeping in contact with my teammates. I&#8217;m still working out every day, still doing similar things that they do in training camp. The camaraderie, we got a lot of new players, there&#8217;s that aspect of it. But I&#8217;ll be ready to go when that times calls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jones added that he felt holding out was less distracting to teammates than a hold-in, which is one reason he stayed away, already accruing fines upwards of $2 million.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old said it&#8217;s just business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just like when you&#8217;re at a job, and you ask for an extension, right, and you ask for a raise, right? You&#8217;re not letting anyone down,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;Who are you letting down for asking your boss for a raise, right? So when you take the personal feelings out of it, all I&#8217;m doing is asking for a raise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At this point, sides haven&#8217;t been able to find common ground on a raise, putting the start of the season in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what his plan was for Thursday, Jones responded:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know yet, man. I don&#8217;t know. I could be playing. I could be on the sidelines. I don&#8217;t know. We&#8217;ll see tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We certainly will.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/chiefs-dt-chris-jones-opens-up-on-holdout-all-i-m-doing-is-asking-for-a-raise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Jones&#8217; holdout continues one day before the Kansas City Chiefs open the season against the Detroit Lions. 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