Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones has not attended the tea

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voluntary offseason program since it began April 15 , Terez Paylor of Yahoo Sports reports.Jones is seeking a new contract.He is entering the final year of his contract scheduled to make $1.2 million in base salary and count $1.3 million against the cap. The Chiefs, who traded defensive end Dee Ford to San Francisco after franchising him this offseason, could franchise Jones in the 2020 offseason to retain his rights next season in the absence of a long-term deal.Jones has said he wants to stay in Kansas City. The Chiefs have negotiated with Jones’ representation for several weeks without reaching a new deal.Jones, 24 , led the Chiefs with a career-best 15.5 sacks, 29 quarterback hurries and 40 tackles last season. He has 24 sacks in his three seasons since the Chiefs drafted him in the second round.The Chiefs will hold their mandatory minicamp June 11-13. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is cold. And perhaps bored. But at least he has some self-awareness.Via Pete Grathoff of the , the star quarterback was able to joke about his own inability to enjoy himself, while doing the thing everyone else does (complain about the weather on social media).After remarking online that he’s freezing during a massive snowstorm , he retweeted a local tourism video that shows all the cool things to do in his new hometown.Mahomes retweeted the promotional video and then tagged his girlfriend and some teammates (Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill and Gehrig Dieter), and wrote: “Yo will someone go with me to that aquarium and wherever that zip line is (don’t tell veach).”That’s a reference to Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach asking him to give up playing pickup basketball, after video surfaced of him hooping at a Lifetime Fitness.Contracts generally have language to void guarantees if players are hurt in non-football situations , but the bigger concern is the Chiefs don’t want their MVP unavailable.Whether they want him soaring through the air with a harness and a carabiner holding him up is another question.

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