Ahead of a season-defining matchup, the Kansas City Chiefs might be without a key piece of their defense before they take on the Baltimore Ravens.
On Saturday night, the Chiefs announced that pass rusher Chris Jones would be added to the team’s injury report under the ‘non-injury related – personal’ designation. Jones’ status for Sunday has not been made official by the team.
Later in the evening, CBS Sports’ Tracy Wolfson reported that Jones will be attending a family funeral.
Wolfson reports that the Chiefs expect Jones to be back in time for the game at 4:25pm ET.
It’s been a slow start to the season for the 31-year-old veteran – who is in his tenth season in the NFL.
So far, across three games, Jones has one sack and three tackles for a loss – but only five total tackles.
Chiefs star Chris Jones was listed on the team’s injury report as he’s set to attend a funeral
Jones has gotten off to a slow start this season – with one sack and only three tackles for loss
Jones is currently on pace to have the fewest total tackles he’s put up since the 2016 season and roughly the same number of sacks he had last season (5).
The Chiefs have sputtered at the start of their season – with the defending AFC Champions losing in Brazil against the Los Angeles Chargers and at home to the Philadelphia Eagles to open the campaign.
Last week, they finally got their first win of the season – a 22-9 beatdown of the New York Giants in the Meadowlands.
Fortunately for them, the Baltimore Ravens have not played much better.
Just like the Chiefs, the Ravens lost their first game of the season – a 41-40 thriller to the Buffalo Bills.
After beating the Cleveland Browns, the Ravens then lost at home to the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football.
At Sunday’s end, one of the two favorites to win the Super Bowl this year (Ravens +550, Chiefs 13-1) will start their campaign 1-3.
