Chris Jones didn’t just get back on track Sunday against the New York Jets. He climbed into rare company.
After managing only 0.5 sacks through the first seven games of the season, the Chiefs defensive tackle broke loose with two sacks on Geno Smith in Kansas City’s 35-12 win. That pushed Jones to 2.5 sacks on the year and, more importantly, bumped him up the Chiefs’ all-time sacks list.
Jones is now at 90 career sacks in his 11th season with Kansas City, moving past former Chiefs defensive end Tamba Hali, who finished his 12-year run in Kansas City with 89.5. Hali retired in 2017, which means Jones overlapped with him for two seasons.
That leaves Jones second in franchise history, behind only Derrick Thomas. The Hall of Famer finished his Chiefs career with 126.5 sacks and led the NFL with 20 in 1990.
Jones still has a long way to go if he’s going to catch Thomas, but reaching second place is a significant marker all by itself. It puts him on a short list with some of the biggest names the franchise has ever had.
His milestone sack came in the fourth quarter, when he dropped Smith for a six-yard loss and shut down the Jets’ drive. That was New York’s second-to-last possession in the loss.
Jones wasn’t the only Kansas City defender making life miserable for Smith. George Karlaftis also had two sacks, and Ashton Gillotte added the fifth sack for the Chiefs.
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