AFC West

Why the Chiefs Will Pay a Lot for Chris Jones

By Greg Bishop Chuck Smith is a longtime pass-rush guru to NFL stars, a retired sack seeker himself and, as of March, the Ravens’ latest outside linebackers coach. Before he went to Baltimore, he sometimes trained Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones, giving Smith rare and valuable insight into Jones’s ongoing contract saga. Smith recalls stumbling upon a magazine cover around 2008. He cannot remember the specific issue, but it featured Albert Haynesworth, the mammoth defensive tackle who moved like much smaller men, with nimble feet and elite agility. “The Big Man: Revolution of the Defensive…