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Chandler Jones Will Outprice the Patriots

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Chandler Jones Will Outprice the Patriots

Good take from Rich Hill and I have to agree with him. There’s no question that Chandler is a very athletic defensive end who can do it all and that’s why he never leaves the field. He’s shown plenty of flashes of brilliance in his first three seasons, but decisions have to be made. 

The Patriots had no depth last season at the position, but this offseason they’ve remedied that by adding Jabaal Sheard via free agency and drafting Tre Flowers, Geneo Grissom and Xzavier Dickson. Those rookies are under contract for four years while both Rob Ninkovich and Jabaal Sheard both have two more years.

If one of the rookies emerges as a legitimate player, the Pats will be fairly well protected against Jones’ departure in 2017.

You never want to see good young players leave, but I do think that Collins and Hightower should be the long-term priorities. Either way they still have two seasons to figure it out, but the planning has already begun.

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Best of Chandler Jones & Dont’a Hightower | 2012 First Round Picks

Things will be interesting with both these guys entering the final years of their rookie deals this year. It would be a Sophie’s Choice to only pick one of them. An edge player like Jones is so hard to find, but a versatile and physical linebacker like Hightower is as well. Might as well just lock both of them up with extensions.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/best-of-chandler-jones-donta-hightower-2012/

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Jamie Collins intercepts Geno Smith, who gets taken down by Chandler Jones!

https://www.patspropaganda.com/pepper-mint-potts-jamie-collins-intercepts-geno/

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Jones played on the edge for 31 snaps and took 24 reps at an interior position, either on the nose or over the center. He rushed the passer 53 times and dropped into coverage twice, the first of which led to his bone-rattling hit on receiver Jarvis Landry after a 5-yard catch. Jones also was on the field for all 16 third downs and 4-of-5 fourth downs, which proved the Pats wanted him in the mix for the most crucial situations.

Chandler Jones provides options | Boston Herald

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Boston Herald: Chandler Jones’ regular season in jeopardy, out a minimum of six weeks with hip injury | The Blitz | with Jeff Howe & Karen Guregian | Boston Herald

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Boston Herald: Chandler Jones’ regular season in jeopardy, out a minimum of six weeks with hip injury | The Blitz | with Jeff Howe & Karen Guregian | Boston Herald

Looks like the regular season fate of the Patriots will be determined without Chandler Jones making much, if any, impact.

This feels a lot like last year. The Patriots entered 2013 with no depth behind their starters at defensive tackle and lost both of them to season-enders early in the season.

This year there was no depth behind the starters at linebacker and defensive end. Now both those positions have essentially had season-enders.

Last year unknowns like Chris Jones, Joe Vellano and Sealver Siliga stepped up and proved capable.

The fate of the 2014 Pats will depend on unknowns like Dominique Easley, Zack Moore and Akeem Ayers proving themselves capable.