Kansas City Chiefs interior defensive lineman Chris Jones is one of a number of elite interior defensive linemen in the NFL today vying to be seen as the best ‘not Aaron Donald’ player around. For the Chiefs, Jones demonstrated the ability to take over games and destroy blocking schemes single-handedly but just hasn’t been able to do so as consistently as Donald, just like everybody else.
Over the last two regular seasons, only Donald has a higher pass-rushing grade among interior defenders than Jones. The Kansas city pass-rusher's mark of 91.7 ties Philadelphia’s Fletcher Cox as the next best figure, and while it’s some distance shy of Donald (94.