Chris Jones ambled to his back corner of the Chiefs’ locker room slowly Friday afternoon, his arms swinging as he wove through clusters of his teammates.
The last one to arrive to the defensive linemen’s alcove, Jones didn’t look particularly rushed. Practice was over, but he wasn’t done working. There would be phone calls, media interviews and a meet-and-greet with representatives from the University of Kansas Cancer Center.
As Jones took off his helmet, a couple of Chiefs employees walked up to him with a video camera. It was a few days before the 2018 debut of the Chiefs’ red-on-red “color rush” uniforms, and they wanted Jones to record a quick message to the fans.