Chris Jones on Mistake in Chiefs Loss to Jaguars: 'It is a Instructing Level for Me'

[ad_1] Chris Jones took possession of his mistake on the decisive play within the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs' loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars final week, when the three-time All-Professional defensive deal with thought Trevor Lawrence was down and stopped on the play, solely to look at the Jaguars quarterback scramble to his ft and into the tip zone.

Lawrence's landing with 23 seconds remaining gave the Jaguars a 31-28 victory over the Chiefs.

"It is a instructing level for me. Slightly adversity. I am unable to suppose the play is over, you recognize what I imply?" Jones mentioned Thursday, the day he usually speaks to native reporters. "It is a studying lesson. I assumed it was over, thought we had him down."

The Jaguars confronted first-and-goal on the 1-yard line following a go interference penalty. However they didn't have any timeouts, so if Lawrence had been tagged down on the play, they in all probability would have had only one extra probability at a successful landing.

‘Ridiculous’ Jaguars beat Chiefs 31-28, Issues for Kansas Metropolis after falling to 2-3? | The Herd "It is a bizarre deal," Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo mentioned. "Hear, we at all times speak about, ‘By no means assume.’ ... I believe guys acquired caught up within the second. They thought he was down. Hopefully we realized from it."

Certainly, a number of different Chiefs gamers watched as Lawrence acquired again to his ft and dived into the tip zone.

"Someway, a way, we wanted to get him down," Spagnuolo mentioned. "There have been different issues that went on that play that might have given us one other probability to defend one other play. We're assuming Chris would have gotten there. We do not know that. There are numerous issues on that play that would have gone higher. All the blokes would let you know that."

Jones has by no means been one to shirk duty for a play or a mistake, and he owned as much as it Thursday. However he additionally mentioned that it was purely coincidental that he selected to deactivate his social media accounts earlier than the sport towards Jacksonville.

Not surprisingly, Jones was harshly criticized for what some perceived as a scarcity of effort on the eventual successful landing.

"Me personally, I type of grade myself completely different than how everybody else grades me," Jones mentioned. "For me, it was robust. I had the chance, you recognize what I imply? And I simply thought he was down. Perhaps it is my job to not suppose. It is my job to complete."

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes additionally defended Jones this week, and the perennial Professional Bowl defensive deal with mentioned Thursday he did not really feel it was needed to deal with the group.

"I believe they perceive I assumed the play was over with. I do not stop, you recognize what I imply?" Jones mentioned. "It was simply a kind of cases the place I assumed he was down. I assumed we have been going to get him down once more."

Reporting by The Related Press.

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