KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Remember when the Chiefs couldn’t have nice things?
Now, they apparently want all of the nice things.
The team that used to be awful, then decent, then appeared to be peaking at good enough to lose in the playoffs is now the NFL’s champion, with a stated mission of creating a dynasty backed up by top-to-bottom commitment.
Chris Jones, the star defensive tackle who wrecked the interior of the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive line in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win on Feb. 2, is now the proud owner of a contract worth $60 million in guarantees, covering four years and paying him as much as $85 million.
It is the last major move in a tour de force offseason in which the Chiefs’ front office — led by general manager Brett Veach — did everything except come up with a COVID-19 vaccine.