Chris Jones: I lied when I said sacks don't matter, sacks are everything

Published November 9, 2026 09:30 AM The Chiefs came into Sunday’s game against the Jets with nine sacks on the season and that didn’t stop them from winning five of their first seven games, but it did lead to a lot of questions about whether the pass rush would come to life. Defensive tackle Chris Jones responded to those questions after Week 8 by saying that sacks are overrated and that stats can sometimes be deceptive in regard to how the unit is performing across the board. Jones had a different answer after Sunday’s 35-12 win over the Jets. The Chiefs had five sacks in the game and Jones had two of them after managing just a half-sack in the team’s first seven contests. That led him to change his tune about their value in the postgame press conference. “Listen, I know last week, I was like, ‘Sacks don’t matter,’” Jones said. “I lied. Sacks are everything.”The Chiefs will take wins any way they get them, but Sunday was a good example of how sacks can pile up when you’re playing from in front. They had one sack while building a 14-12 halftime lead and then teed off on Geno Smith once they were able to force the Jets into passing mode more often. The Chiefs tend toward closer shaves and going the opposite way on Sunday paid off for Jones and the entire defensive front.