Jones (personal) is out indefinitely, with the Raiders placing him on the reserve/non-football illness list Wednesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
Jones missed the first two games of the season and isn't expected back anytime soon. Rapoport notes that the pass rusher may still play for the Raiders again, though it isn't clear if a return would happen this season.
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Raiders' Chandler Jones: Out again for Week 2
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Jones (personal) is listed as out for Sunday's game at Buffalo, Anthony Galaviz of The Fresno Bee reports.
For the second straight game, Jones -- who didn't practice this week -- will sit out due to what the Raiders list as a not-injury-related/personal reason. Rookie Tyree Wilson should be in line to start in his absence.
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Raiders' Chandler Jones: Away from team
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Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels said Wednesday that Jones is away from the team's facility due to a "private matter," NFL.com reports.
Jones' absence for the Raiders' first official practice of the regular season comes one day after he wrote in a since-deleted social media post that he no longer wanted to play for the Raiders. The veteran edge rusher is coming off a 2022 campaign in which he tallied 38 tackles and 4.5 sacks in 15 games with Las Vegas, but at this stage, his status for Sunday's season opener against the Broncos is unclear.
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Raiders' Chandler Jones: Shuttered for season
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Las Vegas placed Jones (elbow) on injured reserve Wednesday.
Jones was carted off the field during Saturday's loss to the Steelers due to the elbow injury and will now miss the remainder of the season, barring the Raiders overcoming the odds to make the playoffs while also advancing to at least the AFC Championship Game. The veteran pass rusher will finish the 2022 campaign with 38 tackles, 4.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries and one touchdown across 15 appearances.
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Raiders' Chandler Jones: Exits with injured elbow
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Jones injured his elbow in the third quarter of Saturday's game against the Steelers and will not return.
The extent of the injury is not yet known, but Jones was carted off the field after colliding with teammate Maxx Crosby. His status will be updated again when more details are released.
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Raiders' Chandler Jones: Breaks out Week 13
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Jones recorded six tackles (five solo), including three sacks, and one pass defended during Sunday's 27-20 win against the Chargers.
Jones finally lived up to his lofty standards for the first time since signing with the Raiders this offseason. After reaching double-digit sacks in seven of his first 10 seasons, the two-time All-Pro logged just a half-sack over his first 11 games in 2022. However, he helped terrorize Chargers' quarterback Justin Herbert, who was sacked five times in this season-best outing for the Raiders' pass rush. Las Vegas has now recorded 11 sacks over the last three games. Jones will look to ride this positive momentum into Thursday Night Football while taking on a makeshift Rams offensive line, which has given up 42 sacks this season.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Dominant in divisional win
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Jones had four solo tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble during Sunday's 23-13 win over the Seahawks.
Jones earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors for his performance during Sunday's divisional win, in which he brought his season sack total up to eight. It was Jones' second time receiving Defensive Player of the Week honors this season, with the first having come as a result of his Week 1, five-sack showing against Tennessee.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Likely out this week
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Head coach Kliff Kingsbury doesn't expect Jones (illness) to play in Sunday's game against the Browns, Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site reports.
Jones was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday after he tested positive for the coronavirus. He hasn't recorded a sack since he had five in Week 1, but his absence nonetheless improves the matchup for Baker Mayfield and other parts of the Cleveland passing game. Jones ranks second in the NFL with 14 quarterback hits, trailing only Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (16).
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Tour de force Week 1
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Jones recorded six tackles, including five sacks, and two forced fumbles during Sunday's 38-13 victory at Tennessee.
Jones' performance was a tour de force, with the pass rusher making life miserable for the Titans offensive line and Ryan Tannehill in particular. Among his feats Sunday, Jones became the first player since the sack become an official stat in 1982 to tally three sacks in the first quarter of the first day of the season -- per Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site -- and tied the single-game franchise record for sacks. Plus, both of Jones' forced fumbles led directly to Arizona touchdowns. After recording just one sack in five games in an injury-shortened 2020, he looked like the player who notched double digit sacks in six of the previous seven campaigns.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Will not play Friday
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Jones (undisclosed) missed practice Tuesday and will not play in Friday's preseason game against the Chiefs. but he does not have a serious injury, Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site reports.
The team is likely exercising caution when it comes to its veteran linebacker, making sure he is at full strength for Week 1. In his absence, look for Victor Dimukeje and Jamell Garcia-Williams to see expanded preseason reps.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Reports to camp
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Jones (biceps) reported to training camp Tuesday, Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com reports.
Jones is entering the final season of his five-year, $82.5 million contract with the Cardinals and didn't attend June minicamp while vying for an extension. The 31-year-old only appeared in five games in 2020 before suffering a season-ending biceps injury, but prior to that he had logged four straight 16-game campaigns in Arizona, with a total of 40 sacks over that span. Though Jones' future with the Cardinals is somewhat murky, he and new teammate J.J. Watt look positioned to form one of the most formidable pass-rushing duos in the league in 2021 if they can both stay healthy.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Looking for extension
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Jones' absence from June minicamp seemingly was related to his desire for a contract extension, Darren Urban of azcardinals.com reports.
Jones is believed to have made a full recovery from the season-ending biceps tear he suffered Week 5 last year. Prior to that, he recorded 11 or more sacks in five straight seasons, averaging 14.5 per year from 2015 to 2019. Now entering the final season of a five-year, $82.5 million contract, Jones should have more pass-rushing help in Arizona after the team signed DE J.J. Watt at the beginning of the offseason. Assuming everything gets worked out with his contract, Jones is well-positioned to return to double-digit sack territory.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Recovering from biceps injury
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Jones (biceps) is recovering on track according to his social media posts, Josh Weinfuss of ESPN reports.
Jones suffered a biceps injury during the team's Week 5 contest against the Jets and spent the rest of the 2020 campaign on the injured reserve list. With J.J. Watt joining Jones now in Arizona, the pass-rushing duo will likely give the team a notable boost on the defensive line. The linebacker will aim to recover and return to his edge-rushing role with the team in 2021.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Focused on run defense
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Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph believes Jones can improve his formation recognition and run defense, NFL.com's Jim Trotter reports.
The 30-year-old is well established as an upper-echelon pass rusher, with a career-high 19 sacks in 2019 giving him double digits for a fifth consecutive season. Jones also has shown a knack for forcing fumbles and batting down passes, but his 71.0 PFF grade for run defense in 2019 tied for 29th among 49 edge defenders with 500-plus snaps. While some might see it as nitpicking to criticize a dominant pass rusher for only being decent against the run, it sounds like Joseph is intent on seeing Jones improve in that regard. Jones should be ready for training camp after having thumb ligament surgery in late December.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: May need thumb surgery
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Coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday that Jones may require surgery to repair ligaments in his thumb, Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com reports.
Jones managed to play through his thumb injury during Week 17's loss to the Rams, a hint that the issue isn't anything to be seriously concerned about. If the veteran linebacker does undergo surgery, of course, he could tentatively be in danger of missing some offseason workouts. Jones compiled 53 tackles (42 total) and an impressive 19 sacks (the second-highest mark in the league) across 16 contests in 2019. He also defended five passes and forced eight fumbles, three of which he recovered.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Nursing thumb injury
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Jones (thumb) was a limited participant in Thursday's practice, Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site reports.
Jones is nursing a thumb injury thought to have been sustained Week 16 against the Seahawks. Full practice participation Friday would wipe away any concerns about the starting linebacker's availability.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Gets another sack Sunday
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Jones racked up five solo tackles and one sack during Sunday's 38-24 win versus the Browns.
Jones has recorded at least a half-sack in 11 different games and one or more sacks nine times through 14 contests. The result is the second-highest total in the NFL (15.0), behind only the Bucs' Shaquil Barrett, who has 16.5. With double-digit sacks in five straight seasons and six of the last seven, Jones is among the most reliably productive pass rushers around.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: New league leader in sacks
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Jones registered four tackles and one sack during Sunday's 36-26 loss to San Francisco.
With two sacks last week in Tampa Bay, Jones had caught up to Buccaneers defensive end Shaquil Barrett for the league lead in sacks. With one more this week, Jones has now moved into sole possession of that title. He's now averaging 2.8 tackles and 1.1 sacks per game during his age-29 season.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Massive output against Giants
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Jones racked up four sacks in Sunday's 27-21 win over the Giants.
Jones now sits among the top of the league with 8.5 sacks on the season, trailing only Shaquil Barrett and Myles Garrett -- both have nine. The Cardinals will face the Saints in Week 8. The Saints' offensive line has yielded 11 sacks to opposing defenses over the last six games with Teddy Bridgewater under center, but Drew Brees (finger), who may return for this contest, was sacked just once in his only full game this year.
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Cardinals' Chandler Jones: Sack in season opener
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Jones recorded four tackles and a strip sack, causing a fumble he recovered, across 85 defensive snaps in Sunday's tie with the Lions.
Jones turned the tides early in the season opener, getting to Matthew Stafford halfway through the first quarter and forcing a turnover in Lions' territory. The veteran played in 97 percent of the Cardinals' defensive snaps and is quickly cementing himself as an IDP candidate yet again this season.
