It’s not like Chris Jones was playing badly last year or even in the first couple of weeks this season. But the numbers the Chiefs were hoping to see just weren’t popping up on the stat sheet. So rolling into Week 3 against the Giants, KC needed its DT to perform, and Jones showed up on time.

1 sack (a 5-yard sack of Russell Wilson), 1 total tackle, and 2 QB hits and safe to say Jones had a strong game-impacting night in Week 3. Which naturally raises one question: How is Jones being graded? Well… not as highly as you’d expect. Ahead of Week 4, Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo was asked about it, since the team doesn’t use an internal grading system and outside ones like PFF haven’t been as kind to Jones as in years past.

But Spags shrugged things off while taking a playful jab at Cris Collinsworth, PFF’s majority owner.

“The only thing, you know, Cris Collinsworth, I think he’s a good dude and he’s involved in that company,” Spags said, referring to PFF’s grading system. “I just, I don’t know how you grade, put a grade on somebody when you don’t know actually what their assignment was or what they were being told. So, I don’t know, it’s like, from our standpoint, I thought Chris (Jones) in this particular game had a real big effect on the game.”

Jones’ slow start to 2025 had the Chiefs worried. And his PFF grades didn’t exactly ease those concerns either, even after a strong outing from the DT last week. Sure, he looked solid in the opener with a 73.5 overall grade. But Week 2 was a different story: just a 53.6 grade and only one pressure across 25 pass-rushing snaps against the Eagles.

The Chiefs’ DC, on the other hand, believes that from the Chiefs’ perspective, even if the stats of PFF grade don’t look perfect, Jones had a huge impact on the game. On the flip side, Collinsworth, meanwhile, still has some kind of connection with the Chiefs in one way or another.

Cris Collinsworth’s praise for Patrick Mahomes raised eyebrows

Patrick Mahomes’ fumble in Week 3’s Sunday Night Football against the Giants had everyone talking. The game was tied 6-6 near the end of the second quarter. However, RB Isiah Pacheco somehow ran toward the Chiefs’ own end zone. Feeling pressure, Mahomes threw a backward pass to Pacheco. But the ball hit the ground in front of him, nearly causing a turnover.

Giants’ DB Dane Belton and LB Bobby Okereke fought for the ball. But Mahomes scrambled and ripped it away, saving what could have been a disaster. Right after that went down, Cris Collinsworth offered some unexpected assessment of Mahomes.

“I can’t tell you how good a play that is,” NBC’s sportscaster said. “So many quarterbacks would have done nothing here. He knew better than anybody this was a backwards pass. And all of a sudden, that this is understood immediately and he stole it. That’s a turnover created by Patrick Mahomes. I mean, not only did he save the touchdown, but he also got the ball back.”

Well, as things stand, the social media lit up and criticised Collinsworth through memes for praising Mahomes after the fumble, calling him unbearable. That said, it’s safe to say that Pacheco’s fumble in the second quarter continues to raise eyebrows.