{"id":18880,"date":"2025-01-18T23:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T23:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18880"},"modified":"2025-01-18T23:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T23:08:22","slug":"video-cameras-caught-chris-jones-crying-his-eyes-out-during-national-anthem-before-chiefs-texans-playoff-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18880","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Cameras Caught Chris Jones Crying His Eyes Out During National Anthem Before Chiefs-Texans Playoff Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0superstar defensive tackle\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/chris-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Jones<\/a>\u00a0had the most terrifying and menacing game face ahead of kickoff for Saturday\u2019s Divisional Round tilt against the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>With a win over the Texans at Arrowhead Stadium tonight, Chris Jones\u2019 Chiefs would reach their seventh straight AFC Championship Game and continue their bid for the first-ever Super Bowl three-peat.<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the national anthem performance, cameras caught Jones getting incredibly emotional and shedding some tears. Let\u2019s just say that any Texans offensive player who didn\u2019t look at him in advance probably did themselves a favor by avoiding additional anxiety<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Almost game time for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StoneColdJones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StoneColdJones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HOUvsKC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HOUvsKC<\/a> on ESPN\/ABC<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf1: Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLPlus<\/a> and ESPN+ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QMiCwver9r\">pic.twitter.com\/QMiCwver9r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1880729565284147438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The winner of the Texans-Chiefs game this evening will play the winner of the Baltimore Ravens-<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>\u00a0contest in the AFC Championship next week.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-chris-jones-had-another-strong-regular-season\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris Jones Had Another Strong Regular Season<\/h2>\n<p>Jones finished with only five sacks during the regular season, but that number doesn\u2019t tell the story. He still finished with an elite Pro Football Focus\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/chris-jones\/10671#gradesWidget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grade<\/a>\u00a0of 89.7, including a ridiculous 91.0 pass rushing grade.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Chris Jones again earned First-team All-Pro and\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/pro-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro Bowl<\/a>\u00a0nods after leading the Chiefs to a 15-2 finish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0superstar defensive tackle\u00a0Chris Jones\u00a0had the most terrifying and menacing game face ahead of kickoff for Saturday\u2019s Divisional Round tilt against the Houston Texans. With a win &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18882,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880\/revisions\/18882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}