Pro Bowl 2019 substitutions

DT Chris Jones instead of Cameron Heyward (AFC)

He is fifth in the entire league with 14 sacks and he has recorded at least one sack in ten straight games

To not have this guy make the cut for a Pro Bowl spot is absurd to me. Maybe it’s everybody’s perspective on how bad the Chiefs defense is or that Jones was listed with the defensive ends and there are those edge guys with slightly better numbers, but to me, there is no way you can leave Jones out.

He is fifth in the entire league with 14 sacks and he has recorded at least one sack in ten straight games. That’s the first time in NFL history someone has done that. Nobody out there has a streak close to what Jones has done and he has recorded a pick-six already as well.

The Chiefs’ third-year interior defensive lineman is also tied for fourth with 17 tackles for loss and he has batted down five additional passes, plus forced two fumbles.

I like to say Jones is the AFC’s Fletcher Cox because they both came out of Mississippi State with a similar body-type and have a comparable style of play, but when you look at the numbers Jones has been better this season.

Cox’s amount of total pressures is higher and he forces more double-teams, but Kansas City has their own beast in the middle and that dude has made monstrous impact-plays this season.

Jones lines up anywhere from shade nose to almost a wide nine at times. I love Cam Heyward and there was nobody more worked up when he didn’t make the Pro Bowl last season, even though eight other Steelers were in.

Yet, this feels more like make-up for that crime a year ago, because his sack and TFL numbers are pretty exactly half of what they were back then and the Steelers D-linemen hasn’t nearly been as dominant as he was a year ago.

A strong argument can be made that no interior player on the defensive front deserved to get in more than Jones, outside of Aaron Donald of course.