Chris Jones won’t have to wait so long to cash in this year.The Kansas City Chiefs’ star defensive tackle will be among the headliners when free agency opens next week and he could eclipse Aaron Donald’s three-year, $96 million deal that made Donald the league’s highest-paid defensive tackle.Teams can begin negotiating Monday and can sign players starting Wednesday.Jones held out last year, missing the entire offseason plus the opener and a $1.1 million weekly paycheck, in a contract dispute that resulted in a restructure of the final year of his contract.Although the Chiefs retained the right to franchise tag Jones in 2024, they decided to place that tag instead on cornerback L’Jarius Sneed at $19.8 million.Call them priorities 1A and 1B for Chiefs GM Brett Veach, the architect of the NFL’s latest dynasty with a trio of Lombardi Trophies since 2020.“You’d like to ...