What Does Chandler Jones Still Hope to Achieve?

Las Vegas Raiders pass rusher Chandler Jones is not getting any younger.

In his 11 years in the National Football League so far, he's done just about all one can; he won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, was named to the Hall of Fame All-2010s team, has received four Pro-Bowl honors and two Associated Press All-Pro First Team selections, and has finished a season as a league leader in three different categories (17 sacks and 28 tackles for losses in 2017-18 and eight forced fumbles in 2019-20).

But Jones isn't done.

It's not crazy to think Las Vegas could be the last stop of his career, and he has more he wants to accomplish before he hangs up the cleats.

"A lot of my goals are team goals to be honest," Jones told reporters on Thursday. "There are a lot of things I want to do as a teammate that will help my legacy. And when I say my legacy, that's the selfish part, but my goals as far as accolades, it’s more of a team thing. Did Chandler Jones help the team do this, that? So, a lot of my stuff is on the defense side of the ball, so hopefully we can have good defense this year, that's one of my goals."

As is the case with most veterans, what keeps Jones coming back year after year is his love for the game.

"I say this in every interview, but when I was a kid, I said when I grew up, I want to be an NFL player," Jones said. "And 12 years in, I still have that opportunity. I still get to live that dream. I'll let you in on a quick story. Day 1 of training camp, I couldn't sleep the night before and I was telling my coach, and he's like: ‘It's year 12, you've done this 12 times.’ I get so excited. And I love this game so much that I want everything to be perfect. I don't want to miss a meeting. I don't want to be late. So, I think every hour I was up checking the clock, just from being anxious and being ready. So, I don't think that'll ever fade and we'll talk about when it does, but I don't think it will."

The Silver and Black open the preseason by hosting the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT.

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