The San Francisco ... for Daniel Jones as the template for his projection. "Has Purdy done enough to demand a near top of the market contract? Does his value outside of the 49ers create leverage?

Kansas City Chiefs star defensive end Chris Jones cried during the national anthem ahead of the team's game against the Houston Texans Saturday.

Cameras cut to Jones, one the key men for the Chiefs who is back in the team after a calf issue, with tears running down his face at Arrowhead Stadium.

Five years ago, after the Kansas City Chiefs had just rallied to beat the San Francisco 49ers in their first Super Bowl appearance in five decades, Chris Jones settled behind a dais and was asked about what the future held for him.

The New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs have been the NFL's only two dynasties in the free agency and salary cap era.

As the week of Senior Bowl practices continues in Mobile, Alabama -- just two hours northeast of New Orleans, the site of Super Bowl LIX -- it's again time to pair the top prospects at the annual all-star event with NFL teams in the first few rounds of this year's draft.

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Many played big roles in the last Super Bowl meeting. Hurts rushed for three TDs and threw a 45-yard scoring strike to Brown, while Mahomes threw three TD passes, including one to Kelce, Nick Bolton returned a fumble for a touchdown and Harrison Butker kicked the game-winning field goal with 8 seconds left.

Chiefs player Chris Jones was seen in tears during the National Anthem performance by a retired Navy officer ahead of the Chiefs vs Bills game

Proxy battles don’t bring trophies, but for Kyle Shanahan, Robert Saleh, John Lynch, and the Niners, the Eagles and Chiefs winning provides a convincing argument that San Francisco isn’t far away from contending again.