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Garrett Bradbury Minnesota Vikings Jerseys , Chandler Jones has quietly become one of the best defensive players in the NFL.The league sack leader with a franchise-record 17 last season as an outside linebacker, Jones has switched to defensive end in the team's new scheme and is harassing quarterbacks as well or better than he has in the past.Take last week's 28-18 win at San Francisco, for example. Jones had six tackles, a sack, two tackles for loss, two quarterback hits, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass swatted down (preventing a two-point conversion). He was named NFC defensive player of the week for his performance."The standard that he put on tape this past week is what the standard is," defensive coordinator Al Holcomb said. "That's the expectation level for him. And we talk about that each and every day, being at his best on game day, coming to play and impacting the game because he can wreck a game."But Jones said he was nowhere near his best against the 49ers."I wouldn't say this is my best football," Jones said. "A lot of people might say that, but there were a lot of plays on Sunday that I left out there. I wish I could get them back. But that's the thing about football, you have the opportunity to correct those mistakes."Next up is a matchup with the Vikings Sunday in Minnesota, where the Cardinals will have to deal with Kirk Cousins and an array of big-play receivers.Jones expects a lot of attention."You're always getting double-teamed, being a pass rusher," he said. "You just have to be aware."In the offseason, Jones trains with his brother, MMA fighter Jon "Bones" Jones. It's helped in his endurance, Jones said, and "pretty much hand speed.""When you play the sport of football Minnesota Vikings Jerseys 2019 , whoever has the faster hands wins," he said.Holcomb said that when Jones plays like he did last weekend, it rubs off on everyone around him.It "picks up the other 10 men in the huddle," Holcomb said. "And they're trying to match his intensity and his play and his production."The Cardinals sent guard Jonathan Cooper and a second-round pick to acquire Jones in 2016. A year later, Arizona signed Jones to a five-year, $83 million contract with $53 million guaranteed. He's lived up to that kind of paycheck.Since 2016, Jones has 32 sacks, more than anyone else in the NFL. Von Miller is second with 27 1/2. He had seven more tackles for loss last season than any other player, in addition to leading the league in sacks. But he does it without any bravado."He's one of the premier defensive ends in the National Football League," Holcomb said. "He goes about his business in a quiet-type fashion, which is fine. If he continues to play like this, which we're counting on him doing, the recognition will come."Jones said the accolades don't mean much."I get that question all the time about not getting national recognition," he said. "My biggest thing each and every season, even when I was back in New England, is just earning the respect and the trust from my peers, my co-workers, this locker room, the coaches, the training staff, everyone around here. I feel if I can get trust from those guys I have those guys telling me 'You're doing a good job' then I'm happy." Time to put it all together" Open ThreadsMinnesota Vikings News and Links: April 30 Garrett Bradbury Jersey Cheap , 2019New,1196commentsTime to put it all togetherCDTMerry Tuesday, y’all!Thanks to just_rob for covering yesterday, my computer and Vox were having a spat, it appears, but they must have worked things out, everything is working fine now.........so far. I’ll make sure I’m able to post before I get too excited. I’m interested to see everyone’s thoughts on the draft, I’ve heard a variety of opinions that range from one extreme to the other, with a wide variety of reasons to support the opinion (for those who had reasons). I thought it was a good draft overall, we added some much-needed pieces on O-line, picked up a talented tight end, and a running back who will be a perfect contrast to Cook (and hopefully can help the team improve their conversion % on 3rd and short). I’m not a huge fan of trading picks to accumulate a bunch of 7th round picks, but other than that, I thought it was a good draft. Not great, not astounding, just somewhere near the half-way point between the two extremes.Around the DN since our last open thread: artistformerlyknownasfil has a fanpost for discussions about Game of Thrones.The Vikings officially announced their undrafted free agent signings, from Chris.Wludford has a detailed analysis on Irv Smith Jr.The Vikings announced uniform numbers for all of their 2019 draftees.Vikings and NFL news from elsewhere, other sports, and occasional oddities:From ESPN, the NFL and Twitter are extending their partnership.From CBS Sports, Giants GM Garrett Bradbury Jersey Womens , Dave Gettleman, has been widely criticized for the draft and other moves he’s made since taking the helm. His reply ‘In three years, we’ll find out how crazy I am’. He must have some test results coming in three years from now, I can’t wait to see what they say. I wonder why it takes three years? 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