Chiefs Star Chris Jones’ Interaction With Roger Goodell Stuns Fans During Super Bowl Celebration

Goodell can be heard saying to Jones, ‘I don’t care how you hit the quarterback’

Kansas City Chiefs star Chris Jones had three tackles as the team defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII, but it was what he did after the game that raised eyebrows with NFL fans.

Jones picked up his second Super Bowl ring with the Chiefs on Sunday night, putting the finishing touches on a season that saw him earn his first All-Pro First Team selection, his fourth Pro Bowl selection and finish as a finalist for the Defensive Player of the Year award.

In jubilation, Jones bearhugged NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as confetti was splayed across the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

“I don’t care how you hit the quarterback,” Goodell said with a smile, referencing the criticism Jones hurled at him in the beginning of the year.

But the moment was too much for some fans.

All love for Commissioner Goodell and @StoneColdJones 🫶 pic.twitter.com/ScoUgvdRMK

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) February 13, 2023

Roger Goodell to Kansas City Chiefs Chris Jones during a long embrace after last nights game:

“I don’t care how you hit the quarterback”

I’m over making excuses, but WTF is this? The embrace was strange enough, the quote takes it over the edge. FOH. pic.twitter.com/ldhdu3RiPq

— Josh Reynolds (@JoshReynolds24) February 13, 2023

Top 3 most memorable moments from this year’s Super Bowl:

1. Players slipping and falling due to terrible field conditions
2. Refs ruining the game
3. Roger Goodell jumping into the arms of Chris Jones and giving him a kiss

— Bengals Ben 🐅 (@bengalsben513) February 13, 2023

I legit thought this was the Chiefs owner celebrating with Chris Jones until the camera got close enough to reveal Roger Goodell's face.

Now turn up the volume. Goodell says, "I don't care how you hit the quarterback," and Jones laughs. 👀🧐#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/rybaJaBNDJ

— Roberto Shenanigans (@Rob_Shenanigans) February 13, 2023

Couldn’t catch most of it but Goodell gets a big pop out of Chris Jones at the end with, “I don’t care how you hit the quarterback.” pic.twitter.com/CFpmccXucD

— ⅀KC» | CØDY (@TheAvilaAnswer) February 13, 2023

Okay, the Goodell Chris Jones hug is actually weird

— Bengals Doge (@Bengals_Doge) February 13, 2023

Jones tied his career high in sacks with 15.5 and set a new personal best with 44 tackles and 30 solo tackles. He also had 17 tackles for a loss and 29 QB hits.

He criticized the NFL in October after he was called for a questionable roughing the passer penalty.

“I think roughing the passer, they had put such an emphasis on that, that we gotta be able to view it in the booth now,” he said to reporters in the locker room after a game against the Las Vegas Raiders. “I think that’s the next step as the NFL as a whole. If we’re gonna continue to call roughing the passer at that high of a velocity, then we gotta be able to view it in the booth to make sure because sometimes looks can be deceiving.”