Justin Jones

Justin Jones

28-Year-Old Defensive TackleDT
Arizona Cardinals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After signing a three-year, $30.1 million contract with the Cardinals last offseason, Jones was expected to bolster the team's interior pass rush, but his campaign was cut short following Week 3 due to a triceps injury. He's topped out at 52 tackles (2022) and 4.5 sacks (2023) in his seven-year career, output that the 29-year-old may be able to replicate this season assuming he can avoid health concerns. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a three-year, $30.1 million contract with the Cardinals in March of 2024.
Back with the team
DTArizona Cardinals
June 2, 2025
Jones is participating in OTAs after suffering a season-ending triceps injury in September of last year, Jess Root of USA Today reports.
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The defensive end started all three games he played in last season after signing a three-year, $30.1 million free-agent deal with the Cardinals in March 2024. Altogether, he has started 74 of the 90 games he's played in across a seven-year career with the Chargers, Bears and Cardinals. At defensive end, Arizona has Josh Sweat, who signed a four-year, $76.4 million deal with the team in March, and Darius Robinson, a 2024 first-round pick who played in only six games as a rookie due to a calf issue, but Jones should be in the mix for a leading role again.
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Prior to signing with the Bears during the 2022 offseason, Jones wasn't a model of health, logging 14 DNPs in his first four campaigns with the Chargers. That said, he started all 34 regular-season games the last two years, responding with 101 tackles, including 7.5 sacks. Upon joining the Cardinals on a three-year, $30.1 million contract back in March, Jones will handle a similar workload as a starting defensive tackle in the desert.
Heading into his sixth year in the NFL and second with the Bears, Jones averaged 42.2 snaps on defense per game as the lead tackle in Chicago's D-line rotation. As a result, he averaged nearly 3.1 tackles weekly, which was the second-highest mark of his career. He also notched three sacks and a fumble recovery in 17 contests. Jones will be operating on an expiring contract in 2023 and should retain a similar role to what he had last year.
Jones played his first four seasons with the Chargers before coming over to Chicago. Primarily used as a run stuffer, he posted between 30 and 37 tackles in each of the last three years. He also had a career high three sacks last year. In IDP leagues that start defensive tackles, he should maintain similar production as he'll have the same type of role in Chicago that he had with the Chargers.
A rotational depth lineman the past two seasons, Jones could take on an extended role in base 3-4 sets under Brandon Staley's new defensive scheme.
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Moves to IR
DTArizona Cardinals
Triceps
September 25, 2024
Jones (triceps) was placed on injured reserve Wednesday.
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Done for day with triceps injury
DTArizona Cardinals
Triceps
September 22, 2024
Jones exited Sunday's game against the Lions with a triceps injury and will not return.
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Signing with Arizona
DTArizona Cardinals
March 11, 2024
Jones is slated to sign a three-year, $30.1 million deal with the Cardinals on Wednesday, Peter Schrager of NFL Network reports.
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Set to hit free agency
DTChicago Bears
January 8, 2024
Jones tallied two stops in the Bears' 17-9 loss to the Packers on Sunday.
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Up to 4.5 sacks this season
DTChicago Bears
December 25, 2023
Jones tallied three tackles and a sack in the Bears' 27-16 win over the Cardinals on Sunday.
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