OWINGS MILLS Kendall Sheffield Jersey , Md. — from an injury-marred, unproductive season in Kansas City. His tenure with the Ravens has thus far been an unexpected flashback.Maclin missed two games with a sore shoulder and has 19 catches for 212 yards through the first half of the season. Though he’s scored three touchdowns, the 32-year-old receiver was obviously looking to do more as part of an offense run by strong-armed quarterback Joe Flacco.“It’s just how the chips have fallen so far,” Maclin said Wednesday. “We’ve got a lot of football left, so we’ll see how the second half pans out. As long as we’re winning football games, that’s what it’s all about.”Well, the Ravens (4-4) have won half their games, anyway.Two years ago, after a successful six-year run with Philadelphia, Maclin joined the Chiefs and led the team in catches (87), yards receiving (1,088) and touchdown catches (eight).Last season John Cominsky Jersey , however, he caught only 44 passes for 536 yards and two scores in 12 games, a drop-off he attributed to being “banged up.”During the offseason, the Chiefs made the surprising move of cutting Maclin to shear salary-cap space. Two weeks later, in mid-June, he signed a two-year contract with Baltimore.The plan was for Maclin to pair with Mike Wallace and Breshad Perriman to give Flacco a trio of speedy deep threats. That blueprint, however, has not yet been utilized.131<button class="view-gallery">View Gallery</button> Gallery:View from the sidelines: NFL cheerleaders 2017Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports | Aaron DosterMaclin’s 19 catches have put him on course for a career low, yet it’s more than any other wide receiver on the team. So are his touchdowns. Wallace has 16 catches and one score, and Perriman has hauled in only four passes for 26 yards.With Flacco back at practice Wednesday after receiving a concussion in a 40-0 win over Miami last week, coach John Harbaugh hopes the league’s 32nd-ranked pass offense can get it together Sunday in Tennessee. Before he left in the second quarter, he connected with Maclin on a beautiful 34-yard touchdown play.“We’re just trying to find ways to get guys open Qadree Ollison Jersey ,” Harbaugh said. “Jeremy Maclin is a big part of our game plan right now, and he’s going to be a factor in this game, for sure. I’m sure they’re thinking about him and are concerned with him.”Maclin wouldn’t care if he was used as a decoy, if the move brought about the desired result.“As long as we’re winning football games, fine, whatever that entails,” he said. “Whether it’s us catching a lot of balls, if it’s us running the ball.”Though things haven’t quite turned out the way he envisioned, Maclin expressed no regret over picking Baltimore over other suitors last spring.“It’s a first-class organization and the fans are wonderful,” he said. “Just having the privilege of playing here with an organization I’ve always had respect for is pretty cool.” KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Defensive tackle Chris Jones chose to skip the beginning of the Kansas City Chiefs‘ mandatory three-day minicamp Tuesday, the latest step in the growing discord over his looming contract situation.Jones is hoping to parlay the finest season of his career into a massive payday as he enters the final year of his rookie contract. But with negotiations seemingly going nowhere Ed Oliver Jersey , the affable 24-year-old defensive tackle opted against participating in the Chiefs’ voluntary workouts.Now that they are mandatory, Jones is risking a fine for being absent this week.Chiefs coach Andy Reid is only planning to speak with reporters on Thursday, when the minicamp wraps up. But his viewpoint is unlikely to have changed from a couple weeks ago, when he said: “We just go. If you’re here, you get better. If you’re not, you don’t.”It’s hard to imagine Jones being a whole lot better than last season.He appeared in all 16 games and had career highs in just about every meaningful category: 40 total tackles, 29 quarterback hits, 19 tackles for loss and a whopping 15 1/2 sacks.That last number was the most important for a team that desperately needed any pressure it could generate on the quarterback. The Chiefs had arguably the league’s best offense, anchored by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, but they also had perhaps the league’s worst defense.It was that unit that failed so miserably in the playoffs, when the Chiefs were unable to stop Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in their overtime loss in the AFC championship game.The Chiefs made major moves to address the defense this offseason, firing coordinator Bob Sutton and hiring Steve Spagnuolo as his replacement. They also jettisoned longtime stalwarts such as Eric Berry and Justin Houston Cody Ford Jersey , brought in big names Frank Clark and Tyrann Mathieu, and began the difficult task of changing from a 3-4 system to a 4-3 defensive set.And while Jones’ unique set of abilities should allow him to flourish no matter the system, there is still a learning curve that takes place, and participating in the offseason would be helpful.“We don’t really talk about it,” said Chiefs cornerback Kendall Fuller, when asked about Jones’ absence. “We just focus on our position groups. We mow our own lawn.”To be sure, the guys who showed up at minicamp Tuesday have enough to mow.The Chiefs have a handful of newcomers on offense, including wide receiver Mecole Hardman, their top draft pick. They also are working around missing wide receiver Tyreek Hill, suspended from all team activities while the NFL investigates his domestic violence situation.It is likely that Hill will miss at least part of the upcoming season.But the bulk of the pressure facing the Chiefs is centered on the defense. Clark and Mathieu are among a dozen newcomers who will be counted on to shore up the sieve-like unit this season, and minicamp is the last chance to work together before training camp in late July.“It’s a long process,” Spagnuolo said. “What I look for right now is building a foundation. I’ve talked extensively with the guys about that. It’s been all about building a foundation of fundamentals.“That goes to communication and to believing in the system Devin Singletary Jersey ,” he added. “I’ve talked extensively about mastering the things that take very little talent. It doesn’t take a lot of talent to communicate or to call out an under route or get aligned. Those little things we need to get taken care of, otherwise it creates holes and then we have problems. So I’m more focused on that.”The rest of the guys? Forgive them for letting their focus wander just a bit, especially given how close the Chiefs came to returning to the Super Bowl for the first time in nearly five decades.“We can be really good. If you’re talking about No. 1 in the league across all of the boards, I feel like that’s the potential we have,” Clark said. “This is a hard league, every game is hard. You think we are going to have the same things happen as last year? No, it’s going to be a little different. You want more success than just runner-up, but you just have to work. It’s a work atmosphere here. I’m just thankful to be a part of it.”