NFL issues statement on Chandler Jones’ arrest, ‘closely monitoring’ the situation

After he was arrested overnight in Las Vegas, the NFL and Las Vegas Raiders have been “closely monitoring” the situation surrounding Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones. Jones, in recent weeks, has made a series of erratic, alarming claims via social media.

Following apparently getting out of a psychiatric care facility earlier this week, Jones was arrested overnight for allegedly violating a protective order. He’s expected to be released from the Clark County jail later on Friday.

The NFL issued a statement on the situation on Friday.

“We have been closely monitoring the matter and have been in constant communication with the Raiders,” the statement said.

The Raiders have been mum on the issue, calling it “a private matter” and declining to speak further.

On Thursday, Jones took to social media for his latest salvo. On top of ranting about topics from the Illuminati to Raiders team owner Mark Davis, the former Patriot also discussed his former teammate Aaron Hernandez‘s death. The 33-year-old suggested that head coach Josh McDaniels had something to do with Hernandez dying – but not in jail as he did.

“Oh, y’all didn’t know what Josh McDaniels really did to Aaron Hernandez?” Jones asked his followers before breaking down in tears. “If y’all don’t know what really happened with Aaron Hernandez … y’all thought Aaron Hernandez killed himself in jail?”

“Y’all thought my n---- chico killed himself in jail?”

“Josh McDaniels had my twin Aaron Hernandez killed at industrial park, not in jail.. see my IG for details,” Jones then tweeted.

After filming the half-hour-long live, Jones posted on X that he was quitting social media, despite continuing to post on social media afterward.

“I’m off social media for a while,” he shared. “You’ve seen enough.. I’ll leave that live video up until noon.. screen record why you can… I’m about to hang with strippers don’t check on my well being.. they got me.”

He had previously been taken to a psychiatric care facility, something he said was involuntary.

Jones shared pictures of his journal, which he supposedly kept while involuntarily committed at Seven Hills Hospital. The former Syracuse star claimed that five to seven men, allegedly from the Las Vegas Fire Department, showed up at his home, injected him with an unknown substance and committed him to Seven Hills.

He said it wasn’t a program for “high-profile athletes” and that he spent the first night on the floor. Jones wrote in his journal that he depended on his family to bring him good food.

The Raiders defender allegedly tried to reach out to General Manager Dave Ziegler about the treatment he was receiving, which he suspected was on Ziegler’s orders.

“I called Raiders GM 6 to 7 times asking for help and wondered if he had put me in here, but he never answered. I even left him voicemails,” the All-Pro defense end wrote.

“All I know is whoever put me here had bad intentions. I’m to (sic) strong of a person to be mentally broken,” he added. “For all of my friends that know me, THEY KNOW!!!”

On3’s Nikki Chavanelle contributed to this report.