Where to sign up!? I'd happily give a 3rd + Player for Julio.

Who do you want? Mecole, D Rob, LDT?

Giving up Mecole on a rookie contract would be dumb.

They don't want our 2nd and 3rd-string trash.

LDT would actually make some sense for them to fit in for a year at LG while they develop Jalen Mayfield.

The only realistic scenario is moving Frank Clark money. The Chiefs aren't cutting Hitchens this year. An HB extension won't likely get them there either. If they want Julio, it's a combo of moving some of his salary to bonus and Clark's. How much may depend on a few other potential factors like an HB extension shaving a few off the top but that's about it.

I'd take Julio for a couple of "likely" good years yet if the price is no more than a 3rd. A 3rd is less than flipping a coin on getting a player that does anything much. If we're talking a 1st or 2nd, save the picks and draft a WR early next year.

That said, the Falcons reportedly want a 1st. If that's the case, they can go blow smoke up their own asses.

Pretty sure LDT has a no trade clause.

Exactly.

It's just not in the cards. We don't have the scratch to make it happen.

You're more than likely correct on that one. I don't recall for sure but it seems like I remember something like that now that you mention it. May have came into play with the void year.

The Chiefs' ability to make this happen all pins on the Mathieu extension.

If they can work a 3- or 4-year extension with him, the cap hit for 2021 likely drops by $10M or so, which gives you enough room to make a Jones trade possible.

Cut or trade Wylie and Pringle, and you can add a few M more of wiggle room.

IF they can get the extension done on terms that they like and that work for them, and the trade compensation is no more than a third-round pick, I think it works for the Chiefs.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The current thinking in league circles is that the Falcons eventually will trade Julio Jones to the Titans for a second-round pick. <a href="https://t.co/6SiXGaTI9p">https://t.co/6SiXGaTI9p</a></p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1399014948391501828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

How do you "emerge to be a perceived favorite"?

Sounds like some typical PFF made-up shit.

I doubt the Falcons get more than a low 2nd rounder.

He wants out and they need to dump his cap number...

Falcons leak the deal, hoping another team will beat it. Which they didn’t.

It’s not rocket science, Halfwit.

I’m really glad that we didn’t trade picks for this guy as well as paying him that much money. He’s heading towards the end of the road with maybe a year, maybe 2, of high end play.

I would love for this team to accumulate more draft picks bc I trust them fully at this point to hit on day 3 players. When you’re drafting Tyreek Hill’s, Kareem Hunt’s, Travis Kelce’s, Juan Thornhill’s, L’Jarius Sneed’s, Noah Gray’s and Trey Smith’s with picks outside the top 50, you can really build your depth.

Hopefully Bieniemy gets hired and we can pull another draft pick from a trade.

Great post until the end there. Bienemy is never going to be a head coach. It's not going to happen.

We know some of the skeletons in the closet (which are bad), but there's got to be something worse. He's interviewed with 1/3rd of the league at this point. For them to all pass on an energetic, charismatic, minority coach who is loved by his players means that the unknown skeletons have to be pretty effin bad.

The known incidents from his time at CU are enough to make a team think twice... But I think someone would be willing to gamble on him if that was it.