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Dante84 · 04-26-2021, 05:37 AM

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A hamstring injury limited Jones to just nine games last season, though he still put up strong numbers when he was on the field. He caught 51 passes for 771 yards and three scores as the Falcons finished the year 4-12. From 2014-19, Jones missed only four games and averaged 104 catches and 1,564 yards per season. SI Link.

The #Falcons have received calls from teams inquiring about possible trades for All-Pro WR Julio Jones, sources say. A trade could not happen for cap reasons before June 1, but teams know Atlanta’s brutal cap situation and are calling. A deal won’t happen now, but later? Maybe.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 26, 2021

From NFL Now: The #Falcons have been receiving calls on All-Pro WR Julio Jones, and while it's somewhat unlikely they get the value they would want, it's not impossible. A look at how it would work... pic.twitter.com/kZArO6t578
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 26, 2021

The #Falcons have been listening to trade offers for star WR Julio Jones, per @peter_king and @AlbertBreer. Atlanta has one of the worst cap situations in the league and trading Julio effective after June 1st would create $15M in cap space and save the big dead cap hit for 2022.
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) April 26, 2021

From Peter King:

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Surprises? Keep an eye on Atlanta. I can’t predict any bombshells. But a few things would not surprise me. Most notably, the Falcons putting the framework of a trade together for star wideout Julio Jones, and making the trade effective June 2. That way, Atlanta could split Jones’ cap charge between 2021 and 2022 instead of getting bashed with it all this year. So if such a trade happens, I expect it could involve a future pick or picks, nothing this year. (A future second-round pick as compensation seems fair to me.) Because such a trade wouldn’t be official till June, no picks in this draft could be involved. As for the interested team or teams, I would guess Las Vegas; Jon Gruden couldn’t resist Antonio Brown, and I doubt he could resist Julio Jones. New England too, and a couple of teams with clear receiver needs—Tennessee and Baltimore.

Now, the Falcons don’t really want to trade Julio Jones. He’s a franchise legend. But he’s 32, entering his 11th season, coming off a banged-up year with seven games missed due to injury, and the Falcons are in cap jail. If they could off-load his money and cushion it by splitting it between this year ($7.75 million) and next ($15.5 million), Atlanta’s cap charge on Jones this year goes down by a tad more than $15 million.

One final note here, to be very clear: I am not reporting the Falcons will trade Jones, or will probably trade Jones. I am saying it would not surprise me if it happened.

**New World Order** · 05-25-2021, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by wazu

Link? I've got 30 free seconds and want to watch.

staylor26 · 05-25-2021, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by wazu

Link? I've got 30 free seconds and want to watch.

Yea 1,000+ yards and 10+ TD’s in his first 2 seasons, with many big plays, but his highlight reel can only be 30 secs...

Pasta Little Brioni · 05-25-2021, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

You're wrong, as usual.

Robinson, Kemp, Calloway, Pringle and Powell scare absolutely no one. If the Raiders or Chargers or Broncos trotted out that kind of shit, you'd be making jokes about them constantly.

The Chiefs WR corp is, by far, the worst in the AFC West.

I meant including Hill and you'd be foolish not to include Kelce. He said it was one of the worst fully healthy and that's a crock of shit

mkp785 · 05-25-2021, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by -King-

Chiefs were willing to give Juju 9-10 million. So they can't do 5 more for Julio who also has 2 more years of cheap control if he's as good as he's always been?

Juju is 24 years old bro. There's a massive difference in the 2 players. If Julio were 24 and this trade was available its a massive go. He's old(er) and coming off serious injuries and he doesn't like to practice.

**DaneMcCloud** · 05-25-2021, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by wazu

Link? I've got 30 free seconds and want to watch.

Your knowledge of the NFL and football in general would fit into a thimble with room to spare

-King- · 05-25-2021, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mkp785

Juju is 24 years old bro. There's a massive difference in the 2 players. If Julio were 24 and this trade was available its a massive go. He's old(er) and coming off serious injuries and he doesn't like to practice.

For a 1 year deal I would 100% bet that Julio would be more productive than Juju.

Ffs, he played 7 more games than Julio and only had 60 more yards than him

**DaneMcCloud** · 05-25-2021, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother

I meant including Hill and you'd be foolish not to include Kelce. He said it was one of the worst fully healthy and that's a crock of shit

Kelce is not a wide receiver.

Outside of Hill and potentially Hardman, the Chiefs WR corp is the worst in the AFC West, if not the entire AFC.

**DaneMcCloud** · 05-25-2021, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by -King-

For a 1 year deal I would 100% bet that Julio would be more productive than Juju.

Ffs, he played 7 more games than Julio and only had 60 more yards than him

JuJu did not come with a $45 million dollar price tag attached, nor is JuJu 32 years old nor would the Chiefs have needed to give up a draft pick or picks for JuJu.

You're way off base, as usual.

-King- · 05-25-2021, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

JuJu did not come with a $45 million dollar price tag attached, nor is JuJu 32 years old nor would the Chiefs have needed to give up a draft pick or picks for JuJu.

You're way off base, as usual.

Julio's only price tag attached is 15 million. The rest of the money is unguaranteed. He can be cut or traded or kept for cheap after this year.

Seriously think about that for a second, 7 more games and only 60 more yards

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mkp785 · 05-25-2021, 12:23 PM

Julio doesn't even do the normal things that'd you'd expect from a player of his level. He thinks he's too good for it. The 6-foot-3, 229-pound Jones insists he doesn't even lift weights unless required to in-season.

"I don't have an offseason workout regimen," Jones said. "I don't lift weights. I don't run. I don't do anything. I let my body rest. I just eat good."

None of that sounds good for his ability to adjust to when his athleticism fades.

-King- · 05-25-2021, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mkp785

Julio doesn't even do the normal things that'd you'd expect from a player of his level. He thinks he's too good for it. The 6-foot-3, 229-pound Jones insists he doesn't even lift weights unless required to in-season.

"I don't have an offseason workout regimen," Jones said. "I don't lift weights. I don't run. I don't do anything. I let my body rest. I just eat good."

None of that sounds good for his ability to adjust to when his athleticism fades.

Damn so we wouldn't win the weight lifting Superbowl? ****!!

TomBarndtsTwin · 05-25-2021, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Kelce is not a wide receiver.

Outside of Hill and potentially Hardman, the Chiefs WR corp is the worst in the AFC West, if not the entire AFC.

While I might be inclined to agree with you, in all fairness, isn't everyone in this position if you take away their 2 best WR options?

I mean, some people like to rave about the Donkos young and talented WR depth, but if you take away Courtland Sutton and Jerry Jeudy, is it really all that impressive?

ToxSocks · 05-25-2021, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother

I meant including Hill and you'd be foolish not to include Kelce. He said it was one of the worst fully healthy and that's a crock of shit

The conversation was about WR GROUP. Not TE.

It's a different skill set entirely and the position affects the defense differently.

As i said in my post, if Hill goes down, we have one of the worst WR groups in the AFC.

Maybe you haven't looked around recently, but there's a lot of teams that are much more loaded at WIDE RECEIVER than the Chiefs are.

We have Tyreek and then a fist full of wishes.

ToxSocks · 05-25-2021, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin

While I might be inclined to agree with you, in all fairness, isn't everyone in this position if you take away their 2 best WR options?

I mean, some people like to rave about the Donkos young and talented WR depth, but if you take away Courtland Sutton and Jerry Jeudy, is it really all that impressive?

Dane was being generous when comparing Hardman to Jeudy. Jeudy has put up #2 type production.

Jeudy has put up production that we HOPE Hardman puts up this season. And then they still have KJ Hamler.

They have more WR depth than we do.

htismaqe · 05-25-2021, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

No one is "hating" Julio Jones.

Draft pick aside, the fact of the matter is that the Chiefs cannot absorb $15 million per year for a 32 year old Wide Receiver.

There are far too many risks associated with giving ANY player, other than a QB, that kind of money at age 32, but even moreso with a wide receiver.

A 32-year old WR with a LONG history of leg and foot injuries.

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mkp785 Banned Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Hawaii	Julio doesn't even do the normal things that'd you'd expect from a player of his level. He thinks he's too good for it. The 6-foot-3, 229-pound Jones insists he doesn't even lift weights unless required to in-season. "I don't have an offseason workout regimen," Jones said. "I don't lift weights. I don't run. I don't do anything. I let my body rest. I just eat good." None of that sounds good for his ability to adjust to when his athleticism fades.
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