Earlier this week, we learned that the Falcons have been receiving trade inquiries on Julio Jones. When asked about the possibility of trading the star wide receiver, Falcons GM Terry Fontenot didn’t rule it out. 
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“That’s one of those things when you’re doing things the right way as an organization, you have to listen if people call on any player,” Fontenot told Justin Felder of FOX 5 (Twitter link). “We are in a difficult cap situation. That’s just the circumstance…Our administration has done an excellent job up to this point getting us in position to be able to manage the cap. Yet, we still have more work to do.”
“So, when teams call about any players, we have to listen, and we have to weigh it and we have to determine what’s best for the organization, and we have to handle everything with class. Obviously, that particular player [Jones] — we hold him in high regard. He’s special…but we have to consider [listening on] any player if it’s right for the team, because we have to do what’s right for the team.”
Jones, 32, is still a difference maker when he’s healthy and on the field, though he missed roughly half of the 2020 season due to hamstring issues. Now, the Falcons have an opportunity to give themselves some breathing room on the cap by trading Jones sometime after June 1. It’s not clear which teams have called on Jones, though Peter King of NBC Sports speculated that the Patriots, Titans, Ravens, and Raiders could be among the suitors.
Thanks for basically reposting your previous article. Hardest working reporter in the business.
The new commentary from Fontenot might have warranted an update to that post rather than a new post, but now people can comment directly on the new comments rather than scrolling to the bottom of the old post. No need to be a jerk.
Or you could’ve just moved on had you read it already, and not be rude and arrogant.
He would do great with the Ravens.
Not from a personal stats perspective which seems to keep that true no. 1 away from BAL. If he can stomach a likely hefty drop in targets/GM, with Hollywoods wheels and Jones route running/hands adding a legitimate element, the Ravens run game would then be unstoppable.
Shouldn’t the title of the article read “Falcon Want To Draft Kyle Pitts with the #4 Pick”??? They want to draft Pitts which makes Julio Jones expendable. Problem is ….. How do you trade Jones contract when draft is crazy deep with receiver talent.
If the Raiders could get him with our 2nd round pick I’d be all over this…he’s not a young man anymore but we sure could use a true #1 after getting left at the altar by AB