- Atlanta needed to clear salary cap space before new season
- Jones has been one of NFL’s best receivers over pas decade
Tennessee have agreed to a deal with Atlanta for seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Julio Jones, allowing the Falcons to clear salary cap space while the Titans get help for Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry and AJ Brown. Both teams confirmed the trade on Sunday.
The Falcons will receive the Titans’ second-round pick in 2022 and their fourth in 2023 with Atlanta sending Jones and a sixth-round pick in 2023 to Tennessee pending Jones passing a physical.
Let’s go!!!!! @juliojones_11 https://t.co/dFMgCZhyYo
Imma have myself a good Sunday but this is all it took for a generational guy & we were “out” of the Julio sweepstakes!? Wow ♂️ we woulda been unstoppable forreal with all them weapons lol! Julio to the 615 fye tho! https://t.co/MGp8HxbyKl
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