Atlanta Falcons Are Receiving Trade Calls for Julio Jones

Julio Jones isn’t getting any younger,  and now it  appears teams are trying to get Julio a change of scenery. The Falcons have been listening to trade offers for star WR Julio Jones, per reports.

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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

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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.

Julio has some pretty impressive stats on his resume:

Most Receiving Yards per Game in NFL history:

1. Julio Jones (95.5)
2. Calvin Johnson (86.1)
3. Michael Thomas (85.0)
4. Antonio Brown (84.5)
5. Odell Beckham Jr. (83.3) pic.twitter.com/LQfHXgCAAI

— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) April 26, 2021

Jones has 3-years remaining on his deal which carry a $23 million dollar cap hit in 2021, and $19.2 million each in 2022 and 2023.

He’s one of the best, hopefully he can stay healthy.

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