The Atlanta Falcons are available to hearing exchange offers for wide recipient Julio Jones, senior supervisor Terry Fontenot revealed to Fox 5 in Atlanta on Monday night.
Fontenot responded to the inquiry regarding potentially moving Jones comprehensively, however the inquiry posed was an immediate one about the group’s star recipient for 10 years.
“That’s one of those things when you’re doing things the right way in an organization, you have to listen if people call, on any player,” Fontenot told Fox 5. “Especially, we are in a difficult cap situation, that’s just the circumstance and it’s not a surprise for us. We knew the circumstance we were in. Our administration has done an excellent job up to this point getting us in a position to be able to manage the cap, and yet we still have more work to do.
“So when teams call about any players then 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.”
Jones is Atlanta’s record-breaking pioneer in gets (848) and yards (12,896), and his 60 scores rank him second behind Roddy White. Jones has played his whole profession in Atlanta since being the No. 6 by and large pick in the 2011 draft – when the Falcons utilized five picks to exchange up from No. 27 to take him.
He turned into a prompt distinction creator with 959 yards and eight scores as a new kid on the block. His one year from now, in 2012, he made the first of his seven Pro Bowls and had his initial 1,000-yard season alongside a career high 10 touchdowns.
Jones, 32, drove the NFL in accepting yards in 2015 (1,871) and 2018 (1,677).
“Obviously that particular player, we hold him in high regard. He’s special in what he’s done and what he continues to do here,” Fontenot said of Jones. “But we have to consider any players if it’s right for the team because we have to do what’s best for this organization.”
Jones’ compensation cap number and cap botch by Atlanta’s previous head supervisor, Thomas Dimitroff, are the reason the group would tune in to offers for the star wideout. The cap circumstance constrained Atlanta to rebuild the agreements of different Falcons players this offseason, including those of quarterback Matt Ryan, linebacker Deion Jones and left tackle Jake Matthews.
The group didn’t rebuild Jones’ arrangement, however, with a $23.05 million cap hit and his base compensation of $15.3 million completely ensured. In the event that the Falcons were to exchange Jones after June 1, they would have the option to fan out the monetary hit more than two seasons rather than across the board.
The Falcons additionally hold the No. 4 pick in the current week’s NFL draft and could go a large number of bearings with the choice, from quarterback to pass-catcher to an exchange down.
