FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank said he was "disappointed" his former star receiver, Julio Jones, had asked for a trade earlier this year leading to the team sending him to Tennessee in June.
Blank had earlier said Jones would be a Falcon for life. Instead, it was a 10-year relationship that ended with Blank trying to reach out to Jones and ending up not being able to speak with him.
"I think the part that bothered me personally was the fact that he expressed that he wanted to be traded," Blank said Thursday at the first day of Atlanta's training camp.