Ahead of the Week 14 matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Green Bay Packers, star wide receiver Julio Jones didn’t hold back when talking to the media. The former No. 6 overall pick out of the University of Alabama says that the Falcons aren’t playing for pride, but rather to “whoop someone’s a**.”
Julio Jones with the line of the day: We aren’t going to play for pride. We’re playing to whoop someone’s a**
— Kelsey Conway (@FalconsKelsey) December 6, 2018
The question about playing for pride is a fair one, as the Falcons currently sit in the NFC South cellar with a 4-8 record, with their playoff hopes having gone the way of the Dodo and into extinction.