Let me preface this by saying that I really don’t want to see Julio Jones playing anywhere but Atlanta. What I want is at least one single year where we get to marvel at Jones, Kyle Pitts, and Calvin Ridley befuddling defenses on the same field. But what I want and reality often don’t intersect, so here we are.
The rumors started in the early days of the Arthur Smith/Terry Fontenot regime, and we all understand why. Jones is 32 years old and played in just nine games in 2020. He carries a $23 million-plus cap hit for 2021.