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Report: Julio Jones skipping OTAs, wants “update” to his contract

We have been hearing some unsubstantiated rumors this offseason that star wide receiver Julio Jones is looking to get paid. Again. A few years after signing his blockbuster extension, his average salary has dropped beneath a bunch of guys like Sammy Watkins and Jarvis Landry, who are unquestionably not Julio Jones.

Comparatively, those guys are in completely different leagues. Additionally, Jones signed a blockbuster deal at the same time, and for about the same amount, as Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas. Bryant has been cut, and Thomas is put up very pedestrian numbers the last few years.