Julio Jones got paid like the other top receivers in the market, more in fact.
But the fact he said so much less than the others might have been a factor in that.
Falcons owner Arthur Blank said he appreciated the decidedly polite tone Jones kept through the process — including vowing to not hold out — prior to giving him a six-year, $81.426 million deal yesterday.
Agent Jimmy Sexton even told Jones to take his cell phone on the field with him during warmups (Joe Horn approves) because the deal was close to being finished last night.