Published 18:11 IST, June 7th 2021

Julio Jones contract: How much money will Tennessee Titans pay Jones?

Julio Jones contract: Before the 2021 NFL season, the Tennessee Titans have traded a couple of picks to the Atlanta Falcons for Julio Jones.

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Julio Jones will be heing to Tennessee this year, a deal apparently filed after weeks of discussion. Julio Jones Titans tre rumors were around for weeks before final announcement was me. Reports also d that Jones still has to pass a physical for team. 

Julio Jones contract: Details about Julio Jones salary

According to recent Atlanta Falcons tre rumors, Titans have been talking to team for Jones for around three weeks. “We felt like it was good value for us, and Atlanta felt like it was good value for m obviously or y wouldn’t have done tre,” said Titans GM Jon Robinson on Sunday after deal h been announced officially. However, Jones will have to take a physical before he joins team, while y also have to work through salary cap. 

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“We’re going to always keep that mindset of being diligent with our approach and aggressive when we feel like we need to be aggressive,” Robinson ded. He ded that y could not discuss what kid of deal Jones would get in tre. 

In exchange for Jones, Falcons got a second-round pick (2022) and a fourth-round pick (2023). 

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2021

$15,300,000

2022

$11,513,000

2023

$11,513,000

Titans alrey have Derrick Henry and AJ Brown and were ranked fourth in scoring back in 2020. Earlier, y lost Corey Davis and tight end Jonnu Smith in free agency in March. “His goal is to win,” Robinson said. 

“Because of you, 11 will always mean more," Falcons wrote for Jones, even sharing a video. Jones has a $15.3 million guaranteed salary for season and would have cost team $23 million in terms of salary cap in 2021. Titans, on ir end, will be getting Jones for less than what y would have in a fifth-year option. 

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Jones has been with Falcons for his entire NFL career and holds ir record for 848 catches for 12896 yards. He has 60 TDs, which rank second. In 2015, Jones has h career-best 136 catches for 1871 yards. Last year, he was limited to nine games due to his hamstring injury, before which he played six back-to-back seasons with over 1300 yards. 

(Image credits: Tennessee Titans Instagram and AP)

18:11 IST, June 7th 2021