In the last few weeks, there has been chatter surrounding All-Pro wide receiver Julio Jones long-term future with the Atlanta Falcons after he decided to skip out on voluntary OTAs this past week due to his desire to get an “update” on his contract.
Team owner Arthur Blank has gotten out in front of the discussion by stating earlier this week that Jones will be in Atlanta for the rest of his career. According to TMZ Sports, Jones confirmed just that by voicing that he won't be going anywhere any time soon.
“Yeah I am. We're good…It's not even about that right now. Everybody wants a story right now. I am just working to get myself better. I am just working on myself right now that's all it is. There is no bad blood between me and team or anything like that. It's everybody on the outside trying to destroy what we got and built there. I'm not going anywhere. I love the team, I love the organization, I love everybody there. We're good.”
These comments from Jones erase any doubt that there is a conflict between both sides at this point. It's just simply the Falcons giving their star wideout an uptick in his salary to make him feel more appreciated by the organization, which is something that he has more than point himself in the position to earn that raise.
Jones is currently in the third year of his five-year, $71.2 million deal that has roughly $39.2 million remaining on the contract. He is scheduled to make roughly over $14 million for the 2018 campaign, which at that salary would put him as the eighth highest-paid player at his position. There have been several other players over the last few months that have received more lucrative annual salaries such as Sammy Watkins, DaVante Adams, Mike Evans, and Jarvis Landry
The 29-year-old is coming off yet another highly productive season where he finished with on 88 receptions for 1,444 receiving yards, which marked the fifth time in his career that he has posted at least 1,000 receiving yards. He had also joined Roddy White (six) as the only players in team history to have at least five seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards. It may simply just be a matter of time before all of this worked out this offseason.
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