Falcons tell Julio Jones to suck it

[PleaseCutStewart]

10 hours ago, Ball4life said:

You’re thinking of Taylor Lewan. Jake Matthews got 5 year, 75 mil. 

That seems like a lot for someone who hasn't been that great of a LT. Granted, that is a much better scenario than the god awful contract we gave Kalil...

I think Lewan is a better LT and he only got 5 mill more. Either the Falcons overpaid or the Titans underpaid.

[ChibCU]

Maybe we will see budding stars take shorter contracts from now on, but this should not be the norm. It might be an anomaly with the explosion of WR contracts for above average players.

If I read this right, he's getting more money for this year and getting less next year? So, we should expect the same situation a year from now where he demands more money (which was shifted to this year)? If he does not have a huge year, as is expected, Atlanta just needs to move on and get some value from him through trade.

[Snake]

On 7/26/2018 at 4:07 PM, t96 said:

Extra $2M cap hit this year and they will likely give him a huge extension next year... Falcons brass should've just said tough sh*t, they had all the leverage.

Yeah 2 million isn't going to quite him for long. 

[Ball4life]

1 hour ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

That seems like a lot for someone who hasn't been that great of a LT. Granted, that is a much better scenario than the god awful contract we gave Kalil...

I think Lewan is a better LT and he only got 5 mill more. Either the Falcons overpaid or the Titans underpaid.

I don’t think Matthews is elite but he’s solid...id rate somewhere in the 8-10 range for LT’s and hes only 26 years old. PFF had him as a 80.8 rating which was 14th among all Tackles. 

A lot of money but had to be done. 

[PleaseCutStewart]

14 hours ago, Ball4life said:

I don’t think Matthews is elite but he’s solid...id rate somewhere in the 8-10 range for LT’s and hes only 26 years old. PFF had him as a 80.8 rating which was 14th among all Tackles. 

A lot of money but had to be done. 

Yeah, I understand it, especially with it being the QBs blind side. Falcons are dishing out a lot of big contracts (and still have a couple more to give out this season). They could be hurting for cash in a couple years.