Toofy
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i know its not julio newz
If we would of said something about Georgia or Atlanta I’d be like Hmmm but we need Gilmore to win the division.As
So….Why did you post it in a Julio thread? Asking for a friend.
Also, cryptic tweets by professional athletes are so annoying.
Nice Deftones avatar.It's been close to 48 hours now Bill...come on!
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It seems like this entire Julio Jones situation is screwed up because:
So, in other words, Jones has all the leverage over Atlanta. No one will trade a high pick for a potential one-year rental, and he doesn't appear willing to get this done...he clearly wants big money, and Atlanta won't pay him, so they're threatening to trade him, but he really doesn't care if he's traded.
- Teams aren't aware if they're trading for Julio Jones or if they're trading for a one-year rental of Julio Jones
- (Which makes the draft compensation very complicated), and
- Julio Jones doesn't appear to be willing to take a team friendly deal extension (example, a 2 yr/ $23M) to play for a contender and would rather try for a prove-it season so he can cash in one more time.
Theoretically you can trade for him and if he's decent you can keep him; if he's great, you get his "contract year" for $11M and then you trade him again to someone else next year. Obviously his worth will be depreciated somewhat considering the receiving team will have to pay him immediately, but someone will flip a fourth or something to lock up a guy who just showed he's still elite. So if you only pay a second this year, it works out pretty good. Definitely feels like a Bill move.Bingo. This has made the trade go from a slam dunk to an all-in type move. The number of WRs who have played at an elite level age 33+ are on one hand. A potential decline wouldn't be a problem at an 11 million cap hit. However, Julio goes off this year & then demands to be paid 20+ million at that age would be tough.
Personal Favorites.Nice Deftones avatar.
Are you suggesting that none of our present roster will be traded away for picks?
If I’m Sony I am not buying any property in the next few weeksI'm certainly not counting on it...I don't think that Harry will fetch even a 5th-rounder, for instance...Michel might, but I see that as more of a deadline deal but only if Harris, Stevenson & White are all healthy & productive...We'll never get what we paid for Assyassy & Keene, so we might as well keep both, even at the expense of somebody like Bolden or a 6th WR or a 9th OLman...Practice Squad rules will also play a role here as well, because it appears that there will be 16 allowed on it again this season, including 6 vets comprising a "taxi" squad who may be exempt from waiver claims...
If I’m Sony I am not buying any property in the next few weeks
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The Real Julio
June 2 was a start date, not a finish line. Jones moving on could happen tomorrow, or it could take weeks. Hell, it could theorectically take a couple of months.I was expecting more Jones news to come out today, definitely quieter than I thought it would be.
With Goodell playing ---. Pozzo?Just re-read Beckett's "Waiting For Godot" and it struck me that this Jones issue is just that...waiting for something that is never going to happen.The Jones chapter I'd call "Waiting For The Dough". The NFL has become one huge theater of the absurd.