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Atlanta Falcons coach Arthur Smith called the team’s trade of Julio Jones to the Tennessee Titans a “win-win” situation.
Smith told Cris Collinsworth of Pro Football Focus the team’s cap situation presented a challenge with retaining Jones for 2021, and a trade was the best solution for both sides.
“We knew the issue with the cap and then obviously the cap went down this year, coming off the bizarre year with the pandemic, the cap actually shrunk. So we knew there were going to be some big decisions we would have to make coming up. The way everything worked out, we feel pretty good,” Smith said. “We feel like it was a win-win. With the salary cap, and Julio going to Tennessee and us right now being able to solve our short-term issue with the cap.”
The Falcons traded Jones and a 2023 sixth-round pick to Tennessee in exchange for a 2022 second-round selection and a fourth-rounder in 2023.
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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