Falcons assistant head coach/wide receivers Raheem Morris walked a fine line when discussing the absence of All-Pro Wide receiver Julio Jones on Wednesday.
Jones has not attended the voluntary Organized Team Activities, but is expected to be at next week’s mandatory minicamp, which is set for Tuesday through Thursday.
Here’s what Morris had to say about Jones:
“You never want to put dates on when people are coming back, especially when you talking about a particular person that is going to come back,” Morris said. “We have people that handle those things obviously. Coach (Dan) Quinn has addressed all of the stuff about Julio being here or not here. Obviously, he’s talking with Thomas (Dimitroff).
“ As a coach, you are here to support and coach the guys that are here. You don’t want to look or feel any type of way. You want to coach guys that are here at the voluntary camp as best that you can. Everything that we do at this moment is voluntary. When the guys come in and give you all of them, I want to give them all of me. I don’t want to sit around and worry about what is not happening. I’m just going to motivate and get people to play as best that they can at all times.”
