ON THE FALCONS BEAT
ON THE FALCONS BEAT

The Bow Tie Chronicles: Teams don’t always honor contracts, why should players?

Falcons, like most teams, always have salary cap casualties

The Atlanta Falcons opened their mandatory minicamp Tuesday without Julio Jones, one of their most important playmakers. Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said the team was informed Monday that Jones would not be present when the three-day minicamp began.
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June 13, 2018

In the 61st episode of The Bow Tie Chronicles Podcast, we look at Julio Jones' offseason contract holdout. The Falcons, like most NFL teams, cut players annually in what has come to be known as "salary-cap casualties." Teams don't always fully honor their contracts, so why should Jones when there's been a market-shift at his position?

We also discuss the team’s upcoming USO trip, Ryan Schraeder, the Falcons available salary cap space ($7.2 million) and the salary numbers at the wide receiver position.

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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.

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