Titans Release Wide Receiver Julio Jones

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The Tennessee Titans have released wide receiver Julio Jones after trading for him last June.

In paperwork filed to the league, the team listed him as a post-June 1 designation, which saves the Titans $9.5 million in the salary-cap.

“It looked like we were headed in the right direction and then had some setbacks along the way,” said Titans GM Jon Robinson at the NFL scouting combine. “Unfortunately, he wasn’t out there enough to really make an impact week after week. When he was out there, he helped our football team but it was one of those things that seemed like there was a nick every week that we were trying to work through. That’s a balance that you always work through as players’ careers start to get a little longer. You see some things and wonder if that was an isolated instance or if it’s going to be a repetitive thing.”

Jones played just one season with the Titans, but spent much of the time on the sideline with injuries. In just 10 regular season games for the Titans in 2021, Jones caught 31 passes for a career-low 434 yards and one touchdown. Jones also caught six passes for 62 yards in the team’s playoff loss against the Bengals.

In the 2020 season with the Falcons, Jones only played nine games due to an injury-riddled year.

A seven-time Pro Bowler, Jones tallied 12,896 receiving yards and 60 touchdowns in his 10-year career with the Falcons.

Teammate and fellow Titans wide receiver AJ Brown tweeted, “You have taught me a lot in a short period of time. I’m grateful to be apart of you journey. You’re the reason why I started to begin to play this game. A HOF receiver is what you are and what I strive to be one day. Thank you, I’ll take it from here! Salute!”

The Titans have now released five players this offseason including Rodger Saffold, Kendall Lamm, Darrynton Evans and Jackrabbit Jenkins.

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