gunnurse
Senior Member
Julio, Julio. Wherefore art thou Julio! Who cares! I watched zero hours of NFL last year. I just dropped by to stir the pot.
Julio Wholio?
Julio Wholio?
A great player but the typical Julio produces 2-3 off the chart performances every year, and for the rest of the games he is either hurt or double-teamed. He is 29 years old and entering the 2nd half of his career where injuries become more frequent and players start losing step or half-step on their speed and quickness.
The only person anyone (including Julio) should be upset with is Julio's agent. What an idiot, getting an elite receiver into a FIVE YEAR deal that is up for renegotiation AFTER his player's prime. He lost money and lost Julio money working that deal. No elite player should ever sign a long term deal that renews after they are 30 years old.
Had he signed a 3 year deal instead of 5, he would have been up for renewal right now anyways. His agent is a dummy and he's a dummy for not thinking long term.
The last Falcons player to holdout was wide receiver Roddy White back in 2009. He held out for six days.
The Falcons gave White a six-year, $50 million contract extension, with $18 million guaranteed, in 2009 after a six-day holdout. White had one year remaining on his contract before the new deal was reached.
The falcons and common sense doesn’t belong in the same sentence.Now what? Julio is digging in his heels and refusing to report to training camp later this week.
I stand behind what I said in my June 16 post...trade him. If I were Dimitrioff I would be on the phone with every GM in the league trying to see how many 1st round draft picks I could get for him.
Hey...here is an idea...Aaron Donald is also holding out. Trade Julio for Donald straight up, then LA can give Julio the contract he wants, and Atlanta can give Donald the contract he wants. The teams save face by not caving in to the demands of their original player, and both players get what they want. Win-win.
And Atlanta gets an absolute stud D-lineman.
Another reason I don't watch pro football.
I came in here just to post this. I couldn't care less if they all quit. I'll never lay eyes on a NFL game in my life, been two years so for.Just so everybody knows I don't watch pro football.
I came in here just to post this. I couldn't care less if they all quit. I'll never lay eyes on a NFL game in my life, been two years so for.
Here is the statement Dimitroff released:
“We have had continued dialogue all offseason with Julio and his representation. We have come to an agreement with Julio, and we will re-address everything in 2019. I appreciate everyone’s hard work and communication on this. This adjustment does not impede us from working on other extensions with other key members of our football team. We will continue to work on those contracts going forward.”