Titans releasing 7-time Pro Bowler Julio Jones

An individual conversant in the transfer says the Tennessee Titans shall be releasing seven-time Professional Bowl huge receiver Julio Jones in a transfer to clear wage cap house.

Jones shall be designated as a post-June 1 launch with the Titans carrying the cap hit till June 1. That is in line with the one that spoke to The Related Press on Wednesday on the situation of anonymity as a result of the transfer has not been introduced.

ESPN first reported the transfer.

The Titans traded for Jones final June in a transfer that gave Atlanta wage cap house. Tennessee wanted one other prime huge receiver to pair with A.J. Brown, however Jones began solely 11 video games, counting the postseason. Jones completed with a career-low 31 catches for 434 yards and one landing.

That ranked Jones fourth in catches on the Titans and third in yards. The lone landing got here within the regular- season finale.

Brown thanked Jones in a post on social media for educating him so much in a brief time frame and being grateful to be part of the veteran’s journey.

“You’re the explanation why I began to start to play this sport,” Brown wrote. “HOF receiver is what you’re and what I attempt to be someday. Thanks, I’ll take it from right here! Salute!”

Jones is the fifth participant to be launched by the Titans, who needed to create house not solely earlier than the brand new league yr began Wednesday and to maintain exterior linebacker Harold Landry and middle Ben Jones off the free agent market.

These offers are cap pleasant costing the Titans solely $8.4 million this season. Spotrac.com estimated the Titans with $720,675 of cap house. The Titans nonetheless must improve their huge receiving group and discover a No. 1 tight finish amongst different wants.

Jones, who turned 33 in February, got here to Tennessee having averaged 95.5 yards receiving per sport via 135 video games, tops in NFL historical past. Solely Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame receiver Randy Moss (15.6) averaged extra yards per catch than Jones (15.2) amongst NFL gamers with a minimum of 848 receptions.

Jones set Atlanta data with 848 catches for 12,896 yards, and his 60 touchdowns ranked second. He had a career-best 136 catches for 1,871 yards in 2015. That hamstring damage snapped a streak of six straight seasons with greater than 1,300 yards receiving.

Tennessee reworked quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s contract to unencumber house for Jones. The commerce additionally price the Titans a second-round decide within the April draft and a fourth-round choice in 2023.

The Titans additionally agreed to phrases with operating again and particular groups participant Trenton Cannon, in line with an individual conversant in the deal who spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity as a result of the contract has not been introduced.

Cannon was a sixth-round decide in 2018 out of Virginia Tech by the New York Jets, and he performed 11 video games final season with San Francisco after beginning the season with Baltimore. The Titans shall be his fifth NFL group.