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Tampa Bay Buccaneers T-Shirt , the team said late Wednesday after reaching an agreement to renegotiate the star receiver's contract next year.General manager
Thomas Dimitroff announced the compromise about 16 hours ahead of Thursday's 4
p.m. reporting deadline, removing a major distraction hanging over a team that
is again expected to be one of the top contenders in the NFC."We have had
continued dialogue all offseason with Julio and his representation," Dimitroff
said. "We have come to an agreement with Julio, and we will readdress everything
in 2019. I appreciate everyone's hard work and communication on this."The
Falcons had informed Jones several weeks ago that they wouldn't be able to
renegotiate his current $71.5 million package, which still has three years
remaining and included $47 million in guaranteed money.Jones, who makes an
average of $14.25 million a year, was unhappy with his deal after a flurry of
new contracts during the offseason dropped Jones down the list of the NFL's
highest-paid receivers.Tampa Bay's Mike Evans , Cleveland's Jarvis Landry and
Kansas City's Sammy Watkins are among those now making more per year than Jones,
a two-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowler who caught 88 passes for 1,444 yards
last season.Jones skipped offseason workouts at the team's training facility as
well as a mandatory minicamp to demonstrate his unhappiness. His next option was
to hold out during training camp, which could have led to fines of $40,000 per
day.Neither side wanted to go down a path that could've damaged what has
otherwise been a good relationship. So
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hats , it looks as though Jones will get a new deal in 2019 — not as soon as he would've liked, but a year earlier than the Falcons
would normally agree to renegotiate a long-term contract.Atlanta is eager to
pair Jones with another former Alabama receiver, Calvin Ridley, who was this
year's first-round pick. The team hopes that Ridley, as he develops, can help to
lure coverages away from Jones, who is often blanketed by two or three
defenders.The Falcons said salary cap limitations prevented them from discussing
a new deal with Jones in 2018 . The team already agreed to a five-year, $150
million extension with quarterback Matt Ryan, the most lucrative deal in NFL
history, and is now focused on working out new contracts for defensive tackle
Grady Jarrett, offensive guard Jake Matthews and safety Ricardo Allen."This
adjustment does not impede us from working on other extensions with other key
members of our football team," Dimitroff said. "We will continue to work on
those contracts going forward."Jones hasn't talked with the Atlanta media in
months
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hoodie , keeping a low profile during the contract brouhaha. In one of his rare public appearances, he told TMZ that he has a good
relationship with the franchise that pulled off a blockbuster trade with
Cleveland to make him a first-round pick in 2011."I'm just working on getting
myself better," he said. "There's no bad blood between me and the team or
anything like that."Jones hasn't been totally estranged from his teammates
during the offseason. This month, he took part in Ryan's private passing camp in
California along with about a dozen of his teammates.All throughout the contract
talks, Jones remained in the good graces of coach Dan Quinn."Sometimes football
and business intersect," Quinn said after Jones skipped the three-day minicamp.
"That's OK and that happens a lot."Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at
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s://apnews/search/paul%20newberryKendell Beckwith to be placed on non-football
injury list to begin training camp The latest update on Kendell Beckwith is not
a good one. According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, Beckwith will begin
training camp on the active/non-football injury list. Beckwith won’t be out for
any amount of mandatory time while on the list, he can return to practice as
soon as he is medically cleared to play. As Stroud mentions, Beckwith injured
his anke while traveling as passenger in a car back in April. The injury
required surgery, which he had soon after the accident.It was estimated that he
would miss time in training camp and that may even stretch into Week 1 of the
regular season. This type of injury usually requires around 6-8 weeks to heal
before rehabilitation.Beckwith had been rehabbing at the facility and
participating in team meetings, but this latest bit of news runs parallel to the
medical prognostications that were given earlier in the year. The Bucs need to
be “all systems go” with every player this season and right now they could
already be down two starters for Week 1 after adding in Jameis Winston’s
suspension. That’s not a good start for a team that gets no breaks early on in
2018.
