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Falcons LB Deion Jones is about to become a FA.

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Looks like the Falcons want to cut some salary and he’s by far their most expensive remaining player. Just over $20M cap hit this season for a rebuilding team with cap issues, isn’t ideal.

It appears a post June 1 cut is in store.

Jones had surgery on his shoulder after the season and will be reportedly be ready for TC. He’s only missed one game the last 3 seasons (mid season 2021). He won’t be participating in any off season work with the Falcons, assuming that’s outside of his rehab.

The kid is pretty good. I was a fan of his coming out of LSU. Not sure he fits our defense, not sure he doesn’t. I’m excited to have Channing Timdall. As impressive as Jones was coming out, Tindalls combine numbers are significantly more impressive.

I could see the Jags or Saints signing him but wouldn’t shock me if the Dolphins sniffed around soon. He’s a tackling machine and just makes plays. Hate to say it as a Buckeyes fan, he’s better than Baker. Who’s just ok/good.

Jones is good/great.
 
Ya we have the money.

I think he’s looking at like $5-6M on a one year deal but he’s only 27 so he should be in the market for a longer deal. If the shoulder surgery isn’t a concern then he should get a decent deal.

We’ll see what happens but I’m certainly interested at the right price.
 
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Ray R said:
The real question is this:

Do we have enough money to outbid other teams or even just meet this players requirements?
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Tough to know, depends on the extent of his injury and concern about re-injury and if that effects their roster.

It’s late in the game for free agents. Rookies are starting to sign and most teams want to keep at least $10M to go into the season with half. I believe half the league doesn’t even meet that right now.

Then you have a bunch of teams with no real QBs but a lot of cap space, like Houston and Detroit. Is it a smart play for them?
 
Lobbied hard for him out of LSU, would sign him in a heartbeat..
 
This one has 'buyer beware' written all over it for several reasons.
LBs and shoulder injuries do NOT mix well. Since your LBs spend every single play running forward and throwing their bodies, shoulder first into contact... this is the first red flag.
Second red flag is his declining effectiveness over the past two years, his PFF score was in the 30s(!) last year. He was awful.
The third red flag for me is... how quickly LBs tend to fall off. He isn't old exactly, but the book on FA LBs isn't good. In a lot of ways, they are like RBs... draft, use, let em walk.

He would be a price play for me... if he was cheap enough, sure... but we'd probably have to jettison Elandon Roberts to make room for him.

I think he fits better on other teams.
 
One of my favorite players in his prime, a time which I think has passed.
 
we've learned in the past from our team that a shitload of tackles doesnt necessarily make you a great linebacker. In the weird ass FF league i won this past season :nkck: tackles seemed to matter more than anything I think I had Jones as backer (want to say another member had him then dropped him, thinking FF I could be wrong though, i spent most the season bitching about the rules), but he was definately a tackling machine. Kiko Alonso also was a tackling machine.

So if we were able to bring him in cheap on a prove it deal for a year sure. worst case scenario the shoulder is **** and we lost $6 mil. best case scenario is he balls out and signs a long term vet minimum contract....(dont hold your breath on that), but if he balls out enough that another team gives him a nice contract, then it helps us with comps in 2024
 
Deion is still a good LB. I personally think he's not a fit for the Pees system in Atlanta. His play fell off because of what he was asked to do and a terrible DL full of jags. A shoulder injury is a concern but if he checks out, he could help. Price would be my only detractor.
 
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