ATLANTA (AP) — Wide receiver Julio Jones says he’s ready to leave the Atlanta Falcons. The 32-year-old star told FS1 “Undisputed” host Shannon Sharpe via telephone that “I’m outta there” in a brief interview.
Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot has been reportedly entertaining trade offers for Jones since last month. When asked where he wants to play, Jones replied, “Right now, I wanna win.”
Elsewhere in the NFL:
— Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wasn’t present for the first day of organized team activities. These OTA sessions are voluntary, but Rodgers generally has participated in them in the past. ESPN first reported Rodgers wasn’t with the team on Monday. Rodgers’ decision not to participate this time comes amid reports that the reigning MVP doesn’t want to return to the Packers. The Packers have said they have no plans to trade Rodgers.
— Matthew Stafford says his offseason thumb surgery isn’t an impediment to anything he wants to do during his first offseason workouts with the Los Angeles Rams. Learning a new offense and getting to know every player in the Rams’ locker room present more than enough challenges for the veteran passer, but he’s confident he has enough time to get everything done. And after the NFL missed out on most offseason team work last spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, Stafford is grateful he picked this year to switch teams.
— The Denver Broncos’ latest quarterback competition kicked off Monday when Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater shared snaps at the team’s start of Phase III on-field workouts. Lock is the incumbent and he says he’s been so busy fixing flaws in his game this offseason that he hasn’t paid any attention to one report after another that his job was in jeopardy.
