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Napsal: čtv 23. srp 2018 8:39:17Julio Jones insists his status for training camp was never in doubt.
Jones Chase Utley Jersey , the five-time Pro Bowl receiver, was back for the start of Falcons training camp Friday after missing a mandatory minicamp in June while asking that his contract be reworked.
Jones dismissed reports he wouldn't report without a new deal as "he said, she said" speculation.
"We knew all along we were going to get it handled," he said.
For coach Dan Quinn, the most important fact was seeing No. 11 catching passes from Matt Ryan.
"It was awesome to have him back," said Quinn, adding Jones' routes were "really sharp and clean."
Jones drew cheers from fans when he caught a pass on the sideline in front of cornerback Desmond Trufant late in the practice.
General manager Thomas Dimitroff said Thursday the team made an "adjustment" to Jones' five-year, $71.5 million contract. Jones is entering the third year of the deal.
Dimitroff said the tweak to Jones' deal wouldn't affect the team's hopes to negotiate contract extensions for left tackle Jake Matthews, defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, and safety Ricardo Allen. On Friday, the team agreed to a five-year Authentic Preston Brown Jersey , $75 million extension for Matthews.
The biggest new deal of all came earlier in the offseason 鈥?a five-year, $150 million extension for Ryan, the most lucrative contract in NFL history.
Ryan's contract, and the team's talks with Matthews, Jarrett and Allen, were among the reasons Dimitroff said the Falcons couldn't renegotiate Jones' contract until after the season.
Jones confirmed he told Quinn this month he would report to training camp.
Falcons owner Arthur Blank said at the NFL owners meeting in May he expected Jones to play his entire career with Atlanta.
"Our relationship has always been excellent so I had the confident in Thomas and the confidence in J.J. being a great Falcon for us not only on the field but off the field and a leader in the locker room," Blank said Friday.
Jones said he and Blank "reiterated what he had told us 鈥?that I'm going to be a Falcon forever."
Asked if it was difficult to be away from the team for the mandatory minicamp and other offseason work, Jones said he told Quinn "It was just me getting healthy as far as some stuff with me, getting back right and feeling 100 percent."
A healthy Jones is especially important to the Falcons' hopes of returning to their offensive form of their 2016 Super Bowl season, when they led the league in scoring.
One year ago, Jones was recovering from minor offseason surgery on his left foot and was limited in the first training camp with offensive coordinator Steve Sarkasian.
Jones didn't miss a game last season despite having two ankle injuries 鈥?plus back Patriots Troy Niklas Jersey , ribs, thumb and knee injuries.
Jones, who also participated in an informal passing camp led by Ryan in California this month, has no injury concerns.
"For me and for the team it's better than I'm healthy and can do everything," he said.
Quinn said wide receiver Russell Gage used advice from Jones to fine-tune a route at the California camp.
"Those were the things that don't show up on the stat sheet that often speak to who he is as a teammate," said Quinn of Jones.
It's not unusual for Jones to be included on Atlanta's game-week injury reports, but he has missed only three games the last four seasons. He has broken his right foot twice, at the NFL combine in 2011 and in 2013 when he missed 11 games.
Jones has remained one of the NFL's most productive receivers. He had 88 catches for 1,444 yards and three touchdowns in 2017. Jones and Marvin Harrison are the only players in NFL history to have at least 80 catches for at least 1,400 yards in four straight seasons
Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich believes his starting quarterback will soon be throwing.
Andrew Luck will get the last word on when it happens.
Luck continues to rehabilitate from shoulder surgery that took place more than 16 months ago, cost him all of last season and almost all of this year's offseason workouts. The Colts will hold a three-day mandatory mini-camp next week Marshall Newhouse Jersey Elite , and he's not expected to throw then, either.
But he has been working out at the team complex since April, has attended team and position meetings and been learning Reich's new offense. The hope is he will start throwing sometime between mid-June and late July when the Colts report to training camp.
"I think we're real close. Again, I've never been through what he has been through. I could sit here and say what I think but It has to come from down in here," Reich said, pointing to his heart. "There's an instinct as a player that you know when you're ready to go and you keep testing it and testing it and you work with the people you're working with and you trust your instinct when you're ready to go."
The optimism sounds all too familiar to skeptical Colts' fans.
They repeatedly heard similar comments from then coach Chuck Pagano and general manager Chris Ballard after Luck had surgery for his partially torn labrum in January 2017. Yet he didn't begin throwing until early October, was shut down after two weeks because of lingering soreness in his right shoulder.
He missed all 16 games and spent the last month of season rehabbing in Europe.
Luck has continued recovering this offseason while Ballard and Reich have continued to suggest this time will be different. One indication the Colts expect Luck to come back came on draft weekend when they had a franchise-record 11 selections in the seven-round draft era and didn't take a quarterback.
Still, Luck will have the final say about the timing of his return.
"He certainly has a big say in it. He has to," said Reich, a former NFL quarterback. "Got to trust the player. Really, any player who's injured goes through the same thing. The doctors kind of give the thumbs up and there's a lot to say and you get the tests and you feel all that stuff Youth Marquis Haynes Jersey , but at the end of the day the player's got to feel ready to go. That's been my experience at every position."
Luck hasn't spoken to reporters since early April.
Back then, he said he felt good and hoped he would be full-go for training camp.
So do those around him.
"We feel really good and really confident with where we're at," Reich said.
Recently signed defensive end Chris McCain also missed Thursday's workout and it's unclear when he'll return.
The Indianapolis Star and Los Angeles Times reporter earlier this week that McCain faces two misdemeanor battery charges in California stemming from an alleged incident on Jan. 7, when he was still a member of the Los Angeles Chargers. He is accused of spitting on and grabbing the neck of Arpi Davtyan, The Star reported.
McCain, who has denied the charges, is scheduled to be arraigned July 13.
It's unclear if the Colts knew about the allegations when they signed McCain. The team issued a statement Tuesday, saying it was still gathering information.
"We sat down with Chris and we just all agreed that this would be the best thing," Reich said Thursday explaining McCain and the Colts mutually agreed he should return home until there is a resolution. "Felt like it was best that we get this thing settled and work through it. I feel comfortable with that."
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Jones Chase Utley Jersey , the five-time Pro Bowl receiver, was back for the start of Falcons training camp Friday after missing a mandatory minicamp in June while asking that his contract be reworked.
Jones dismissed reports he wouldn't report without a new deal as "he said, she said" speculation.
"We knew all along we were going to get it handled," he said.
For coach Dan Quinn, the most important fact was seeing No. 11 catching passes from Matt Ryan.
"It was awesome to have him back," said Quinn, adding Jones' routes were "really sharp and clean."
Jones drew cheers from fans when he caught a pass on the sideline in front of cornerback Desmond Trufant late in the practice.
General manager Thomas Dimitroff said Thursday the team made an "adjustment" to Jones' five-year, $71.5 million contract. Jones is entering the third year of the deal.
Dimitroff said the tweak to Jones' deal wouldn't affect the team's hopes to negotiate contract extensions for left tackle Jake Matthews, defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, and safety Ricardo Allen. On Friday, the team agreed to a five-year Authentic Preston Brown Jersey , $75 million extension for Matthews.
The biggest new deal of all came earlier in the offseason 鈥?a five-year, $150 million extension for Ryan, the most lucrative contract in NFL history.
Ryan's contract, and the team's talks with Matthews, Jarrett and Allen, were among the reasons Dimitroff said the Falcons couldn't renegotiate Jones' contract until after the season.
Jones confirmed he told Quinn this month he would report to training camp.
Falcons owner Arthur Blank said at the NFL owners meeting in May he expected Jones to play his entire career with Atlanta.
"Our relationship has always been excellent so I had the confident in Thomas and the confidence in J.J. being a great Falcon for us not only on the field but off the field and a leader in the locker room," Blank said Friday.
Jones said he and Blank "reiterated what he had told us 鈥?that I'm going to be a Falcon forever."
Asked if it was difficult to be away from the team for the mandatory minicamp and other offseason work, Jones said he told Quinn "It was just me getting healthy as far as some stuff with me, getting back right and feeling 100 percent."
A healthy Jones is especially important to the Falcons' hopes of returning to their offensive form of their 2016 Super Bowl season, when they led the league in scoring.
One year ago, Jones was recovering from minor offseason surgery on his left foot and was limited in the first training camp with offensive coordinator Steve Sarkasian.
Jones didn't miss a game last season despite having two ankle injuries 鈥?plus back Patriots Troy Niklas Jersey , ribs, thumb and knee injuries.
Jones, who also participated in an informal passing camp led by Ryan in California this month, has no injury concerns.
"For me and for the team it's better than I'm healthy and can do everything," he said.
Quinn said wide receiver Russell Gage used advice from Jones to fine-tune a route at the California camp.
"Those were the things that don't show up on the stat sheet that often speak to who he is as a teammate," said Quinn of Jones.
It's not unusual for Jones to be included on Atlanta's game-week injury reports, but he has missed only three games the last four seasons. He has broken his right foot twice, at the NFL combine in 2011 and in 2013 when he missed 11 games.
Jones has remained one of the NFL's most productive receivers. He had 88 catches for 1,444 yards and three touchdowns in 2017. Jones and Marvin Harrison are the only players in NFL history to have at least 80 catches for at least 1,400 yards in four straight seasons
Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich believes his starting quarterback will soon be throwing.
Andrew Luck will get the last word on when it happens.
Luck continues to rehabilitate from shoulder surgery that took place more than 16 months ago, cost him all of last season and almost all of this year's offseason workouts. The Colts will hold a three-day mandatory mini-camp next week Marshall Newhouse Jersey Elite , and he's not expected to throw then, either.
But he has been working out at the team complex since April, has attended team and position meetings and been learning Reich's new offense. The hope is he will start throwing sometime between mid-June and late July when the Colts report to training camp.
"I think we're real close. Again, I've never been through what he has been through. I could sit here and say what I think but It has to come from down in here," Reich said, pointing to his heart. "There's an instinct as a player that you know when you're ready to go and you keep testing it and testing it and you work with the people you're working with and you trust your instinct when you're ready to go."
The optimism sounds all too familiar to skeptical Colts' fans.
They repeatedly heard similar comments from then coach Chuck Pagano and general manager Chris Ballard after Luck had surgery for his partially torn labrum in January 2017. Yet he didn't begin throwing until early October, was shut down after two weeks because of lingering soreness in his right shoulder.
He missed all 16 games and spent the last month of season rehabbing in Europe.
Luck has continued recovering this offseason while Ballard and Reich have continued to suggest this time will be different. One indication the Colts expect Luck to come back came on draft weekend when they had a franchise-record 11 selections in the seven-round draft era and didn't take a quarterback.
Still, Luck will have the final say about the timing of his return.
"He certainly has a big say in it. He has to," said Reich, a former NFL quarterback. "Got to trust the player. Really, any player who's injured goes through the same thing. The doctors kind of give the thumbs up and there's a lot to say and you get the tests and you feel all that stuff Youth Marquis Haynes Jersey , but at the end of the day the player's got to feel ready to go. That's been my experience at every position."
Luck hasn't spoken to reporters since early April.
Back then, he said he felt good and hoped he would be full-go for training camp.
So do those around him.
"We feel really good and really confident with where we're at," Reich said.
Recently signed defensive end Chris McCain also missed Thursday's workout and it's unclear when he'll return.
The Indianapolis Star and Los Angeles Times reporter earlier this week that McCain faces two misdemeanor battery charges in California stemming from an alleged incident on Jan. 7, when he was still a member of the Los Angeles Chargers. He is accused of spitting on and grabbing the neck of Arpi Davtyan, The Star reported.
McCain, who has denied the charges, is scheduled to be arraigned July 13.
It's unclear if the Colts knew about the allegations when they signed McCain. The team issued a statement Tuesday, saying it was still gathering information.
"We sat down with Chris and we just all agreed that this would be the best thing," Reich said Thursday explaining McCain and the Colts mutually agreed he should return home until there is a resolution. "Felt like it was best that we get this thing settled and work through it. I feel comfortable with that."
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