On April 28th, 2011, a simple phone call made at the 2011 NFL Draft allowed the Atlanta Falcons to move up from 27th overall to sixth overall to land arguably the greatest player in franchise history. On May 24th, 2021, another simple phone call seemingly slammed the door on a historic era in Atlanta for receiver Julio Jones.
Once Jones uttered the words “I’m outta there” on Fox’s Undisputed on yesterday morning while on a live call with analysts Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless, you could almost hear the ascending roars echoing from the city of Atlanta as reality truly crept in.