Many fans of the Patriots and people covering/professionally talking about the team have criticized New England for not landing Julio Jones.
“That’s what they get for trading a second-round pick for Mohamed Sanu.”
“They’ll pay $16 million for Nelson Agholor and Kendrick Bourne but not $15 million for Julio Jones?”
“You do what you need to do to get a player like that.”
But here’s the thing: The Titans traded a second- and four-round pick for Jones, and picked up his entire salary. To make the money work, Tennessee had to restructure Ryan Tannehill’s contract.
What if Jones isn’t worth that price?