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Wiedmer: Could Julio Jones become all Titans needed to win a Super Bowl?

AP photo by John Bazemore / Former University of Alabama football stars Julio Jones, left, and Derrick Henry speak after Henry's Tennessee Titans beat Jones' Atlanta Falcons 24-10 in September 2019 in Atlanta. The Falcons and Titans have agreed to a trade that will send Jones, a seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, to Tennessee, where he'll join an offense that includes Henry, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards last season.
AP photo by John Bazemore / Former University of Alabama football stars Julio Jones, left, and Derrick Henry speak after Henry's Tennessee Titans beat Jones' Atlanta Falcons 24-10 in September 2019 in Atlanta. The Falcons and Titans have agreed to a trade that will send Jones, a seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, to Tennessee, where he'll join an offense that includes Henry, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards last season. AP photo by John Bazemore / Former University of Alabama football stars Julio Jones, left, and Derrick Henry speak after Henry's Tennessee Titans beat Jones' Atlanta Falcons 24-10 in September 2019 in Atlanta. The Falcons and Titans have agreed to a trade that will send Jones, a seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, to Tennessee, where he'll join an offense that includes Henry, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards last season.

By Mark Wiedmer 5 min read

ESPN pro football analyst Louis Riddick, one of the best in the business, sounded more like a Tennessee Titans fan than a jaded journalist Sunday afternoon as he discussed the trade that will send seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Julio Jones from the Atlanta Falcons to the Titans in exchange for a second-round pick in next year’s NFL draft and a 2023 fourth-round selection.

The Titans also will receive a 2023 sixth-round pick from the Falcons in the pending deal (Jones must pass a physical).

“Todd Downing has to be just giddy thinking about the kind of athletes he has on the perimeter,” Riddick said of the newly promoted Titans offensive coordinator. “When you look at A.J. (Brown) and Julio, you have two of the premier athletes in the NFL, regardless of position. There’s nothing you can’t do from a route-running standpoint.”

At least that’s the dream.

And it is a realistic dream if both receivers stay healthy, which hasn’t always been the case with the 32-year-old Jones of late; witness his three total touchdown snags last season. Yet when the former Alabama great is injury free, he’s still one of the top 10 receivers in the league, a status that former Ole Miss star Brown also holds.