You just never what Howie will do, so you can't count the Eagles out when it comes to a possible Julio Jones landing spot.
CBS Sports Insider Jason La Canfora agrees, calling the Eagles as a "dark horse" candidate for the elite veteran receiver in his latest column.
"If you are looking for a dark horse outside of these teams, I have seen the Eagles around 10-1, and you can never count them out of this kind of a move," La Canfora writes, listing the Ravens, 49ers, Patriots, and Chargers as possible options above the Eagles.
On Monday, Shannon Sharpe called Jones on LIVE TV and Jones admitted he's "out" of Atlanta and wants to win. Jones admitted the Cowboys are not a preferred destination, implying they're not good enough. Philadelphia is currently listed by Vegas to finish last in the NFC East, so that could be issue for the Eagles if they want to acquire Jones.
Eagles CB Darius Slay is certainly in favor of his team bringing in the star wide receiver.
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A couple of days ago 94WIP's Eliot Shorr-Parks wrote that the Eagles should pursue acquiring Jones, analyzing the potential cap situation.
"Financially, adding Jones would be expensive, but it wouldn’t be a cap-crippling move. Jones would cost the Eagles $11.2 million against the cap in 2021, which is basically all of the room they have left. They could easily open up space, however, by redoing the deal of Fletcher Cox, who has a base salary of $15 million. Convert that money into a bonus and adding Jones would basically be an even swap financially. Plus, as we saw this offseason, the cap is very easily manipulated. If the Eagles want Jones, and Jones would come to the Eagles, money shouldn’t get in the way.
As for draft compensation, obviously the Eagles shouldn’t deal away a first-or-second round pick. If that is what it costs to land Jones the Eagles should pass. If the league does’t show much interest in Jones, however, the Eagles are set up to swoop in and get him, considering they have 10 picks in the 2022 NFL Draft. If Jones can be had for a mid-or-late round pick, the positives he would bring outweigh the benefit of having more picks next season in the later rounds."
Jones, 32, is one of the game's all-time great receivers and a surefire future Hall Of Famer. The seven-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro has recorded 1,000+ receiving yards in every season where he has played at least 14 games.