After reaching an agreement to renegotiate the star receiver’s contract next year, Julio Jones will report to training camp with the Atlanta Falcons, the team said late Wednesday General manager Thomas Dimitroff announced the compromise about 16 hours ahead of Thursday’s 4 p.m. reporting deadline. “We have had continued dialogue all offseason with Julio and his representation,” Dimitroff said. The Falcons had informed Jones several weeks ago that they wouldn’t be able to renegotiate his current $71.5 million package, which still has three years remaining and included $47 million in guaranteed money. Jones skipped offseason workouts at the team’s training facility as well as a mandatory minicamp to demonstrate his unhappiness. His next option was to hold out during training camp, which could have led to fines of $40,000 per day.
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