The Extra Point: How Has Julio Jones' Transition Been to the Titans?

A week into the next phases of his career, the former Alabama standout wide receiver says his new team 'feel like home.'

Julio Jones says he was blown away when he first arrived as a Tennessee Titans. 

Having been traded by the Atlanta Falcons, the former University of Alabama standout didn't know what to expect form his new team, especially since he's 32 and had played his entire NFL career with one organization. 

But it's so far, so good for him at Titans training camp. 

The Pro Bowl wide receiver even says that head coach Mike Vrabel and many others have made the transition to his second NFL franchise a smooth one.

“It’s been good, man,” All Titans reported Jones as saying. “Just the team. Coach [Mike] Vrabel, everything he’s done for me to make the transition so easy for me. My teammates here. The staff. I mean, everybody here is so welcoming.

“It feels like home. It’s not like you’re here and it’s like, ‘What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do?’ There’s so many people to help you understand the locker room, the facility. Just everything. So, the transition for me has been very, very easy.”

The Titans are obviously hoping that Jones can continue to produce like he did in Atlanta, where he was twice named All-Pro. However, they also want him to be a tam lea

“One thing I told him was that I am going to hold the best players the most accountable and hope they can then, in turn, do that to the rest of the team,” Vrabel said. “I have always said that, that is something we believe in, that is how I was coached and that is what I know.

“I just wanted to make sure he understood that, which he did. And that was something he was very comfortable with and we were able to have a conversation. All our conversations and everything that he has done since he has been a member of our team has been positive.”

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Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of BamaCentral, which first published in 2018. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004, and is the author of 26 books including Decade of Dominance, 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Nick Saban vs. College Football, and Bama Dynasty: The Crimson Tide's Road to College Football Immortality. He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.