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Atlanta Falcons sign wide receiver Tajae Sharpe


Four-year NFL veteran Tajae Sharpe will meet with Arthur Smith, his offensive coordinator in Tennessee

The Atlanta Falcons signed the wide receiver this Monday Tajae sharpe, a veteran with four seasons of experience in the NFL.

The signing comes the same day that, apparently, the star Julius jones sentenced his departure from Atlanta, declaring in a telephone interview on the air in the program “Undisputed” of the FS1 network, that he did not return to the Falcons.

“I’m out of there,” he said Jones a Shannon Sharpe, a member to Hall of Fame as a tight end who is a co-host of the show.

Sharpe comes to Atlanta with 29 games started from 51 appearances, having racked up 92 receptions for 1,167 yards with eight career touchdowns, although he only appeared in four games last season, none starting.

The contract appeared this Monday in the official transaction list of the NFL.

He came into the league as a fifth-round draft pick with the Tennessee Titans in the Draft 2016. With that team, he started 29 games of the 47 in which he appeared. Last year, Sharpe only appeared in four encounters with the Minnesota Vikings, but did not register reception.

Sharpe He also spent time in the practice squad of the Kansas City Chiefs last year, but did not get to be elevated to the official roster.

Faced with the apparently imminent departure of Jones, It is expected that Sharpe can provide some depth at the bottom of the template order of the Falcons.

On Atlanta, Sharpe will meet with the new head coach of the Falcons, Arthur Smith, who was an offensive coordinator in Tennessee from wide receiver in the 2019 season.

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