Philadelphia Eagles Sign Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers Veteran Wide Receiver

The 2023 NFL regular season is quickly approaching the halfway mark. That means injuries are starting to pile up around the league, especially for certain franchises who are having a particularly tough stretch of bad luck. READ MORE: Buccaneers’ Quarterback Baker Mayfield Injury Update After X-Ray on Hand On Tuesday afternoon, the Philadelphia Eagles announced that they were signing veteran wide receiver Julio Jones. The move came in the aftermath of placing Quez Wakins on Injured Reserve a couple of days ago as well as the team’s first defeat of the season over the weekend.

The Eagles are looking for a spark and they’ll turn to the future Hall of Famer in Jones to provide an impact in the room that can affect the team on and off the field.

The 34-year-old entered the season as a free agent after spending one year in Tampa Bay. During his lone season with the Buccaneers, Jones caught 24 passes for 299 yards and two touchdowns while struggling with injuries. He suffered a partially torn PCL in the season opener and ended up missing nearly half of the year. Back healthy, Jones is hoping to regain the form that made him arguably the top wide receiver in the league during his prime. He recorded six consecutive seasons of 1,350+ receiving yards from 2014-19 while playing with the Atlanta Falcons.

The All-Pro wide receiver will reunite with his former teammate AJ Brown in Philadelphia. The two played together for one year after the Falcons traded Jones to Tennessee in 2021. During his 12-year career, Jones has totaled 903 catches for 13,629 yards with 63 touchdowns.

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Julio Jones has signed for the Philadelphia Eagles following his release by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Jones, 34, was a free agent throughout the first six weeks of the current campaign after failing to earn a new contract with the Buccaneers at the end of last season.

But the veteran wide receiver has secured a return to the NFL, with Philadelphia announcing on Tuesday that he has joined their roster.

Jones, who made 10 appearances for Tampa Bay in 2022, last made a Pro Bowl with the Atlanta Falcons in 2019, before being traded to the Tennessee Titans two years later.

He is joining an Eagles team featuring All-Pro AJ Brown and emerging third-year receiver DeVonta Smith, with little production on the depth chart outside the aforementioned pair.

At the peak of his powers Jones was known as a speedster with vice-grip hands and one of the best wide receivers of all time.

The Alabama-born star is a five-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler, meaning he will bring a wealth of experience to Philadelphia.

Injuries have restricted Jones to just 29 appearances in the past three seasons, only featuring 10 times for the Buccaneers in 2022.

Next up for the Eagles is the visit of Miami Dolphins to Philadelphia this Sunday.

They will be looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the season after last weekend’s shock slip-up against the New York Jets.