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WR Julio Jones, PHI (4 Viewers)
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Rick James
Footballguy
He's fine
they're going to have to give him off weds and thursday all year if they are going to work him this hard in games.
to throw a glass of cold water on a forest fire....I just noticed julio goes up against carolina weeks 14 and 16 this year... the only good defense he goes up against all year and it happens to be two of the 3 fantasy playoff weeks.... carolina limited him to 10-117-0 in the two games last year (granted he was still feeling the pain of that hip injury for the 2nd carolina game, but still)
to throw a glass of cold water on a forest fire....I just noticed julio goes up against carolina weeks 14 and 16 this year... the only good defense he goes up against all year and it happens to be two of the 3 fantasy playoff weeks.... carolina limited him to 10-117-0 in the two games last year (granted he was still feeling the pain of that hip injury for the 2nd carolina game, but still)
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SameSongNDance
Footballguy
Josh Norman is scary (held Hopkins in check today) but I'm not sure Julio is legitimately containable right now.
ROYALWITCHEESE
Footballguy
Bob Magaw
Footballguy
Early, but Julio's two game total (276 receiving yards?) if he could sustain the torrid, incendiary pace, would prorate to over 2,200 yards. Eric Dickerson's rushing record is 2,105. Calvin Johnson has the season receiving yardage record with 1,964 set in 2012 (breaking Jerry Rice's of 1,848).
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SeniorVBDStudent
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Fever in the Funkhouse
Footballguy
Hopefully they just manage him well. The late bye (week 10) seems ages away. They may start reducing snaps and targets in certain games, with the full season in mind. Throttle it back a bit. Does it ever happen that a team sits their top WR for a week just so he can heal a little, even if he could go? He is the ATL gameplan.
ROYALWITCHEESE
Footballguy
simey
Footballguy
Commentary from the FBG news blog:
Falcons | Julio Jones limited Thursday Thu Sep 24, 04:32 PM
Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones (hamstring) was limited during practice Thursday, Sept. 24.
Footballguys view: We're worried but Jones is a gamer and should be out there against the Dallas Cowboys, where he should feast on the secondary and put up WR1 numbers. Falcons | Julio Jones should be fine Thu Sep 24, 08:01 PM
Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones (hamstring) is expected to be fine for the Week 3 game against the Dallas Cowboys even though he has been limited the last two days, according to head coach Dan Quinn.
Footballguys view: We weren't worried and you shouldn't be either. Consider him a lock as a WR1.
Falcons | Julio Jones limited Thursday Thu Sep 24, 04:32 PM
Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones (hamstring) was limited during practice Thursday, Sept. 24.
Footballguys view: We're worried but Jones is a gamer and should be out there against the Dallas Cowboys, where he should feast on the secondary and put up WR1 numbers. Falcons | Julio Jones should be fine Thu Sep 24, 08:01 PM
Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones (hamstring) is expected to be fine for the Week 3 game against the Dallas Cowboys even though he has been limited the last two days, according to head coach Dan Quinn.
Footballguys view: We weren't worried and you shouldn't be either. Consider him a lock as a WR1.
That's the idea.
I see them giving him every Wed/Thurs and feeding him the rock on gameday. Look at Garcon's numbers two years ago, same system. Barring injury he's a lock for 120+ receptions.
Faust
MVP
Falcons' Roddy White: Julio Jones can reach 2,000 receiving yards
http://espn.go.com/blog/atlanta-falcons/post/_/id/16145/roddy-white-julio-jones-can-reach-2000-yard-plateau
http://espn.go.com/blog/atlanta-falcons/post/_/id/16145/roddy-white-julio-jones-can-reach-2000-yard-plateau
Faust
MVP
Julio Jones can do it all for the Atlanta Falcons:
http://m.albanyherald.com/news/2015/sep/26/julio-jones-can-do-it-all-for-the-atlanta-falcons/?templates=mobile
http://m.albanyherald.com/news/2015/sep/26/julio-jones-can-do-it-all-for-the-atlanta-falcons/?templates=mobile
Billy Ball Thorton
Footballguy
About as impressive to a start to a season I've seen. He always looks hurt but just keeps going.
have to give props to kyle shanahan for maximizing julio's ability by moving him around the formations.... but at some point teams are just going to lock 2 guys on julio because the rest of the falcons wr/te's are just garbage. falcons schedule the rest of the season doesnt include too many good defenses on it (save for carolina weeks 14 and 16 of course)
Deamon
Footballguy
Ya you almost get the feeling that this is too good to be true and this is all going to come crashing down. If he makes it all 16 games producing numbers even remotely close to this it is going to be amazing. Just riding him to as many wins as I can get until that happens.
I'm hoping we find out that the reason he was limping around out there today is that he rolled his ankle a little, or some other issue not related to the hammy. I can't imagine that the coaches and trainers would keep riding him this relentlessly if his hammy were bad enough to cause him to limp noticeably. Seems like that would be bound to make it worse to the point of him having to sit out a couple of weeks to rest it, and I'm sure nobody on the Falcons wants that.
cubbie5150
Footballguy
I expect Julio to miss Wed & Thur practices for the rest of the year. Rest those legs!!
White Lightning
Footballguy
I love JJ and I've had him for 3 years, but I'm worried about his injury history and tendensy to get dinged up. On the flip side, with Big Ben out 4-6 weeks I think he'll clearly separate himself from A Brown as the best WR/player in FF.
LionOfGosforth
Footballguy
Just missed a TD last week at the Giants too and Ryan missed him a few times early on in the Dallas game. Only concern with him is health, I love starting him every week but feel rising dread each time the injury thread is loaded with posts just expecting him to be in there. One of my favorite players, think he'd be legitimately #1 pick if we drafted again today, certainly top 3 anyway. Dude has 46 targets through 3 games.
ROYALWITCHEESE
Footballguy
Yeah because no one has thought of, or tried, doubling him prior to now.
Top WRs routinely beat double coverage. It's one of the reasons they are elite. They won't stop throwing to him just because of an additional safety.
themitch
Footballguy
LionOfGosforth
Footballguy
Got him at the turn, my league is heavy into QB's and RB's in round one. Would have taken him earlier, was lucky to get him there.
Uncle Grandpa
Footballguy
jurb26
Footballguy
3-0, I think White is just fine. He seems like a good team guy. Plus, he knows who the big dog on that offense is.
Rick James
Footballguy
and to think people were down on Julio because "HE DOESNT SCORE TDS!!
His long TD he had a CB on him and a S over top. S was worried about deep sideline and once Julio broke to the middle, neither could keep up.
He had a CB assigned to him man to man, and a S over top pretty much every play. No easy task when he's running the full arsenal of routes. Hard to jam, faster than you, gets in and out of breaks like a 5'11" 190 lbs WR.
I'm sure he'll have his off-ish games and some teams have better personnel to matchup with him, but without teams playing him like a gunner on punts, there isn't much more you can do.
He had a CB assigned to him man to man, and a S over top pretty much every play. No easy task when he's running the full arsenal of routes. Hard to jam, faster than you, gets in and out of breaks like a 5'11" 190 lbs WR.
I'm sure he'll have his off-ish games and some teams have better personnel to matchup with him, but without teams playing him like a gunner on punts, there isn't much more you can do.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
He just needs to stay healthy. Makes me nervous how often he comes up gimpy.
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cstu
Footballguy
Shlon
Footballguy
Roddy White was wide open on a lot of plays yesterday, Ryan just didn't get him the ball because Julio is his first read and was locked in on him (rightfully so). If teams did that, Roddy & Hankerson will kill you.
SeanTaylor21
Footballguy
Crazy pace but you and I both watched Garcon get peppered with targets in 2013. Crazy to think what Garcon did playing this position and compare the physical difference between he and Quintorris.
Faust
MVP
Julio Jones off to record-setting start to 2015 season:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000541244/article/julio-jones-off-to-recordsetting-start-to-2015-season
RealReactions
Footballguy
I have julio but this is how matt ryan started last year and he then fell of a cliff. He still makes me nervous because julio depends on him.
cstu
Footballguy
Julio's start (34/440/4) is incredible, but I have to give the edge to Harrison's 28/422/6 due to the TD's.
The offensive line and run game look a lot better so far this year. Ryan has elite skills; if he continues to get time he'll continue to find Julio. My only concern is Julio's health. If both he and Ryan stay healthy (big if), and the line holds up, Julio could be in for an historically big year.RealReactions said:
SproutDaddy
Footballguy
Too big.....lol. Why do people who play this game over analyze things?
And at the opposite end of the spectrum we have people who don't analyze things at all.
Wide receivers put tremendous stresses on their lower bodies when accelerating and cutting. It's not entirely bizarre to wonder if a guy Julio's size can endure those stresses indefinitely without problems arising from them. Dude is already gimpy.
