He’s tied with the likes of Brandon LaFell, Cole Beasley, and even Cooper Kupp, who began his pro career in 2017. That’s behind Ted Ginn Jr., Donte Moncrief, Robby Anderson, Nelson Agholor, Chargers tight ends Antonio Gates and Hunter Henry, and his teammate Mohamed Sanu. From the start of the 2016 season to present, Jones leads the NFL in receiving yardage but is tied for 50th in receiving touchdowns with nine scores. Falcons rookie receiver Calvin Ridley has as many touchdowns in his past three games (six) as Jones does in his past 30. As ESPN’s Matthew Berry pointed out, Jones is on pace for 2,008 receiving yards-which would be an NFL record and the first 2,000-receiving-yard season in league history to boot-with zero touchdowns.įour games is a small sample size, but Jones has had trouble scoring touchdowns for years. He leads the NFL in total receiving yards (502), receiving yards per game (125.5), and yards per touch (17.1). But Jones, who has zero touchdowns this year, is being outscored by nobodies, which is strange because he is having a spectacular season by every other metric. OK, I cheated: Jackson Maine is Bradley Cooper’s character in A Star Is Born, and “Guy on Street No. Half of the following names are NFL players with more touchdowns than Julio Jones this season, and the other half are characters from the new Tom Hardy movie, Venom. © TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.Everything You Need to Know About Week 5 of the 2018 NFL Season
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