Julio Jones gets his deal

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(09-07-2019, 04:08 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Yep. The only thing AJ is better at is scoring TDs. Which despite how much we shit on Ross, is pretty important.

AJ 63 TD
Julio 51 TD

(09-07-2019, 05:24 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: And that is why AJ gets a big contract. It is a big deal and why he causes defenses to game plan against him

Now get healthy AJ damn it

Yep. He does get in the end zone more and it's not because Julio has more options in their offense. 

Now, i'm really really not poo pooing AJ, but...that's only 1.5 more TDs per year while Julio is getting 12 catches and about 228 more yards per year, on average. At first i thought he's probably doing it on way more targets than AJ because Ryan throws a lot more, but Julio is only averaging about 9 more targets per year, so Julio is more efficient in his areas. 

Ypg
Jones - 96.7
Green - 80.2

Catch %
Jones - 63.7
Green - 58.7

I'm guessing that's in large part to completion % by QB.
Ryan - 66.7 career
Dalton - 62.3 career

AJ deserves big money, just not quite as big as Julio (and that's probably pretty obvious to most).

Some interesting numbers that do go in AJs favor. Since '11 he ranks; 
Games started - 4th
Targets - 5th
Receptions - 5th
Yards - 4th
Y/r - (active) 6th
TDs - (active) 3rd
Ypg - (active) 4th

That's with what (many? some? a lot?) consider a "sub par" QB throwing him the ball. He deserves every penny of Franchise Tag dollars, at least.