“From a uniqueness part of what Julio does, for a bigger guy, he can change direction and has body balance like a smaller guy,” Quinn said. Jones fights him off with the stiff arm and blows past him for another touchdown. The stiff arm Jones gives Randall is a perfect example of why his physical nature and his strength are key elements of his elite talent. He has Gunter beat with sheer speed, and then Damarious Randall tries to bring Jones down. Jones is too big and too fast and too physical for these Green Bay defenders to contend with. After that, those guys weren’t going to tackle me once I got going.” He gave me a floater and let me run through the ball. “I went out and Matt gave me a great ball. “They are going to try to pull you, mess up the timing and the rhythm the receiver and the quarterback has,” Jones said about the play. Jones’ size and speed and the way they separate him from most of the competition on the field on any given Sunday were on display during his second touchdown reception of the day. “I knew it was going to Julio, so I just sat back and watched,” Sanu said. “I mean, right before the end of the half, the back shoulder catch that he made, his ability to get his feet down - it’s just special, what he’s capable of doing,” Ryan said. Very few corners in this league do against that kind of natural ability. LaDarius Gunter, the Green Bay cornerback tasked with stopping Jones, never had a chance. With incredible discipline, Jones brought down his instep in bounds for the score. In real time, even though the officials ruled it a touchdown, it looked like Jones’ second foot may have not gotten down in bounds.īut he did. We saw that on Jones’ first touchdown catch against the Packers. You see it every time he makes an acrobatic catch, leaping higher than defenders, coming down with the ball, and somehow, some way, getting his feet down in bounds on a regular basis. The body control Jones plays with is extraordinary. So he can go and catch it and turn his body in a unique way and land on his feet to get him down, and then extend the play.” “When you catch it, you make the catch and you go to the ground and take care of the ball,” Quinn said.
Head coach Dan Quinn said in the week leading up to the matchup against the Packers that Jones’ ability to control his body distinguishes him from other receivers. “That guy’s an alien,” Sanu said following Atlanta’s 44-21 win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship. Mohamed Sanu, his teammate and fellow receiver, may have provided the only rational explanation. How does he make the dramatic, game-changing plays that he does on such a consistent basis? He did so by using his unique, and devastating, combination of size, speed, and preternatural body control to make exceptional catches and masterful touchdowns.
On Sunday, Julio Jones became the first player in NFL history to post multiple 150-yard, two touchdown games in the postseason.
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