With Mohamed Sanu no longer in the fold and Austin Hooper leaving in free agency, there's no reason to think Jones' target share should diminish much in 2020. Once an injury risk, Jones has missed only four games since 2013. He's probably not as fast as he once was, but he's still an excellent route runner with reliable hands, and it doesn't hurt that he's played with the same competent quarterback for his entire career. At 6-3, 220, and running a 4.39 40 at the 2011 combine, Jones is one of the NFL's all-time size/speed freaks. For whatever reason, the Falcons don't look to Jones near the goal line that often, and at 31, he's less likely to provide distance scoring. In his defense, he received only three inside-the-10 targets and zero inside-the-5 chances over that span - other than in the 49ers game where he had two from inside the 5, converting both. He had a two-TD game Week 15 against the Niners but otherwise did not score from Weeks 4-17. Jones' odd issue with catching touchdowns resurfaced, after he scored seven during the second half of 2018 and four more in the first three games of last year. Last year he caught 99 passes, 21 of which went for 20-plus yards (T-3rd) en route to 1,394 receiving yards (2nd) in 15 games, but his usually elite per-play averages took a dip - 8.9 YPT (11th among the league's 30 100-target WR), 14.1 YPC (10th) and only three catches of 40-plus. One of the greatest receivers in NFL history, Jones might be past his prime, but not by much. Most of all, Jones needs to stay healthy this season. A better offense than what he had in Atlanta could give Jones more red-zone opportunities too. Jones should see a large portion of those from quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who has the arm to find Jones downfield. WR Corey Davis (92 targets) and TE Jonnu Smith (65) exited in free agency, leaving behind 157 targets. Brown, with whom Jones will form one of the league’s best WR tandems. While Jones is going from a pass-heavy team in Atlanta to a run-heavy team in Tennessee, the Titans do not have any established pass-catchers other than A.J. This year, he’ll take those skills to Tennessee after he was traded in June. In short, when he was on the field there was no real slippage in his skills. Jones once again had an end-zone allergy - only three TDs - but that's par for the course, not a sign of decline. He also made plenty of big plays - 16 catches of 20-plus yards in only nine games. Jones averaged 15.1 YPC and a huge 11.3 yards per target (first among non-PED-using receivers with 60 or more targets). The news from 2020 wasn't all bad, though. For a 32-year-old, 220-pound receiver with 1,320 career targets, health is the biggest question. Arguably a top-5 all-time NFL wideout, Jones (hamstring) missed more than two games last year for the first time since 2013.
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