WATCH: Julio Jones video breaks down how insane receiver’s touchdown drought has become
By Keith Farner
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As injuries have piled up for the Atlanta Falcons, especially on defense, discussion about the red zone offense, and WR Julio Jones’ lack of contributions, have somewhat gone by the wayside.
But the former Alabama star is in the midst of an 11-game touchdown drought in regular season games. Jones also has 707 receiving yards, which is the most for a player in the league through six games who hasn’t scored a touchdown. Week 11 last season is his last regular season score.
Part of it, though, can’t be blamed on Jones as he’s only been targeted seven times during the drought, just 14th in the NFL by that measure.
Jones will get his next chance to end the drought on Monday night against the New York Giants in Atlanta.
Jones has 43 touchdowns in his career, but his production has steadily declined since he had 18 TDs his first two seasons. He had just six in 2016, and three last season.
Here is a breakdown of the numbers from CBS Sports HQ.
Time to take a deeper look into the BIZARRE relationship between Julio Jones & the end zone. pic.twitter.com/FEQMQSkH39
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) October 18, 2018
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
