Although Julio Jones earned playoff success and individual accolades in 2017, it was one of his more challenging great years. Beating a surging Rams team on the road in the wild-card round was impressive. Earning a second-team All-Pro spot was a commendable feat. Yet there were long stretches in the season where the Falcons’ offense wasn’t in sync, preventing him from taking over games.
Jones only had two 100+ receiving yard games and one touchdown going into a Week 12 matchup against Tampa Bay. Steve Sarkisian was overwhelmed as a play-caller, struggling to put the pieces together for what was a historically great offense in 2016.