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Julio Jones and Amari Cooper are both leaders in receiving yardage!!

sanjosecrimson

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As of right now, Julio is the leader in the NFL with 1, 428 in receiving yards with 3 games remaining.
His 259 yards vs Green Bay last night is the all time best in Atlanta Falcons history, the best against the Green Bay Packers history and the 18th best in NFL history.

Amari Cooper is the leader in NCAA this season with 1, 656 receiving yards.

I don't know if its ever happen for the same school to have 2 WRs lead in receiving yards both in the NFL and NCAA at the same time.

Not bad for a school known for its running backs..

BTW, Amari is the 4th Alabama player to be invited to New York for the Heisman Award since 2009.
He becomes the 1st WR in Alabama history to be a finalist. Since Coach Saban arrived, we have had 2 RBs, QB, and now a WR in the final standings. You don't think this becomes a great recruiting tool??? :wink:
 
bamaga

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sanjosecrimson said:
As of right now, Julio is the leader in the NFL with 1, 428 in receiving yards with 3 games remaining.
His 259 yards vs Green Bay last night is the all time best in Atlanta Falcons history, the best against the Green Bay Packers history and the 18th best in NFL history.

Amari Cooper is the leader in NCAA this season with 1, 656 receiving yards.

I don't know if its ever happen for the same school to have 2 WRs lead in receiving yards both in the NFL and NCAA at the same time.

Not bad for a school known for its running backs..

BTW, Amari is the 4th Alabama player to be invited to New York for the Heisman Award since 2009.
He becomes the 1st WR in Alabama history to be a finalist. Since Coach Saban arrived, we have had 2 RBs, QB, and now a WR in the final standings. You don't think this becomes a great recruiting tool??? :wink:
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I was a little disappointed in Julio. He could easily have had over 300 yards and another TD. He had plenty of room to get his second foot down on the 39 yard pass in the end zone. Plus left the game with an injury .......again
 
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bamaga said:
I was a little disappointed in Julio. He could easily have had over 300 yards and another TD. He had plenty of room to get his second foot down on the 39 yard pass in the end zone. Plus left the game with an injury .......again
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He's struggled getting his second foot down at times...I've felt the same way. But he left it all on the field last night. Those last fifty yards he got were exhausting, you could tell. As for the injury, I don't think it was serious. He should be back soon. As exhausted as he was, he would've seriously risked making it worse had he continued to play. I imagine the exhaustion was how he hurt himself in the first place.
 
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bamaga said:
I was a little disappointed in Julio. He could easily have had over 300 yards and another TD. He had plenty of room to get his second foot down on the 39 yard pass in the end zone. Plus left the game with an injury .......again
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Please tell me you aren't serious? His momentum carried him too far to get his lead foot down on that play.

He also made several catches after his hip started bothering him. Did you want him to just go back in and suffer a season ending injury?

How in the world could you be disappointed? He set a franchise record and gutted the hip issue out as long as possible!!
 
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Julio is in the mode of Randy Moss or Calvin Johnson. Big and Physical. Amari is more of a Jerry Rice or AJ Green. Precise route runner and cerebral.

Bama players are really starting to shine in the NFL . Eddie Lacey is becoming a star in his own right, amari will continue the trend!


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WalkaboutSean

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Last night I was telling my wife that Amari Cooper is the best receiver Alabama has ever had. Five minutes later, I turned on Monday Night Football and watched Julio rack up the 18th most receiving yards ever in an NFL game. Incredible performance.
 
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Elefantman said:
I would hate to see him get drafted by North Carolina. That would mean Cam would rack up a ton of yards passing.
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I agree with that. I live in NOrth Carolina, and I was a Panthers fan before they drafted Ca$h Newton. But, I really think that Julio, and Cooper would be such different styles, but both exceptional. I think that the Falcons would be a mismatch for any secondary if they drafted Cooper.
 
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bamaga said:
Julio is in the mode of Randy Moss or Calvin Johnson. Big and Physical. Amari is more of a Jerry Rice or AJ Green. Precise route runner and cerebral.

Bama players are really starting to shine in the NFL . Eddie Lacey is becoming a star in his own right, amari will continue the trend!


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I was just saying this last night. With all the Bama boys doing well, and not just one particular position either, it is a wonderful recruiting tool.
 
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Excuse the ignorance, but whatever happened to DJ Hall?

I've always thought he was Alabama's greatest receiver. He pretty much carried the team in the Shula years.
 
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bamaga said:
Bama players are really starting to shine in the NFL . Eddie Lacey is becoming a star in his own right, amari will continue the trend!
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This reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend who is a ND fan. His question was why don't Bama players pan out in the NFL. I proposed this to him, the expectations for our players to succeed is so high that anyting short of a 10 year Pro-Bowl career is considered failure. Not to mention, guys are drafted so high they find themselves on perennial bottom dwellers with turnover in the front office and coaching staff. I ended the conversation with Courtney "Toich that thang 4" Upshaw. I daid what you don't know is as a rookie be was calling the defense against the 49ers in the Super Bowl, not future HOFer Ray Lewis. That left him speechless.
 
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bamaga said:
Julio is in the mode of Randy Moss or Calvin Johnson. Big and Physical. Amari is more of a Jerry Rice or AJ Green. Precise route runner and cerebral.

Bama players are really starting to shine in the NFL . Eddie Lacey is becoming a star in his own right, amari will continue the trend!


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I respectfully disagree about the Julio and Randy Moss comparison. RM was about as much of a finesse receiver as one could be. Julio is about as physical of a receiver as one could be. RM caught almost exclusively deep balls down the field by out jumping and out running defenders. Julio normally catches shorter passes, breaks a few tackles, and then is off to the races. Just two very different types or receivers IMO..
 
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