ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Paul Worrilow would look up in practice at a ball thrown by Matt Ryan that looked like an overthrow. Then, when the play looked lost for the Atlanta Falcons offense, Julio Jones would still be running.
It was a practice – one of many throughout a season – but Jones just kept working, kept making plays. Never mind it didn’t count. Jones, apparently, didn’t care. There was a chance to make a play, so why wouldn’t he make it?
“The way he’ll go after a long ball, you think it’s out of reach, you know,” said Worrilow, a Detroit Lions linebacker who played with Jones in Atlanta.