After seeing several key starters fall with injuries, the Falcons have unsuccessfully battled through the first five games and sit at 1-4 entering their bye week. While many previously saw this checkpoint as a time for the Falcons to regroup and get healed up for a strong remaining 11-game schedule, another devastating injury might have just sent the Falcons into an even further setback.
Julio Jones injured his foot in the Falcons 30-28 Monday night loss to the New York Jets. The injury was reported after the game as an “unspecified foot injury”. Jones hauled in eight catches for 99 yards in the loss and was off to a career pace with 41 receptions for 580 yards and two touchdowns in Atlanta’s first five games. The former Alabama wideout also leads the League with 248 yards after the catch.
In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Mike Smith addressed the injury.
“Julio injured his foot last night. He saw our doctors this morning…,” said Smith. “He is going to have a second opinion tomorrow.”
Matt Ryan uses Jones to open up the playbook and he is Atlanta’s primary deep threat. Wideout Roddy White left Monday’s game in the second half with a hamstring injury and Jones alone has contributed 29 percent of the Falcons total yardage this season.
“The first reports were not encouraging, but we will wait and see what the second opinion comes back as,” revealed Smith. “He [Jones] is going to be a hard guy to replace if we have to… Harry [Douglas] will be asked to step up and if we have to make a roster move we will look at all options that are available to us there.”
This story will update as the information develops
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