Falcons receiver Julio Jones received the highest game grade among all wide receivers in 2016, with a 99.1 grade for his 12-catch, 300-yard, 1-touchdown performance in a 48-33 win over the Carolina Panthers in Week 4, according to a tweet from Pro Football Focus on Friday.
The 300 receiving yards were a franchise record -- with Jones breaking his own mark of 259 yards -- and were a big part of quarterback Matt Ryan’s franchise-record 503 passing yards. Jones’ performance earned him NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors as well.
It was only the sixth time in NFL history a receiver posted 300 or more yards in a game, and the first since Calvin Johnson had 329 for Detroit in 2013. The all-time record is Willie “Flipper” Anderson’s 336 for the Rams in 1989.
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