Julio Jones named NFC’s offensive player of the week

Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones was named the NFC’s offensive player of the week on Wednesday.

Jones had 12 catches for 253 yards and two touchdowns in the Falcons’ 34-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

It was his third game with 250 yards receiving or more, the most in NFL history.

Jones has 563 career catches, the most by one receiver over their first 90 games. Anquan Boldin had 558. Also, Jones now has 8,649 yards receiving over his first 90 games, breaking the old mark of 8,502 set by Lance Alworth.

Jones passed the 100-yard mark for the third time this season against the Bucs.

Now, Jones has 38 100-yard receiving games over his career, which is second in franchise history behind Roddy White’s 39.

#Falcons WR Julio Jones named NFC offensive player of week today. pic.twitter.com/tYw8sx5r4K
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