Real or fantasy: Julio Jones on pace for record season

Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones has 34 catches for 440 yards and four touchdowns.

Jones, who was held out of practice Thursday with an ailing hamstring, is being targeted on average 15 times per game for 146.7 receiving yards per game.

By any standard -- fantasy or real -- Jones is having an amazing year.

Marvin Harris caught 143 passes - the single season mark - in 2002 with the Indianapolic Colts. Detroit's Calvin Johnson set the single-season receiving yards mark at 1,964 in 2012.

For fantasy football players, Jones is posting big numbers and playing above projections on Yahoo sports leagues:

This is how his effort this year compares to last season:

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