If you are a team DESPERATE for a WR who do you take? Now the general view is that AJ Green is the TOP WR in this draft but at the same time many have fallen in love with Jones' workouts and combine numbers. Which prospect will have a better career in your opinion? And why? Lets see how this turns out. Hopefully its not extremely swayed one way.
Im going with AJ but by a very close margin. I think AJ's dynamic catching abilities and burst off the line give him the slight edge. Id say Julio Jones = Terrell Owens without the attitude and AJ Green = Calvin Johnson ( not career wise just similar play styles)
If you're a measurables guy, you will want to choose Jones. Green is special, Jones is just under that category as a prospect. I do believe Jones is going to have a great career though.
Julio. I think once Julio Jones get to an offense that doesn't make him run just comebacks and screens and gets targets in the redzone, he'll show what he can really do.
As a Gator fan, I feared Jones more than Green. Green is awesome, mind you, and Jones could be inconsistent, but as overall players, I hated Jones.
I agreed with you until you compared AJ Green to Calvin Johnson. CJ is much bigger than AJ and can take a lot more wear on his body. The one concern I have with AJ is his durability.
Green is at the top of my board at WR. I don't see anyone else(Julio Jones included) bringing as much(physically) to the game as he does. Whether he has the mentality to reach his potential as much as any other prospect is another debate and one I have no ability to judge.
THIS IS WHAT PETER (QUEEN) KING WROTE THE OTHER DAY.... NEW ORLEANS -- A.J. Green or Julio Jones? That is the question for many receiver-needy teams in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft on April 28. For most of the off-season, it's been assumed Green was a lock to be the first receiver -- and might even be a candidate to go first overall, to the Carolina Panthers or another team trading up to get him. But then Jones ran two 40-yard dashes at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis between 4.34 seconds and 4.40 seconds with a slight foot fracture (which I'm told will not threaten his long-term pro career). Teams began putting their sniffers out to discover everything they could about the two players as people. Jones is a safer guy, in terms of work ethic and practice habits, several personnel men have told me. It's now a race. Jones has narrowed the gap between himself and Green to the point where I'm told by two teams with receiver needs that they favor Jones. Draft czar Gil Brandt says, "The gap has closed. I wouldn't be surprised to see Jones picked ahead of Green at this point.'' I'm told the Bengals, who have the fourth pick and are considering a receiver, have Jones ahead of Green on their preliminary draft board. Coach Marvin Lewis wouldn't go that far this morning at the annual NFL meetings, but there's no question he's studying each guy. "That's the fun of the draft,'' Lewis said. "Sometimes we as teams all look at things slightly differently. But they're both going to be outstanding players. They're big, they play the game physically, they run well. "A.J. has demonstrated acrobatic catching ability. They both have a big catching radius. Julio has been a tenacious blocker. The question is, what do you value most?'' The Panthers, picking number one, reportedly have Green in their list of "six or seven'' players they're considering at the top of the draft. I'd be stunned in Carolina does anything but pick a defensive lineman, quarterback or trades the pick. John Elway has said the Broncos are considering a quarterback at number two, but that would be a shocker. Buffalo is not taking a receiver at number three; the Bills will go quarterback or defensive front-seven player. That brings us to the fourth pick. "My boss loves offense,'' Lewis said Tuesday morning. He's referring to the owner and GM of the Bengals, Mike Brown. The Bengals will be the first serious candidate to choose a wideout. Here's where it gets interesting. I'm told Cincinnati has gotten poor reviews of Green as a practice player and willing blocker. The Bengals new offensive coordinator, Jay Gruden, will demand his receivers block downfield. They have no trepidation about Jones on either score. That's why I believe there's a better chance now, five weeks before the draft, that Jones will get picked before Green -- if Cincinnati is doing the receiver-picking at number four in the first round.
i'd say the better talent is green but the better career will be who ever is not picked by the bengals
I tried voting yesterday on my iTouch and accidentally chose Julio, but it's far and away AJ Green. Jones is a very good prospect, and a top ten one in this draft, but Green is a unique talent. He's about as good of a prospect as you're going to find at the position, remarkably quick, great hands, and fantastic body control. Jones might have better workout numbers, but he's also what Green could never be called, inconsistent.
^ | That is outstanding. Also benefiting Julio is that his real name is Quintorris Lopez Jones, which absolutely sounds like a guy I would create in Madden.
As somewhat of a measurables guys, I pick Jones. I prefer his type of physically dominant WR over Green's finesse game...But with all the rules protecting offensive players I'm less sure of this than usual.
At the end of the day, this argument is like who would you rather have, Calvin Johnson or Brandon Marshall? Everyone would pick Calvin Johnson in a heartbeat. AJ Green is the better route runner, terrorizes a secondary, and oh-yeah, catches touchdowns. Julio Jones to me is in the same mold as Brandon Marshall on the field getting a lot of catches but he doesn't show up in the red zone on a consistent basis. AJ Green is hands down better but their NFL careers will be defined by the team that picks them and the QB that is throwing the ball in their direction on Sundays.
