I will be shocked if he plays
 

I could be way off, but usually, if you don't know by now the dude isn't playing. I'd be surprised, and if he does suit up nothing more than a decoy

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Well?????? We're waiting!!!!!

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Two weeks without a single practice?

I doubt seriously that he plays, and if he does it blows away all that mumbo jumbo about practice being so important.

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It is the lack of practice in 2 weeks and the fact that Smith said at the beginning of the week he expected him to play. If you're trying to dup the other team because he is going to play you don't usually say it. You act cautious and then all of a sudden they practice on the last day, etc

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He might play as a decoy... kind of like Calvin Johnson did earlier this year.

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Even when healthy and hauling in over 150 yds they still lose. Who cares. He's a great WR but you can only go to the well so often. They have no run game, no real threat as a 3rd or 4th receiving option and their second option is old and also banged up. Without a healthy Julio I'm not even sure they can compete in the NFL.

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"just another guy" aproach . That injury limits his movement. Keenan will get the job done.

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Exactly! I will take any advantage I can get.

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So many teams we lost to this season didn't have their best player. I sure hope you are right.

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So true. I thought there was no way the Browns would beat us without Josh Gordon and no way the Lions would beat us without Megatron. Nothing is gonna come easy this season.

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I don't care who the receiver is if Lewis isn't covering him they have a chance of catching 15 receptions for 250 yards against our defense.

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Expect the worst and there will be no surprises!

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I would like to see Julio play and the Saints still get the win

Keenan Lewis on one leg shut him down

Throw in a timely dagger pick six


Don't want to hear no -

"if julio had only played we would have won the division"

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We are also without key players, namely Cooks, he was on his way to 900--1000 yards. That was a very big hit on our offense. If Julio is out then join the club of losing critical players and having to re-group is how I see it.

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I could care less if they say that, who cares. If you lose you lose, players being hurt is a part of the NFL. I am all for him not showing up, but if he plays he plays

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Exactly, who cares what they say. Players missing is a part of it. Julio not being there can't be a bad thing for us and I am all for it. If they go around crying, good, who cares. IDC about anything as long as we win

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Kind of like how Jimmy has played all year.

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Man I don't care how we win. I don't care if Julio Jones is out, Matt Ryan is out or if their whole damn team gets hurt and they have to forfeit leading 44-0. The playoffs are on the line and I want that more than any other year I can remember - and I've been watching the Saints for roughly 30 years.

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Meh, it's Can'tlanta ... my experience has been they're gonna' act poorly regardless of the outcome, :lol:.

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If he plays, we need to hit him on every play whether the ball comes his way or not. Give him a constant beating all day long.

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Welp, apparently Jones will play. On NFL Network just said he has been running all week and will be able to play. We'll see, and we'll see how healthy he is.

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One helmet into that hip coming right up!

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Oh well, I guess if we can't beat the Clowns with Julio, we probably wouldn't last long in the playoffs anyway.

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All this talk and guessing what will Atlanta do, who will be on or off the field come gameday etc.! It doesn't matter!! . . . . . . What matters is we concentrate on OUR game and get the tackles in, run good routes, protect the ball, don't commit turnovers. etc. etc. . . . . If we do all that then, hopefully, we can get the win!!!! . . . . . GEAUX SAINTS!!

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It's strained oblique, per mortensen (espn)

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+1. Good teams don't worry about what other teams are doing.
Win the turnover battle, execute and convert on 3rd downs, we blow out the dirty birds.

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I wish I'd posted this first.

You could not be more on point. Excellent point.

If we play OUR game, there's no way on earth they can beat us.

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Who cares if he plays... in order to be the best you have to beat the best. It's part of being the Superbowl champ.

Wait... what am I talking about.

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It's official, he's active.

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Oh! Well, the Saints obviously didn't read my post and allowed the Falcons to play exactly how they wanted to and I have to say our offence was awful today. No need to say why because we all know the problems that we have had on this offence all season long!!!

Guess thats season over for us then! :-(

Re: I will be shocked if he plays
 

Julio is simply a stud WR even at 80%.

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He is but i would look good with 10 yards space to catch in