Julio Jones Blasts Falcons' Super Bowl Game Plan: 'That's Insane'

Former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones held the reputation as a stoic leader throughout his decade with the team.

But thanks to the lauching of his podcast with two other former Falcons receivers, Harry Douglas and Roddy White, Jones has begun to open up about several things from his Falcons tenure. During the show's first episode, Jones shared his thoughts about how he was used in the only Super Bowl appearance during his NFL career.

Jones had four catches for 87 yards against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI. That came on only four targets.

“I have yet to go back and watch it,”Jones said. “I haven’t went back to watch the game, and, too, for me, in that game, it was just like I had four opportunities in that game – in that whole game, too. Like, all this what I’ve done and as a team, and we got to the Super Bowl, and it's just, I had four opportunities."

On the podcast episode, Douglas began to rave about Jones' sideline catch. On second-and-8 with 4:47 remaining and the Falcons leading by eight, Jones made an absolutely terrific 27-yard grab along the sideline to move Atlanta into field-goal range.

But before letting Douglas finishing his thought, Jones interrupted to again blast his lack of Super Bowl targets.

"I had four opportunities, though, the whole game. That’s insane," Jones said. "Four targets in the Super Bowl.

"But, you know, again, I did what was asked of me.”