Four Downs: Joneses do well; Bucs don't 

December, 16, 2012
12/16/12
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Two wide receivers with the initials "J.J." certainly enjoyed their Sunday, with a varying degree of fantasy owners cashing in. In Atlanta, Julio Jones delivered his second 20-point (standard scoring) fantasy performance in a month, picking up the slack for a banged-up Roddy White and leading the Atlanta Falcons to a 34-0 whitewash of the New York Giants. In Chicago, the seemingly buried James Jones scored a Week 15-high three touchdowns as the Green Bay Packers held off the Chicago Bears, 21-13. These guys named J.J. are not particularly similar in terms of skills or fantasy value, but in each case they reminded owners of their considerable upside.


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Eric Karabell
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Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.

Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.

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