New Orleans Saints: 1 stud, 3 duds from embarrassing loss to Falcons

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 10: Julio Jones #11 of the Atlanta Falcons is congratulated by Michael Thomas #13 of the New Orleans Saints after his team defeated the Saints 26-9 during a NFL game at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on November 10, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /

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Michael Thomas – Stud

The National Football League MVP candidate showed nothing less than that in the horrid loss last Sunday. Thomas finished with 13 receptions for 152 yards, catching 13/14 targets. Sadly, he failed to find the end zone.

His average on the season has been 114.11 yards per game so he surpassed that. His average receptions per game is 9.55 so he surpassed that. He also went over his average yards per target and receptions to targets ratio.

Michael Thomas becomes one of only four players to have at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of their first four seasons in NFL history.

Mike Evans (2014-17), A.J. Green (2011-14) and Hall of Famer Randy Moss (1998-2001). pic.twitter.com/zVmjSf2bcb
— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) November 11, 2019

Michael Thomas is still on pace to break his own single-season receptions record and receiving yards record, as well as, the NFL’s single-season records too. The current record is 143 receptions in a season from Marvin Harrison.

Michael Thomas has been spectacular in the 2019 season and even through an almost 20-point loss, Thomas still was a lighthouse in the darkness.