Chicago Bears: Marvin Jones will test Kyle Fuller

Kyle Fuller is having an excellent season for the Chicago Bears. However, he could be in for a tough matchup with Marvin Jones on Sunday

The Detroit Lions traded Golden Tate based on the premise that Marvin Jones and Kenny Golladay were there top two receivers. Golladay is much younger and is in the midst of a breakout season.

Jones is a bit less consistent statistically compared to Tate. However, that is because the depth of targets for Jones are much deeper. Jones is a splash player. He is a player who can beat you with the deep ball and flip the field or the score in one play.

Jones ranks seventh in targeted air yards, and sixth in percent of the teams targeted air yards. Marvin Jones in the only weapon who can stretch the field. With that in mind, as he has gone, so has the offense.

Jones has been up and down and has gone over 100 yards once with touchdowns coming in random spurts. Speaking of randoms sprouts, the Lions blew out Green Bay and New England and lost to the Jets and Cowboys.

The inconsistency shows in Jones being 3-12 when targeted on the go route down the field. That is by far his most targeted route but has only led to a 72 passer rating, one interception and nine incompletions. Still, two of the three receptions went for touchdowns, and he still averages close to 10 yards per target. The reward almost makes all of the misses worth it.

Still, with that in mind, this will be an exciting test for Kyle Fuller. Fuller has played excellent all season but has been shut down the past two weeks. Keep in mind, the past two weeks featured the New York Jets, and Buffalo Bills pass attacks.

While Robby Anderson is a similar talent to Jones, he was injured for that game. With that in mind, while Fuller has played well, nobody has tested him down the field. When he has been tested down the field, it has usually not gone his way.

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Receivers are 5-8 against Fuller on the go-route. He has surrendered two touchdowns deep, but Fuller does have an interception. Still, he is allowing 21.5 yards per target deep right now. On the other side, Prince Amukamara is 1-5 against the go route.

A knock on Fuller has always been his ability to play the ball. He is a physical corner who keeps things in front of himself and tackles well. However, in the air, he does not usually make plays on the ball.

This may have changed as Fuller has four interceptions, which has already tied his career high. However, you then have to question how much the competition played into it. Jones is a tough matchup stylistically for Fuller in that he is best at playing the football in the air.

Marvin Jones has had success against the Bears. He has put up 87 yards in back to back games last year and had one touchdown as well.

Fuller has had a great year, and no one is taking that away from him. However,r the Lions will throw a tough test at him this week, and he needs to show that he can live up to the challenge.

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