The above play is a perfect marriage of all the skillsets I've described thus far. Jones wastes no time hesitating on the play, flows incredibly fast, makes a blocker miss at the point of the attack and shoots his arms to take out the runner's legs.

"When he got back I started watching him and I was like, 'dang,'" Falcons rookie linebacker Foye Oluokun said. "I was doing alright and then I looked at him and I was like, 'I've got a long way to go.' So now I watch him on tape or when I'm not in, I watch him and think, 'Oh, OK. He can do that, maybe I can do something like that.'"

Once you see that back in the Falcons' defense, it's obvious how much it was missing for much of this season.

Dropping the receiver where he makes the catch

This wasn't the game that best showcased Jones' prowess in coverage. But his skills in that area are already well documented – he was Pro Football Focus' top-graded linebacker in coverage in 2017.

The easiest way to explain why Jones is such an asset for the Falcons in coverage is that he does exactly what Atlanta's scheme needs him to do: Defend running backs out of the backfield and minimize a receiver's yards after the catch in zone coverage.

It's the latter of those two things that was on display against the Ravens. Jones twice dropped into zone coverage in the middle of the field and closed on a short crossing route to prevent the receiver from turning upfield and picking up extra yards.