Josh Norman: Covering Julio Jones like 'sweet sensation of death without dying'

Josh Norman used to face the Atlanta Falcons twice a season, so he knows a thing or two about covering Julio Jones.

If the New England Patriots hope to mine the cornerback for information ahead of Super Bowl LI, they'll likely come away both dazed and discouraged.

"The sweet sensation of death without dying," is what Norman equated a matchup with the Falcons receiver to, according to Tyler Dunne of Bleacher Report.

"You're trapped in time. A split second feels like a lifetime in the moment of a play. So for me, it was like I was trapped in that butterfly effect. People say that they go through this when they know they're about to have an accident. They think about everything within that moment. That is where we were at. We were in that moment for what seemed like the entire game."

Norman wasn't done there.

"It's like watching '300.' The sweetest thing to them in the ultimate battle is a sweet death. The sweetest thing to me in an ultimate battle is a Julio Jones."

Want more Norman similes? No? But this may be the best one.

"He pushes our level to a point where it's like being in Super Saiyan range," he said, referencing "Dragon Ball Z." "You elevate from Super Saiyan 3 to Super Saiyan 4. You know what I'm saying? Like a Goku or something."

Good luck, Patriots.