The Official Goodbye to Aaron Jones thread

[RashanGary]

1. Only decent as pass blocker
2. Horrendous at outside zone
3. Poor in short yardage
4. Wants more than 12M


I think in the long run, the Packers want an unpredictable and diverse run offense. Inside, outside, jet sweeps, power, etc..... One of the biggest aspects of really pressing the defense is that outside zone and Jones just can’t do it. Against some teams it’s no big deal, but then at other times it’s back breaking. 14M for a guy who’s good on some weeks and devastatingly bad on others is just not making a lot of sense.

Good bye Aaron Jones.


Dillon is gonna be the every down guy of the future
Williams will be a low priced and extremely reliable 3rd down back

[call_me_ishmael]

Why would you pay a running back big bucks when Denver and Washington literally proved you can plug in anyone and have a lot of success with the Alex Gibbs system?

No way they pay Jones big bucks IMO. I agree the times are different and Jones ability to catch the ball is unique but there are lots of scat backs available that won't cost 12M via the draft.

[bobblehead]

And at the end of the first round we can get Etienne or Gainwell, or Harris to replace him. I really can't justify why you would pay him a huge contract.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

The primary objective of every offense is to score touchdowns. Jones ain’t Barry Sanders but, like Al Bundy, Jones has a penchant for scoring touchdowns. Although a bit inconsistent sometimes, paying Jones 12 mil a year for 16 TDs ain’t too bad a value.

The cap can always be cooked. Ain’t impossible to resign Jones, Bak, hell, even King, and still acquire a Prima Donna WR in free agency along with a MOFO Mike.

Cap hell? What the fuck is that? All teams will eventually be bailed out by the Networks. New Deals are imminent and inevitable.

The only Packer currently overpaid is Clark. $18 mil a year just to be a milksop, take plays off, or stay home due to injuries. Opponents continue to pound the rock at Clark with great success. Seems like Keke made more plays in the 3 games Clark was on the milksop list this season than Clark made in all of last season. Mt Adams made more plays against the Buc-fuck-neers than Clark did.

[Fosco33]

You don’t need to overpay RBs - especially when you have depth, have a fair amount tied to the QB and lots of roles to play of need.

I like Jones - but he’ll hit the wall like many others. Good player, seems like a good personality.

But Williams/Dillon is fine by me

[Tony Oday]

For $12 million that is a no.

[RashanGary]

You don’t need to overpay RBs - especially when you have depth, have a fair amount tied to the QB and lots of roles to play of need.

I like Jones - but he’ll hit the wall like many others. Good player, seems like a good personality.

But Williams/Dillon is fine by me

It’s a tiny sample but Dillon might be the the better player. Rodgers is the third highest cap hit in 2021. 37M cap hit. I’m very curious to see Jenkins at LT. If he were serviceable we might be able to keep a bunch of solid players in the 6-10M range.

[RashanGary]

In a perfect world, Dillon is a star and either we win the lottery with UDFA Yosh Nijman or the draft lottery and somehow a solid LT falls to the end of the draft.

Hate to see the end of Rodgers career with a bad LT.

It’s going to take some serious luck at LT for us to be a great offense going forward.

[Joemailman]

Jones is a very good back but not a natural fit for this offense. MLF had Derrick Henry his only year as OC at Tennessee and I have to believe that's how they see Dillon.

[Guiness]

where did a price of 12M come from?

[RashanGary]

where did a price of 12M come from?

He says he’s as good as cook and Kamara

[Joemailman]

where did a price of 12M come from?

Derrick Henry, Dalvin Cook and Joe Mixon have all signed contract extensions this year that call for an average salary of about 12M. https://overthecap.com/position/running-back/

[George Cumby]

The primary objective of every offense is to score touchdowns.

This is the type of jaw-droppingingly insightful, paradigm-shifting football knowledge that makes you such a great poster.

[Guiness]

He says he’s as good as cook and Kamara

Derrick Henry, Dalvin Cook and Joe Mixon have all signed contract extensions this year that call for an average salary of about 12M. https://overthecap.com/position/running-back/

So not so much that he's said that's what he wants for it, but that that's the market for a top shelf RB. Fair enough, he'll probably be looking for a contract in that neighborhood and it's hard to fault him.

[call_me_ishmael]

In a perfect world, Dillon is a star and either we win the lottery with UDFA Yosh Nijman or the draft lottery and somehow a solid LT falls to the end of the draft.

Hate to see the end of Rodgers career with a bad LT.

It’s going to take some serious luck at LT for us to be a great offense going forward.

That luck is called perennial all-pro that they landed in the 4th round named David Bakhtiari. You are poco loco if you think he's walking, and he is poco loco if he thinks he's getting 22M per year when the cap is dropping 60-80M next year (probably spread out over 5 years realistically so let's assume it really is a 100M drop over 5 years, or 20M total next year). There absolutely, positively 100% will be contraction in players deals. If not at the high end, certainly at the mid-range.