AARON JONES----WHERE IS HE IN THE RB TIERS ? ?

[bobblehead]

I think he's in the 6-10 range. I'd probably put McCaffrey, Kamara, Cook, Henry, Elliott and Barkley ahead of him.

Chubb and Hunt both on same team are both better. Mixon is better. Josh Jacobs right there with him. Rookies Swift and Gibson not there yet, but may be soon.

Yea, around 10 is right. Maybe as good as 7, as bad as 12. But top 10 sounds good.

[HarveyWallbangers]

The only ones that I'd clearly take over Jones are McCaffrey, Kamara, Cook, Barkley, Elliott, Chubb, and Henry. Maybe Hunt, but probably not because of off the field issues. Jones is probably the guy on the team I worry least about off the field issues. High character guy and teammate.

[texaspackerbacker]

There's an article that the Cowboys are actually thinking about cutting Elliot - he's been that mediocre. McCaffrey is an injury waiting to happen. Ditto that for Barkley. Kamara is good at a lot of things, but I don't think he has the burst or pure speed or even the power of Jones. Cook is right there with Jones - except more injuries and a history of trouble, at least while in college. Henry is the best big power back; I don't like hitching your success to a big power back. Jones is a unique RB, ideally suited to be the kind of change of pace a team with the GOAT passer needs.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Williams & one more good (not great) WR > Jones

[Tony Oday]

Jones is good but not $10 million+ a year good.

[Upnorth]

Williams & one more good (not great) WR > Jones

This is exactly what I think.

[Bretsky]

Williams & one more good (not great) WR > Jones

Jones and one more good WR is about 5x better than your option )

[Bretsky]

Jones is good but not $10 million+ a year good.

I struggle with this; but I feel the Packers offense takes a step backwards without him

A week ago.......would you choose Backtiara for 22.5 Million a year, or Jones for 10 ?

[Bretsky]

The only ones that I'd clearly take over Jones are McCaffrey, Kamara, Cook, Barkley, Elliott, Chubb, and Henry. Maybe Hunt, but probably not because of off the field issues. Jones is probably the guy on the team I worry least about off the field issues. High character guy and teammate.

This is a fair assessment; I consider Jones like Kumara...just not as good. When Devante was out jones killed it as both a receiver and runner. Im not sure some of the above RB's could do the same

[texaspackerbacker]

Hard to believe there is so much negativity in here about Aaron Jones. Hopefully the decision makers on the Packers see it otherwise. They did a damn good job of keeping the cap number down on Bakhtiari. They ought to be able to do the same with Jones. Despite what some in here are saying, it is absolutely essential to keep him. Linsley also would be good to keep. I'm thinking we could use the franchise tag on him - the average pay of the top 3 or 5 or whatever centers shouldn't be too horrible.

[Bretsky]

Hard to believe there is so much negativity in here about Aaron Jones. Hopefully the decision makers on the Packers see it otherwise. They did a damn good job of keeping the cap number down on Bakhtiari. They ought to be able to do the same with Jones. .

agree on your sentiments on Jones

Did they really keep the cap number down on Back though ?

[texaspackerbacker]

Somebody said $11 million - not too bad on a contract averaging over $20 million.

[Joemailman]

agree on your sentiments on Jones

Did they really keep the cap number down on Back though ?

According to Spotrac, his cap hit will range from 16.25M this year to 27.5M in 2024. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-ba...khtiari-12390/Packers could get out of contract after 2022 season.

[Bretsky]

I agree with RG that Mccaffrey is the dream guy for this offense
I think the next best would be Alvin

Jones might be the 3rd best fit

[call_me_ishmael]

AJO is a really solid receiver but doesn't he have limitations with the outside stretch or whatever and as a result they can't fully run the bread-and-butter of Shanny offense?

I agree with your assessment Bretsky that he is basically the 3rd best receiving back. He's a special player. I just think guys like him are far more available today than they were like 5 years ago. Maybe not though since he's 3rd best at it.