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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1029964" data-attributes="member: 13032">What I meant by "I sure didn't see that coming a year ago at this time." was the Packers being a SB contending team during after the 2023 season, as well as the ascendancy of Love.  That comment didn't relate to Jones.  But back to Jones.Your history of Jones is accurate and puts this all in a better light.  With the cap limitations from Rodgers, Bakh, Alexander and maybe some others, it didn't seem likely the Packers could afford Jones.  That was all before the "Great RB Devaluation" we've seen, and no one then would have been surprised by a bell cow RB getting $15 mil/year with $40 mil guaranteed.My how things have changed.  I for one didn't expect the big run on FA RBs that we've seen this week.  But now it makes sense.  Proven RBs with at least one big contract left became "affordable" at approx. $12/mil year.  If anything, I was shocked that Philly guaranteed Barkley $26 mil while Jacobs guarantee came to $12 mil.</blockquote>

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