The Aaron Jones 2021 FA thread.

[Deleted member 6794]

But while Jones carries and yards are up, his yards/carry are down. Williams on the other hand has increase his ave. yards/carry.

Jones is still averaging 5.38 yards per carry which ranks third among all running backs with at least 100 attempts.

With that being said I agree the Packers shouldn't sign him to a lucrative contract.

 

[jon]

Dillon is the wildcard in this.

He's way under-performed given his 2nd round status so he'll need to show something right now or wow them next spring in camp.

And what if he doesn't? There's a wide spread belief GMs don't cut their high picks. If true, do they carry him next year in the hope the GM was right?

How does this uninformed suggestion sound: cut him and use the money to keep Jones.

 

[Poppa San]

How does this uninformed suggestion sound: cut him and use the money to keep Jones.

His dead cap is more than his cap hit. Plus you need to replace him. Gets you even less room to sign AJ.

 

[Packer Fan in SD]

Why would you cut a high draft pick that did not have normal preseason and training camp, then misses a good portion of the season. You would get his nearly $2m dead cap with it. To save less than 1m.

 

[tynimiller]

Dillon is the wildcard in this.

He's way under-performed given his 2nd round status so he'll need to show something right now or wow them next spring in camp.

And what if he doesn't? There's a wide spread belief GMs don't cut their high picks. If true, do they carry him next year in the hope the GM was right?

How does this uninformed suggestion sound: cut him and use the money to keep Jones.

Folks said the same thing with Gary....Dillon is behind two bonafide starting caliber RBs......and missed extended time due to illness. Just how much more do you expect to see?

Cut Dillon...LOL you aren't even gonna be able to pay for Jones' services with what that would save you for a game or two at the contract it will take to keep him.

 

[GreenNGold_81]

Dillon would have had significant playing time if not for Jamaal and Aaron. No worries with him, in fact he's good insurance for our hopeful playoff run. He's shown flashes of what he can be, next year we'll know more. He could be the future, or he could be the RB2, either way he's going to have a bigger role next year.

It would be cool watching him go toe to toe with Henry though, two big bruisers out there. If we gave Dillon 20 carries I'd be super excited to see what he could do to defenses.

 

[gbgary]

Dillon is the wildcard in this.

He's way under-performed given his 2nd round status so he'll need to show something right now or wow them next spring in camp.

And what if he doesn't? There's a wide spread belief GMs don't cut their high picks. If true, do they carry him next year in the hope the GM was right?

How does this uninformed suggestion sound: cut him and use the money to keep Jones.

he hasn't underperformed. he has two experienced starters ahead of him. lol. he was drafted specifically to replace one of the two starters. the Packers were being smart.

 

[Deleted member 6794]

How does this uninformed suggestion sound: cut him and use the money to keep Jones.

The Packers cutting Dillon would result in an additional cap hit of $600K. That definitely wouldn't help to create cap space to re-sign Jones even a bit.

 

[GleefulGary]

Dillon is the wildcard in this.

He's way under-performed given his 2nd round status so he'll need to show something right now or wow them next spring in camp.

And what if he doesn't? There's a wide spread belief GMs don't cut their high picks. If true, do they carry him next year in the hope the GM was right?

How does this uninformed suggestion sound: cut him and use the money to keep Jones.

Sounds pretty uninformed.

 

[GleefulGary]

The case for letting Jones walk showed up tonight baby!

 

[gopkrs]

The case for letting Jones walk showed up tonight baby!

While Dillon was definitely a stud. And showed pass catching ability. He is not Aaron Jones. But a great compliment. imho

 

[Snoops]

Jones averaged 9.4 yards a carry.. jones is still way better than Dillon they barely even play Jones he always punishes the first drive then you don’t see him til the 4th qtr

 

[PackAttack12]

The case for letting Jones walk showed up tonight baby!

Well try not to sound too excited about it. Kind of depresses me, but I know it's the reality of the situation. But yes, Dillon showed up and showed out tonight. He could be an absolute handful in 4th quarters of postseason games at Lambeau. Just needs to build on tonight.

 

[GleefulGary]

While Dillon was definitely a stud. And showed pass catching ability. He is not Aaron Jones. But a great compliment. imho

Never said he was.

Jones is a great back that we can’t afford.

Dillon will do well here in GB.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I'm just going to enjoy actually having a running game and when Williams is back a 1-2-3 punch at that. Worry about next year, after the Super Bowl!

 

[GleefulGary]

I'm just going to enjoy actually having a running game and when Williams is back a 1-2-3 punch at that. Worry about next year, after the Super Bowl!

I love Jamaal. He’s fun, he’s not bad, but I don’t want to see him carry the ball again this year.

 

[PackAttack12]

I love Jamaal. He’s fun, he’s not bad, but I don’t want to see him carry the ball again this year.

This is a classic overreaction.

 

[GleefulGary]

This is a classic overreaction.

Not really. Jamaal is a good pass catcher, great pass blocker. As a runner, he’s pretty meh.

Career best of what, 4.3 yards per carry? This year he’s at 4.2.

Dillon is better, and it’s easy to see.

 

[PackAttack12]

Not really. Jamaal is a good pass catcher, great pass blocker. As a runner, he’s pretty meh.

Career best of what, 4.3 yards per carry? This year he’s at 4.2.

Dillon is better, and it’s easy to see.

You're first suggesting that injuries are completely out of the question. Second, you're basing everything on one performance. Dillon was exceptional today. Extremely encouraging. But I still don't think Dillon is in Williams' class as a pass catcher, route runner motioned out of the backfield, pass blocker to your point. There will absolutely be a place for Williams in the coming weeks.

Don't be so eager to wave your pom poms about Dillon at the first good performance.

 

[PikeBadger]

Aaron Jones has developed into a terrific running back over the last four years. No one via the waiver wire or the draft can be expected to produce immediately in the same way he is right now. It’s unfortunate that we’ll be unlikely able to re-sign him for a few more years but all 32 teams live within the salary cap rules so we’ll just have to seek ways to replace that lost productivity by utilizing other rising talents that will be on the roster next year.

 

[PikeBadger]

You're first suggesting that injuries are completely out of the question. Second, you're basing everything on one performance. Dillon was exceptional today. Extremely encouraging. But I still don't think Dillon is in Williams' class as a pass catcher, route runner motioned out of the backfield, pass blocker to your point. There will absolutely be a place for Williams in the coming weeks.

Don't be so eager to wave your pom poms about Dillon at the first good performance.

I have no doubt that much work is yet to be done to get Dillon to Williams overall level of skills but in terms of just running with the ball between the tackles, Dillon clearly showed off his capabilities very well. It will be great for his confidence.

 

[easyk83]

Jones averaged 9.4 yards a carry.. jones is still way better than Dillon they barely even play Jones he always punishes the first drive then you don’t see him til the 4th qtr

Jones did average 9.4 yards a carry, but say we take away the long carry from both runners so take Dillon's 30 yarder and Jones 59 yarder and you have 3.88 ypc for Jones and still a very respectable 4.7 ypc for Dillon. You can't full evaluate the performances last night in quantitative form, Dillon's night was one of physical dominance of a kind that this fan hasn't seen from a Packers runner in years. Tennessee often stacked 8 in the box, their defenders often met Dillon at or near the LoS and it did not matter. He churned out the better part of 5 yards per carry against loaded boxes all evening long and managed 5 ypc in our final touchdown drive to put the game away for good with Tennessee selling out against the run. Watch his game highlights and watch his short yardage situations, even then he was getting 4 or more yards against 9 man fronts, ridiculous. Battle are won and lost in the hearts of men and Saint Vince strongly approved of last night's kind of Packer football.

Only a fool would declare Dillon to be on par with Jones as a football player right now, but Dillon's potential is intoxicating and we saw what he could be for this offense. He's not just a workhorse back hes a guy that might completely change how defenses have to play us. On single back draw plays and running back delays he's practically an automatic first down if a defense's ends try and rush the passer. Teams are going to have to crunch their D-lines in when we go 3 wide with a TE and drastically slow down their pass rush. Because even with Aaron Rodgers behind center you cannot let a big fast back pushing 250 rampage into your secondary at will.

 

[XPack]

Dillion needs to go a long way to prove he can replace Jones.

And even if he was able to do so, replacing Jones with Dillon would only be maintaining status quo...when we actually want to be improving our team.

Letting him leave due to cap constraints, I can accept. Letting him leave because we have Dillon now is just nonsense.

I hope we get to keep all three next season!

 

[GleefulGary]

You're first suggesting that injuries are completely out of the question. Second, you're basing everything on one performance. Dillon was exceptional today. Extremely encouraging. But I still don't think Dillon is in Williams' class as a pass catcher, route runner motioned out of the backfield, pass blocker to your point. There will absolutely be a place for Williams in the coming weeks.

Don't be so eager to wave your pom poms about Dillon at the first good performance.

Yes, Williams has a place. But like I said, it isn’t carrying the ball.

And yeah, it was one performance. You ever seen Williams move like that? I haven’t. He doesn’t have that juice, or that size. Heck, I haven’t seen many running backs run like Dillon does period, regardless of his size. He’s a real weapon and they would be foolish not to use him.

Again, Jamaal is a good player, but he gets what’s there. Not real explosive. Dillon should be featured as a runner more than Williams.

 

[GleefulGary]

Dillion needs to go a long way to prove he can replace Jones.

And even if he was able to do so, replacing Jones with Dillon would only be maintaining status quo...when we actually want to be improving our team.

Letting him leave due to cap constraints, I can accept. Letting him leave because we have Dillon now is just nonsense.

I hope we get to keep all three next season!

They can’t afford all 3. This is why they drafted Dillon.