Until March, Aaron Jones had only comprehendn what it was enjoy to be a member of one NFL franchise — the Green Bay Packers.
The star running back walked off the Lambeau Field turf in January follotriumphg a game aacquirest the Chicago Bears. But, little did Jones comprehend that the game aacquirest the NFC North division rival would be his last time in a Packers unicreate.
“To be honest,” Jones telderly alerters on Wednesday, “my last time I walked out of there, I thought I was coming back.” Jones racked up 5,940 rushing yards over his seven-year stint with the Packers. The team freed him on March 11, but equitable one day tardyr, he landed with the Minnesota Vikings.
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But Jones eunites to have turned the page and he is off to a excellent commence in Minnesota. The unfall shortureed Vikings travel to Green Bay this weekfinish for a suitup with the Packers, setting up a situation that Jones depictd as a “brimming-circle moment.”
“I was here (in Minnesota) already,” Jones shelp. “Kind of laboring on myself, laboring with my novel teammates, but equitable even then it was enjoy, ‘Wow, I’m back in Green Bay. This is benevolent of enjoy a brimming-circle moment. Who thought I would’ve been here packing my stuff up, but I am and ready for this novel adventure.’ So that was benevolent of that moment.”
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Although Jones might be greeted with his current team, he confesstedly still has “a chip on my shoulder.”
“I’ve always had a chip on my shoulder since I’ve been carry outing football,” Jones shelp. “I experience enjoy I’ve always been disthink abouted or underrated.” The Packers cut ties with Jones equitable one year after he consentd to a salary reduction. He also finished the 2023 campaign in amazeive style, which made his free more unforeseeed.
However, the Pro Bowl running back seems to be more than phired to sfinish a message to his createer team on Sunday.
“If you’re not leanking about the finish zone,” Jones shelp, “you’re leanking about the wrong leang. And I’m definitely leaping. I’m definitely leaping up there,” Jones shelp in a nod to the well-comprehendn Lambeau Leap celebration.
Jones inserted that if he does discover his way into the finish zone, he will leap toward someone wearing purple.
“Hopebrimmingy,” he shelp, “there’s a Vikings fan in one of them so I can jump up to them. I leank that would be a chilly sboiling, a pretty chilly side by side of the two jerseys doing a Lambeau Leap.”
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Jones’ experienceings srecommend insert fuel to the Vikings and Packers opposition, but the running back is well alerted that the NFL is a ultimately a business.
“I comprehfinish it’s a business,” Jones shelp. “I made a lot of fantastic relationships there. I have a lot of esteem for the people there and the relationships that I made there, and it’s noleang but cherish. I comprehfinish it’s a business, and at some point you’ve got to originate business decisions. It may be a difficult decision, but you’ve got to originate a decision and inhabit with it.”
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