Jones, the Packers’ 20 nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award, is respected throughout the league for his community service. 'I don’t have enough great things to say about Aaron Jones, just how he plays, and he’s just been such a tremendous asset for our offense.”

And he’s such a special guy and such a good leader for our team and just leading by example. “I love how he approaches it, I love how he gets off on the snap and just fricking hits the holes. “I love watching him run,” offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich said. Yet the Packers probably wouldn’t have reached the playoffs without him. Jones rushed for 656 yards, his lowest total since his rookie season. I feel like I did that, stacked those days and it’s showing.” I showed up every day and was here for my teammates, tried to cheer them on, be whatever they needed me to be and continued to work to get better every day. “Just continue to work through that, fight through that. “When things get tough, that’s when it really shows who you are as a person,” Jones said. Jones missed more games this season (six) than he had sat out the previous four seasons combined (four). His presence alone just uplifts everybody.”

When we got the news that it wasn’t as bad as we initially thought, we were ecstatic about that. “It looked pretty gruesome live,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. The initial fear was that the injury might be much more serious. 19 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, Jones missed three more games with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. The hamstring issue caused him to miss three games.Īfter getting carted off the field in a Nov. Jones was on his way to scoring his second touchdown in a season-opening triumph at Chicago when he grabbed his left hamstring. Those injury issues arose again for Jones this season. He’s definitely someone when he’s on the field, you better know where he is. He had some injuries there the first two years. In my time with him, the only thing was he was just light. “Love his running style, just the way he attacks the crease,” McCarthy said. Jones, cornerback Jaire Alexander and defensive tackle Kenny Clark are the only three guys on Green Bay's 53-man active roster who played for Mike McCarthy, who’s now the Cowboys coach. “I think that was kind of my coming-out party,” Jones recalled. He originally made a name for himself as a rookie fifth-round pick in 2017 by rushing for 125 yards and a touchdown while making his first career start in a 35-31 victory at Dallas. He ran for 107 yards and a career-high four touchdowns while also catching seven passes for 75 yards when the Packers won 34-24 in Dallas in 2019. Jones rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown last season as the Packers rallied from a two-touchdown, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Cowboys 31-28 in overtime at Lambeau Field. I like to walk the streets with some peace of mind, not worrying about having to hear them talk. “And then back home in El Paso, there’s a lot of Cowboys fans. “It was my childhood team growing up,” Jones said.

Jones, who went to Burges High School in El Paso and starred at UTEP, has rushed for 370 yards and six touchdowns in three previous meetings with the Cowboys. That enables Jones to return to his home state as the Packers (9-8) visit the NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys (12-5) on Sunday in a matchup that typically brings out his best. The Packers won all three to earn the NFC’s final wild-card berth. Jones, 29, bounced back from hamstring and knee injuries to rush for at least 112 yards in each of the Packers’ last three games.

The 2017 fifth-round pick from UTEP has rushed for 370 yards and six touchdowns in three previous meetings with the Cowboys.

That earned Jones a trip back to his home state as the Packers visit the Dallas Cowboys in a wild-card game Sunday

The 29-year-old Jones bounced back from hamstring and knee injuries to rush for at least 112 yards in each of the Packers’ last three games.

But the veteran running back has regained his peak form just in time to help the Packers reach the playoffs

This hasn’t been a typical season for Green Bay’s Aaron Jones.

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