Aaron Jones desires to complete his NFL profession with the Minnesota Vikings.
Jones is having a profitable season, serving to the Vikings to a 14-2 report with 378 receiving yards and three touchdowns and dashing for 1,093 yards and 5 touchdowns.
“This is a wonderful place,” Jones told reporters Wednesday. “That is the place I hope to complete my profession.”
Jones started his NFL profession with the Inexperienced Bay Packers when the group chosen him within the fifth spherical of the 2017 NFL Draft.
He had good seasons with the Packers, highlighted by his season-best 16 dashing touchdowns in 2019. Whereas Jones had a drop-off in his ultimate season with the Packers by dashing for a career-low 656 yards and two touchdowns in 2023, he ran for 118 yards and three touchdowns within the wild-card sport in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys.
Jones set the Packers report for playoff dashing touchdowns (7) and tied a franchise report for dashing touchdowns in a sport.
He might ship the Vikings to the NFL playoffs as NFC North champions with a win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday evening. Both approach, the Vikings are going to the playoffs, and Jones will probably be part of it.
He additionally is aware of that followers have commented on his injury-prone nature. Jones was a restricted participant Wednesday due to a quadriceps harm, however he is able to go.
“Final 12 months, I missed a handful of video games,” stated Jones, “and performed via harm as properly. With that I suppose the narrative received out that ‘He is injury-prone and always injured. … [This season], I am letting guys know that no matter I’m going via all through the week, or in that sport, I will be prepared the next Sunday.”
