Eighteen running backs were selected before Aaron Jones went to the Packers with the 182nd overall choice in 2017. Several of those selected before Jones have earned long-term contract extensions.
So Jones is trying to keep up with the McCaffreys, Cooks, Kamaras, Hunts and Mixons.
“Just congratulations to those guys,” Jones said this week, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN. “They’re just helping out all the running backs on the market. So big kudos and congrats to those guys. It’s very well deserved to them.”
The Packers signed nose tackle Kenny Clark to a four-year, $70 extension in August.