Aaron Jones should have earned the benefit of the doubt by now. Undersized and underutilized for most of his early career, Jones blossomed into the kind of back who actually made a second contract make sense, and he’s paid off the Packers investment both on and off the field.
Now, Jones finds himself at another crossroads with the Packers. Heading into his age-30 season, Jones’ cap hit balloons this offseason. The Packers are not quite out of salary cap purgatory yet, and every cap dollar is going to count as they try to prep for another postseason run, now that their house money has been exhausted.