How will Vikings RBs Aaron Jones Sr., Jordan Mason split carries?

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EAGAN, Minn. -- One of the worst-kept secrets of the Minnesota Vikings' offseason was their plan to create a substantive backfield rotation after they relied almost exclusively on veteran Aaron Jones Sr. last season. Within a week of the start of free agency, they had followed through by re-signing Jones and acquiring Jordan Mason in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers.

What that rotation will look like, however, is one of the mysteries of training camp.

"I'm not sure," Jones said.

"It's going to roll how it's going to roll," Mason said

"You can look at it a lot of ways," according to coach Kevin O'Connell.

No NFL coach would spell out a detailed strategy in public, of…