@davefransen5096 he could have held out for Dallas for a better offer or the chargers wants to play them and now the vikings have our running protection and playbook with no qb its personal
@@rossbrower7668yesss I would when a 50% pay cut is 6 and you signed with Vikings for 7 when you could of did 7 with packer but he trusted his agent Drew Rosenhouse who screw him by telling to see what the market has. It gets deeper Mr. Drew is also Jordan Loves agent and Xavier McKinney the new safety we signed so that being said his agent knew exactly what was going on but still let him to believe to explore the open market. Yet he went to a team with No QB who have 2 rookies and just sign Sam darnold cause Kirk left and JJettas that's it viking are terrible worse move ever
In my opinion it comes down to his agent. Everyone hates dealing with Drew. I feel like the Packers put their final offer out there and he came back with a counter offer like he still had a 21 year old stud Jones. Time was of the essence and the Packers made the decision to move on and not play this drawn out game Drew is famous for.
I wish him nothing the best .. although I love the sign of Jacobs.. Aaron is a truly special one of a kind back.. his explosive runs are what make him great
Great video man! The first thing i thought of when the Aaron jones news broke was what rodgers said a few years ago. About how the front office treats their veterans who are great locker room guys.
I think it's more that some of these veterans overestimate their value. Loyalty is great in a friendship, but can be detrimental in a business, and that's what this is.
@@joshcoates2339 Business destroyed the NBA and has damaged MLB and professional football. A family outing to a sports game is no longer affordable because of business. Just saying
I’m crushed ,but but I understand letting a guy go a year early rather than a year late. But dang this one hurt. I was glad when Rodgers left, but jones will be missed
Jones is Ded to Me you hear me Ded. This is personal he said he wanted to go somewhere to compete for Superbowls and then signs with the Queens for a million more.
I heard that Nowhere. He didn't want to take a 50% salary cut, he'd already taken a pay cut for the G in 2023. He is not too blame. His agent... 🤔. Yeah... He's to blame, in my opinion.
I say the NFL must take Player Contracts more seriously and stop teams from signing players for a certain contract only to ask them to take a paycut later. It is a breach of contract.
It's all a game to these agents and GMs/Owners. Salary cap? Ha! We will make our own rules. Both sides! As a fan, we will never understand the "contracts".
Why are all yall fans mad at Jones? You should be mad with our front office. Jones took a pay cut and reconstruct his contract last season and they turn around and ask him to take a 50 percent pay cut. I don’t blame Jones at all. He has been outstanding/loyal to this organization and what did it get him. A big ole FU from the front office. I’m totally agree with Ryan Grant. Greenbay Front Office SUCKS when it comes to the treatment of Players PERIOD!!!
I think letting him go was a big mistake, but only time will tell. I do believe Gute makes excellent decisions overall. I'm starting to think Jones' agent may be to blame for the breakdown here.
@@gmgbillzdagoat Yeah, it's making me more upset about it because it's very likely that Aaron wanted to stay in GB but it was Drew that was playing hardball with the situation and messed everything up. So then Aaron had no choice but to accept an offer elsewhere because GB called Drew's bluff. What a shame...
I’m a Packer fan from the 60s I bleed green and gold. I hope when the Packers play the Vikings Jones goes off and runs for 300 yards he brought a lot of passion to the Packers and will be missed.
Honestly, I'm sick of the happy talk from Brian Gutekunst. I'd rather he not say anything about these players. He clearly never means it. No wonder why so many of our former players decide to play for our most hated rival. I no longer even blame them.
Same thing happened to Jordy Nelson. Skip Baylis said" very big mistake letting Jones go by the Packers." This is the reason I try not to fall in love with players. It always comes down to the green backs.
Hey so much for being a true hardcore packer, players need to recognize they only as good as the people you play with. If you don’t have a decent O line you may not be so good Ahmund Green has explained it well it’s business side, and he also is behind the Josh Jacob deal.
@@nathanielsmith5976what is? The fact that gute is doing his job. Gute has the full trust of the organization cuz he is the one who drafted love and has made him look like a genius
At the end of the day it’s a business. You have to do what’s best for the organization long term. Losing teams keep players too long for sentimental reasons.
Reminds me of Clay Mathews who should of ended as a Packer not a Ram. Ryan Grant is right, fans ate loyal but at the end of the day only money matters. 😢
I don't care what people say. In the NFL, money is the only thing that matters the most. Take as much as you still can when you are still young. Because when you reach 28 and up, they will kick you out no matter how cool, good, royal and nice you are.
It's somewhat out of character for the GB front office in a sense that Jones willingly took a paycut last off season to stay in GB. But then to be asked to take an even bigger one this off season tells me something. That they didn't want him there anymore.
This was very predictable--I do not know why people seem shocked. When the Vikes cut Mattison and the Cowgirls lost Tony Pollard I was certain Jones would sign with one of those squads...I was right again.
Honestly this makes me feel better. Was feeling down about it, but now ill see you when your inducted into the packers hof. No more praise for what you meant. Packers paid him top dollar for most of his career he is owed nothing now.
This is the sad reality of the running back market. They take the most brutal punishment of any position on the field and are the essential piece to any successful passing game.Yet, to make 10 mil a year is absolutely absurd. Meanwhile you have guys like Russel Wilson, Daniel Jones, and what's his nuts from the browns clearing 40 million a year to do what? Be a leader? Doubt it. Provide a spark for the team? Nope. To win games? Try again. It's terrible to watch, I feel bad for the guys that've worked so much harder than some punk premadona quarterback that thinks he deserves "x" amount of money just because turdface over there set a new record per year.
Out of All North Rivals . Minnesota historicly goes after ex Packers . Farve Smith now Aaron Jones. Love #33 don't get me wrong . But Aaron should have stayed in Greenbay. Packers are knocking on the Door . Packers got younger and better yesterday. NFL is Brutal Business.
Just remember guys, 5.2 million to have a Jacobs / Jones 1/2 punch. Keep em young Gutey, am I right!? Dumb - this wasn't AR leaving, this was the guy who motivated everyone else, while saying get on my back as we pushed into the playoffs. The more I think about this, the more it hurts, so back to work I go to distract myself. Son of a .....!
I'm sure the 6 games he missed last year factored into this. Certainly Rosenhaus tends to over value his assets. Be interesting to see how durable he is in Mn. Still gonna miss the guy.
Players probably do not like Gutey. Regardless, he is doing a fantastic job of building another Superbowl caliber team very quickly. It's a harsh business decision but ultimately it was better for the organization and future of the team. Love Jones but I love the moves we made even more.
I hoped and thought Jones would have agreed to play on a team friendly contract, I can't blame him for wanting to get paid more and it does make sense for the Packers to move on if Jones wasn't willing to play for less. Sadly the NFL is a business and teams can't keep every player they want to keep.
I would have said no before, but after reading about his agent and how this Drew guy tends to get players in this situation, I’m really sad to see Aaron go. But I don’t totally blame Gut. I put a lot of this on Drew.
If he is taking 7 instead of 6 he needs to consult with Greg Jennings asap. Its not worth going to a last place Vikings team with no QB and a OL that got weaker. Jones needs to fire his agent Drew Rosenhaus immediately.
No guys, you guys asked him to take a paycut last year already, why did he have to tske a paycut again. He only signed with us to STICK IT to you guys. I am stoked to have him as a Viking. Lets go!!@.
Most people are excited to have players to make a Super Bowl, but the Vikings get excited when they can grab up packers sloppy seconds, pretty pathetic if you ask me, best part is it never works out for them.
Some fans get so triggered about everything. Always mad at the front office. If you don’t like how they operate, go cheer for another team. As for the rest of us who don’t get so sensitive on making moves, we’ve got a heck of a team for next season. Can’t wait to see how the draft plays out!
If talks started to fail, its on both ends, but qith how quickly he signed with vikings, it was pretty obvious he had intentions to already leave if he didnt recieve exactly what he wanted. And ngl, Mid to high tier Rbs are easy to come by
I'm gonna cheer for Jonesy all but two games next year. May draft him on my fantasy football team, so he's still on MY team at least. I feel like his agent, Drew R, did him bad. Or maybe Jonesy does have a grudge against the front office. He doesn't hold a grudge against the fans tho. We will welcome him back and add him to the Packer Hall of Fame, just like Favre and Rodgers. It's a business and i get that... but yeah, total gut punch to us that loved him dearly. #33 🫶
If the packers originally offered 50%...their final offer was probably more than 50%... So, the vikings offer may be slightly more or less than the packers final offer. It's unfortunate if it was less because he will always be one of my favorite Packers. Remeber it is a business first... If you want to watch football with loyalty and more heart you need to watch high school football... Especially small school.
Hahahaha , lived in GB my entire life and I gotta say, Packer fans are funny people. Everybody’s butt hurt they let Jones go, clueless to the fact they actually got a better RB. Ohhhh, but Jones is such a nice guy, Who cares !!! I don’t remember teams getting extra points for “nice guys” being on the roster. I hope Jones is ready to get run into the ground by the Vikings, cuz they’re going NOWHERE with Sam Darnold under center !!!! Not a huge Goony fan, but every move the Packers have made this week has been aces 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Its a matter of respect one pay cut is for the team, two is a getting taken advantage of. Packers have 0 superbowls with gute running to show, hows that better
I mean this was going to be Jones last year anyway. When you really think about it, it was the right thing to do. Packers are still trying to rebuild this roster and get new coner stone players. Can't do that by overpaying for a guy who's going to leave after this year anyway. The idea was probably to keep Jones for cheaper and sign a guy like Zach Moss, and rotate them. But, that didn't work out. So we got an elite talent at the position who had a down season last year, and pretty much a team friendly "prove it" deal. The Jacobs contract isn't as pricy as it looks. It was the right move
I don’t blame JONES ONE BIT!!! He was such an A CLASS leader, player, and AMAZING to his community!!! Already took a pay cut before, then they slap him in the face with a LOWBALL OFFER!!! You couldn’t match 7 million? Could’ve had the best RB DUO arguably in the last 50 years!
Emotionally, it hurts, 33 was a great player for us…..and I get that he probably wanted to make the Packers sorry they made this decision and took about the same money to go to our rival--thank God it wasn’t Detroit! Sadly, in about 9 months either 33 or the Packers--maybe both will probably wish they would have found common ground. The Vikings will not be very good, and all it takes is one injury for the Packers to play what if?
Here is the unfortunate reality. Jones played 11 games and rushed for 656 yards on 142 attempts. He is gonna be 30 years old. Since 1962 there has been about 25 running backs over the age of 30 to rush for 1000 yards. (16 game seasons for nearly all of them). If you look at the top 30 players by rush yards nearly all of them minus CMC, Henry, Gus Edwards, and Mostert are under the age of 26. Once Jacobs was paid i dont think the packers FO could justify a RB room over 16m a year with the draft capital we have, and the needs we have in other positions. Having to take a pay cut is the gut punch, not getting paid less. Jones hit FA and only made 1m more than what we offered and i think is a testament to the ability of our FO to evaluate player value internally. The offered him around the going rate of the league and he turned it down. Its really on Jones for (what i seems like) taking it personally. Each year our FO is going to do 100% of everything they can to get the packers cap space healthy and maximize every dollar and that means broken hearts sometimes.
Drew Rosenhaus played chicken and lost. I love Aaron Jones and, like so many former Packers, he'll have buyers remorse for singing with the Vikings and their new QB. A million dollars less to play with Jordan Love seems like a no brainer after the fact. I feel bad for #33. We're building toward something big and now he'll be watching at home after a 4-13 season...
I think the real issue was a little more on the playing time than the money, although an overestimation from his agent doesn't sound too crazy. Either way, Aaron Jones deserved to be a Packer for life
Jan Stenerud, Ryan Longwell, Greg Jennings, Brett Favre and Darren Sharper all left the Packers and signed with Purple. None of them won a Championship in Minnesota, Aaron Jones will not as well. Aaron Jones was a great player and a great Packer but he is going to break down in Minnesota, just watch. RIP Aaron Jones.
Originally, I thought he was gonna go to the Cowboys Or maybe even the Lions. I totally forgot about the purple losers that copy the Packers but can never duplicate the success.
Simple solution. Put everyone, GMs, Coaches, Players etc. and their salary into the salary cap. See how anxious some of these GMs are to take less of their salary this year so it can be pushed out into future years. Make no mistake, none of these guys take a salary cut. The NFLPA would never allow it. They agree to take less of their money this year but it only gets rolled into future years.Jones agreed to it last year to help the cap and the money was rolled into this year. Why his cap # was 17M this year. GB wanted to do it again without an extension but by adding void years. Jones said it's my last year under contract so give me my money I'm owed. GB said instead of the 17M cap hit we'll instead give you the true 12M you're owed and cut you to free up 5M in space. They are still going to pay him 12M this year, it's now dead cap. So he'll get 12M from GB and 7M from Minnesota. So in truth the Packers with Jones 12M and Jacobs 14.8M this year are paying 26.8M for 2 guys at RB and 1 isn't even on the team when all they had to do was eat 17M in cap space they agreed to last year with Jones. Don't forget last year they paid Rodgers over 40M to be on the Jets IR and they'll pay Bahktiari over 20M this year to play somewhere else. It's why Rodgers agreed to less with the Jets and Bahktiari will agree to take less wherever he ends up. In 2 years they'll pay over 70M for guys elsewhere.
It was a big f u to the front office
Would you take a 50% cut of your wages?
@rossbrower7668 he only got a million more than what the Packers offered
@davefransen5096 he could have held out for Dallas for a better offer or the chargers wants to play them and now the vikings have our running protection and playbook with no qb its personal
It was a big F u too Jones.
@@rossbrower7668yesss I would when a 50% pay cut is 6 and you signed with Vikings for 7 when you could of did 7 with packer but he trusted his agent Drew Rosenhouse who screw him by telling to see what the market has. It gets deeper Mr. Drew is also Jordan Loves agent and Xavier McKinney the new safety we signed so that being said his agent knew exactly what was going on but still let him to believe to explore the open market. Yet he went to a team with No QB who have 2 rookies and just sign Sam darnold cause Kirk left and JJettas that's it viking are terrible worse move ever
In my opinion it comes down to his agent. Everyone hates dealing with Drew. I feel like the Packers put their final offer out there and he came back with a counter offer like he still had a 21 year old stud Jones. Time was of the essence and the Packers made the decision to move on and not play this drawn out game Drew is famous for.
Yeah, not like they're gonna give him the same 'time-cushion' Rodgers had. Tough.
@@luxuriouscheese why would they its an ageing rb not a first ballot HOF
33 will be truly missed 😢
I wish him nothing the best .. although I love the sign of Jacobs.. Aaron is a truly special one of a kind back.. his explosive runs are what make him great
His vision is second to none in the league.
This one hurts. I named my son after Aaron jones.
This sucks so bad.
Luke, this is a total gut punch. I absolutely HATE this news….
Absolutely 😢
Great video man! The first thing i thought of when the Aaron jones news broke was what rodgers said a few years ago. About how the front office treats their veterans who are great locker room guys.
That was what I first thought of
I think it's more that some of these veterans overestimate their value. Loyalty is great in a friendship, but can be detrimental in a business, and that's what this is.
@@joshcoates2339
Business destroyed the NBA and has damaged MLB and professional football. A family outing to a sports game is no longer affordable because of business. Just saying
This does make me wonder if there are some issues behind the scenes in the front office.
I’m crushed ,but but I understand letting a guy go a year early rather than a year late. But dang this one hurt. I was glad when Rodgers left, but jones will be missed
Don’t let this distract you from our great. Moves we made
@therotten6152 how is it a wash if you get three prime years, not sure you get how the Leauge works brother. You have to always get younger
Jones is Ded to Me you hear me Ded. This is personal he said he wanted to go somewhere to compete for Superbowls and then signs with the Queens for a million more.
What do you mean? He’s already taken pay cuts and they wanted him to cut 50% if his salary? The packers have 0 loyalty
I heard that Nowhere. He didn't want to take a 50% salary cut, he'd already taken a pay cut for the G in 2023. He is not too blame. His agent... 🤔. Yeah... He's to blame, in my opinion.
I say the NFL must take Player Contracts more seriously and stop teams from signing players for a certain contract only to ask them to take a paycut later. It is a breach of contract.
those terms are agreed upon at the signing of the contracts. That is why they get the huge signing bonuses
It's all a game to these agents and GMs/Owners. Salary cap? Ha! We will make our own rules. Both sides! As a fan, we will never understand the "contracts".
Great move by gute once again
It makes me upset that they couldn’t beat that contract.
Damn Jones must been pissed 😂
Can't blame him
They gave Nixon $18 millions for 3 years, and they can't give Aaron Jones $7 millions for 1 year. It is ridiculous.
This hurts
Don’t sleep on E Wilson- unique size, speed and power combo. He could be a real impactful player this next season.
I can’t stand when ex packers do this
Why?
I love it, you think the packers would learn but they just don't
@@SunShine-xc6dh learn from what? It’s never bit them in the ass
Yeah it really sucks when the GM disrespects his players and makes them want to stick it to the packers when they leave.
It Never works out for them anyways
Why are all yall fans mad at Jones? You should be mad with our front office. Jones took a pay cut and reconstruct his contract last season and they turn around and ask him to take a 50 percent pay cut. I don’t blame Jones at all. He has been outstanding/loyal to this organization and what did it get him. A big ole FU from the front office. I’m totally agree with Ryan Grant. Greenbay Front Office SUCKS when it comes to the treatment of Players PERIOD!!!
Jones is smart.
I think letting him go was a big mistake, but only time will tell. I do believe Gute makes excellent decisions overall. I'm starting to think Jones' agent may be to blame for the breakdown here.
Agree 💯
This is ALL Drew Rosenhaus
@@gmgbillzdagoat Yeah, it's making me more upset about it because it's very likely that Aaron wanted to stay in GB but it was Drew that was playing hardball with the situation and messed everything up. So then Aaron had no choice but to accept an offer elsewhere because GB called Drew's bluff. What a shame...
@@pudgydaddy I hate that for him tbh. Like what's the difference in a million IF you truly want to be there
WTF! God-damn the front office!
The packers couldn't pay Jones $7M? They suck. They will absolutely regret this move. Josh Jacobs is dead to me.
@@mateocarlos2674They will
Jones made sure they got a huge slap to the face by signing wity minnesota
Are you dense? We literally signed the best coverage safety in football and you make comments like this?
They betrayed the heart of the team.
I’m a Packer fan from the 60s I bleed green and gold. I hope when the Packers play the Vikings Jones goes off and runs for 300 yards he brought a lot of passion to the Packers and will be missed.
Both the Vikings and Jets like taking all the ex Packer players. It's like every single time.
The Packers may have also just sent a message to an Agent they have to deal with often for future dealings.
Honestly, I'm sick of the happy talk from Brian Gutekunst. I'd rather he not say anything about these players. He clearly never means it. No wonder why so many of our former players decide to play for our most hated rival. I no longer even blame them.
Ain’t gonna win a SB in minnesota😂
😂
Ain’t gonna win one in GB 😂
Will see probaly before ur sorry ass team
@@ryanb5099you have 0 titles , and never will win one
Or in Green Gay
Same thing happened to Jordy Nelson. Skip Baylis said" very big mistake letting Jones go by the Packers." This is the reason I try not to fall in love with players. It always comes down to the green backs.
Skip Baylis loves fing with the Packers fans for clicks
Wish Aron and his Family,,All The Best,, Appreciated what he did for TITLETOWN,,hoped Aron would've signed with an AFC team,,, Packer's 💪
Hey so much for being a true hardcore packer, players need to recognize they only as good as the people you play with. If you don’t have a decent O line you may not be so good Ahmund Green has explained it well it’s business side, and he also is behind the Josh Jacob deal.
I respect Aaron Jones and I'm grateful for his services as a Packer. That being said, I trust Gute to make these types of moves.
I wouldn't. This is the kind of thing that makes players not be loyal.
@@nathanielsmith5976what is? The fact that gute is doing his job. Gute has the full trust of the organization cuz he is the one who drafted love and has made him look like a genius
It's like the worst day ever!
3 sides: Your side, their side, and the truth. He's a wise man. I'm going to miss hearing from him on the regular.
Packers front office treat's veteran players and ex players like crap! Front offices needs a full reboot in my opinion...
At the end of the day it’s a business. You have to do what’s best for the organization long term. Losing teams keep players too long for sentimental reasons.
Like always Green Bay forcing our great players to sign with other teams.😔😔 GO Pack Go #33👍👍
The first team I thought of when I was thinking where he would go was the Vikings lmao
I thought he would go to Dallas, his home town.
He was upset the packers wouldn’t give him more then 7 mil so he left and got 7 mil makes sense
Reminds me of Clay Mathews who should of ended as a Packer not a Ram. Ryan Grant is right, fans ate loyal but at the end of the day only money matters. 😢
I don't care what people say. In the NFL, money is the only thing that matters the most. Take as much as you still can when you are still young. Because when you reach 28 and up, they will kick you out no matter how cool, good, royal and nice you are.
@Pccpy odd mlb never asks players to take a pay cut, they just trade them or release them after player has his money.
What a dumb move
Huge Fuck you to the Front Office and even more to the Fans ngl even if it wasn’t ment to be that way smh really disappointed in his move
I know it’s bizz but fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I can’t stand this when we do this 😤🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀📖
Josh Jacobs can handle much more of a workload. Jones was always on a limited count plus he’s almost 4 years older. Jacobs will have a big year.
Great guy, however at 29 and that money it is time to move on, they waited 1 year too long with Rogers. Let's see how Jones does this year at Minn.
It's somewhat out of character for the GB front office in a sense that Jones willingly took a paycut last off season to stay in GB. But then to be asked to take an even bigger one this off season tells me something. That they didn't want him there anymore.
So many in conference sign and trades used to be a no-no. much more frequent now.
Gute is cold and unloyal!! This is his MO. Aaron Jones still has a lot in the tank! 33 will be missed!!!
A guy’s gotta do what a guy’s gotta do….
I can't stand when the Packers do this
This was very predictable--I do not know why people seem shocked. When the Vikes cut Mattison and the Cowgirls lost Tony Pollard I was certain Jones would sign with one of those squads...I was right again.
Between the general manager and head coach of the packers could have taken a pay cut so Jones wouldn’t have to get screwed over again. !!
That’s…not how the salary cap works.
You actually watch Football?!?
Sad day for Packers fans 😔😔😔
Honestly this makes me feel better. Was feeling down about it, but now ill see you when your inducted into the packers hof. No more praise for what you meant. Packers paid him top dollar for most of his career he is owed nothing now.
This is the sad reality of the running back market. They take the most brutal punishment of any position on the field and are the essential piece to any successful passing game.Yet, to make 10 mil a year is absolutely absurd. Meanwhile you have guys like Russel Wilson, Daniel Jones, and what's his nuts from the browns clearing 40 million a year to do what? Be a leader? Doubt it. Provide a spark for the team? Nope. To win games? Try again. It's terrible to watch, I feel bad for the guys that've worked so much harder than some punk premadona quarterback that thinks he deserves "x" amount of money just because turdface over there set a new record per year.
Everybody should’ve known this was coming this is his way of getting back at Green Bay
They don’t have a qb how exactly does that get us back?
It don’t mean shit if they don’t have a quarterback
Out of All North Rivals .
Minnesota historicly goes after ex Packers .
Farve Smith now Aaron Jones.
Love #33 don't get me wrong .
But Aaron should have stayed in Greenbay. Packers are knocking on the Door .
Packers got younger and better yesterday.
NFL is Brutal Business.
Just remember guys, 5.2 million to have a Jacobs / Jones 1/2 punch. Keep em young Gutey, am I right!? Dumb - this wasn't AR leaving, this was the guy who motivated everyone else, while saying get on my back as we pushed into the playoffs.
The more I think about this, the more it hurts, so back to work I go to distract myself. Son of a .....!
Agreed. I think leaders and good character guys are worth $2M more than just their talent alone. Rudderless now. Big FU not to recognize this Gutey.
I'm sure the 6 games he missed last year factored into this. Certainly Rosenhaus tends to over value his assets. Be interesting to see how durable he is in Mn. Still gonna miss the guy.
Why sign Jacobs to all that money. They could have kept Aaron Jones and Immanuel Wilson then draft Jacob Wright
We all respect aaron jones but our gm cut off game is savage. We will draft a good rb hopefully.#GoPackGo
GB already signed a good back. I still want them to draft a back but no higher than the 3rd round. First need may be an OT. Great draft for OT.
Players probably do not like Gutey. Regardless, he is doing a fantastic job of building another Superbowl caliber team very quickly. It's a harsh business decision but ultimately it was better for the organization and future of the team. Love Jones but I love the moves we made even more.
Definitely liked and thought he would be green and gold for life. Definitely lost some respect for him putting on that purple.
I hoped and thought Jones would have agreed to play on a team friendly contract, I can't blame him for wanting to get paid more and it does make sense for the Packers to move on if Jones wasn't willing to play for less. Sadly the NFL is a business and teams can't keep every player they want to keep.
Only a million more?....let that sink in
Gutz and The Pack are building not only a championship team, but a friggin dynasty! In Gutz I trust...GO PACK!! Love You Luke!
I would have said no before, but after reading about his agent and how this Drew guy tends to get players in this situation, I’m really sad to see Aaron go.
But I don’t totally blame Gut. I put a lot of this on Drew.
If he is taking 7 instead of 6 he needs to consult with Greg Jennings asap. Its not worth going to a last place Vikings team with no QB and a OL that got weaker. Jones needs to fire his agent Drew Rosenhaus immediately.
They say it’s show business not friend business. The Packers a have always believed in letting a guy go too early rather than too late.
So he signs for 7 million ...we couldn't find 1 two million..BS
He wouldnt have taken 1mill more with the Packers. This was a F you move by Jones and it didn't work out in his favor going to a worse team.
The Packers will pay for this during the season.
No guys, you guys asked him to take a paycut last year already, why did he have to tske a paycut again. He only signed with us to STICK IT to you guys. I am stoked to have him as a Viking. Lets go!!@.
for why? y'all ain doin shit 😂
Have fun with Sam Darnold as your QB.
Sam Donald 😅
Most people are excited to have players to make a Super Bowl, but the Vikings get excited when they can grab up packers sloppy seconds, pretty pathetic if you ask me, best part is it never works out for them.
Because he's been injured 25 percent of the time. If you miss work 25 percent of the time do you think you deserve a raise?
The saying there's 3 sides to the story is: Yours, Mine, and the Truth.
Some fans get so triggered about everything. Always mad at the front office. If you don’t like how they operate, go cheer for another team. As for the rest of us who don’t get so sensitive on making moves, we’ve got a heck of a team for next season. Can’t wait to see how the draft plays out!
PACKERS JUST MADE THE ENTIRE 915 ENEMIES...FACTS
If talks started to fail, its on both ends, but qith how quickly he signed with vikings, it was pretty obvious he had intentions to already leave if he didnt recieve exactly what he wanted.
And ngl, Mid to high tier Rbs are easy to come by
I'm gonna cheer for Jonesy all but two games next year. May draft him on my fantasy football team, so he's still on MY team at least.
I feel like his agent, Drew R, did him bad. Or maybe Jonesy does have a grudge against the front office.
He doesn't hold a grudge against the fans tho. We will welcome him back and add him to the Packer Hall of Fame, just like Favre and Rodgers.
It's a business and i get that... but yeah, total gut punch to us that loved him dearly. #33 🫶
When do we stop measuring success as a good season and start measuring it with how many Super Bowls we’ve attended.
If the packers originally offered 50%...their final offer was probably more than 50%... So, the vikings offer may be slightly more or less than the packers final offer. It's unfortunate if it was less because he will always be one of my favorite Packers. Remeber it is a business first... If you want to watch football with loyalty and more heart you need to watch high school football... Especially small school.
Hahahaha , lived in GB my entire life and I gotta say, Packer fans are funny people. Everybody’s butt hurt they let Jones go, clueless to the fact they actually got a better RB. Ohhhh, but Jones is such a nice guy, Who cares !!! I don’t remember teams getting extra points for “nice guys” being on the roster. I hope Jones is ready to get run into the ground by the Vikings, cuz they’re going NOWHERE with Sam Darnold under center !!!! Not a huge Goony fan, but every move the Packers have made this week has been aces 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Its a matter of respect one pay cut is for the team, two is a getting taken advantage of.
Packers have 0 superbowls with gute running to show, hows that better
At the end of the day NFL is a business,so there isn't to much room for sentiment,even thou I'm sure that Matt,Gute love Aaron Jones.
I thought he was looking for a ring ?
I know everybody’s mad and upset about this but it’s about business money this is what it’s all about
I love Showtime33. I mean hes one of my favorite Packer of all time.... We offerd 6 for 2-3 years... He took 1 year for 7 and will get 12 from us.
I mean this was going to be Jones last year anyway. When you really think about it, it was the right thing to do. Packers are still trying to rebuild this roster and get new coner stone players. Can't do that by overpaying for a guy who's going to leave after this year anyway. The idea was probably to keep Jones for cheaper and sign a guy like Zach Moss, and rotate them. But, that didn't work out. So we got an elite talent at the position who had a down season last year, and pretty much a team friendly "prove it" deal. The Jacobs contract isn't as pricy as it looks. It was the right move
it is a harsh and disheartening reality as a fan
The team over players.! Don’t be too attached to one single player. Green and gold is where the heart is.
I don’t blame JONES ONE BIT!!! He was such an A CLASS leader, player, and AMAZING to his community!!! Already took a pay cut before, then they slap him in the face with a LOWBALL OFFER!!! You couldn’t match 7 million? Could’ve had the best RB DUO arguably in the last 50 years!
Just business good luck Aaron Jones I enjoyed him as a Packers. Gpg
Emotionally, it hurts, 33 was a great player for us…..and I get that he probably wanted to make the Packers sorry they made this decision and took about the same money to go to our rival--thank God it wasn’t Detroit! Sadly, in about 9 months either 33 or the Packers--maybe both will probably wish they would have found common ground. The Vikings will not be very good, and all it takes is one injury for the Packers to play what if?
Yeah I don’t appreciate anything you guys get who works hard for you guys🌺🌺🌺🌺🍀🍀
And now playing with a rebuild team
Here is the unfortunate reality. Jones played 11 games and rushed for 656 yards on 142 attempts. He is gonna be 30 years old. Since 1962 there has been about 25 running backs over the age of 30 to rush for 1000 yards. (16 game seasons for nearly all of them). If you look at the top 30 players by rush yards nearly all of them minus CMC, Henry, Gus Edwards, and Mostert are under the age of 26. Once Jacobs was paid i dont think the packers FO could justify a RB room over 16m a year with the draft capital we have, and the needs we have in other positions. Having to take a pay cut is the gut punch, not getting paid less. Jones hit FA and only made 1m more than what we offered and i think is a testament to the ability of our FO to evaluate player value internally. The offered him around the going rate of the league and he turned it down. Its really on Jones for (what i seems like) taking it personally. Each year our FO is going to do 100% of everything they can to get the packers cap space healthy and maximize every dollar and that means broken hearts sometimes.
Drew Rosenhaus played chicken and lost. I love Aaron Jones and, like so many former Packers, he'll have buyers remorse for singing with the Vikings and their new QB. A million dollars less to play with Jordan Love seems like a no brainer after the fact. I feel bad for #33. We're building toward something big and now he'll be watching at home after a 4-13 season...
Well, that's a nice gut punch. Geez.
I think the real issue was a little more on the playing time than the money, although an overestimation from his agent doesn't sound too crazy. Either way, Aaron Jones deserved to be a Packer for life
Bro still would have got paid. My mans was bring greedy or his agent was. Thats business
Jan Stenerud, Ryan Longwell, Greg Jennings, Brett Favre and Darren Sharper all left the Packers and signed with Purple. None of them won a Championship in Minnesota, Aaron Jones will not as well. Aaron Jones was a great player and a great Packer but he is going to break down in Minnesota, just watch. RIP Aaron Jones.
Hopefully, they resign Jones after one year and their salary condition is improved...
Originally, I thought he was gonna go to the Cowboys Or maybe even the Lions. I totally forgot about the purple losers that copy the Packers but can never duplicate the success.
Guety has a Napoleon complex
Simple solution. Put everyone, GMs, Coaches, Players etc. and their salary into the salary cap. See how anxious some of these GMs are to take less of their salary this year so it can be pushed out into future years. Make no mistake, none of these guys take a salary cut. The NFLPA would never allow it. They agree to take less of their money this year but it only gets rolled into future years.Jones agreed to it last year to help the cap and the money was rolled into this year. Why his cap # was 17M this year. GB wanted to do it again without an extension but by adding void years. Jones said it's my last year under contract so give me my money I'm owed. GB said instead of the 17M cap hit we'll instead give you the true 12M you're owed and cut you to free up 5M in space. They are still going to pay him 12M this year, it's now dead cap. So he'll get 12M from GB and 7M from Minnesota. So in truth the Packers with Jones 12M and Jacobs 14.8M this year are paying 26.8M for 2 guys at RB and 1 isn't even on the team when all they had to do was eat 17M in cap space they agreed to last year with Jones. Don't forget last year they paid Rodgers over 40M to be on the Jets IR and they'll pay Bahktiari over 20M this year to play somewhere else. It's why Rodgers agreed to less with the Jets and Bahktiari will agree to take less wherever he ends up. In 2 years they'll pay over 70M for guys elsewhere.
Players always say it’s a business. Bottom line,it’s a business.