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The Packers have decided not to put the franchise label on running back Aaron Jones, but several reports say they still want to sign him. The offer they make him, however, does not appear to be an offer he would accept.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Jones is being offered ‘more than $ 9 million a year’ by the Packers. The report does not say how much is more than $ 9 million, but suffice it to say that the wording means they offer him less than $ 10 million a year.
Jones certainly wants to be paid closer to the top level of runners. Christian McCaffrey earns $ 16 million a year, Ezekiel Elliott and Alvin Kamara earn $ 15 million a year, and Dalvin Cook, Derrick Henry and Joe Mixon are all between $ 12 million and $ 13 million a year.
The Packers realize that teams often regret compensating for top-flight rugby, and the Packers also picked a second round last season to play AJ Dillon as a full-back and see him as a viable replacement for Jones, Jones would have said elsewhere. be road. It is therefore unlikely that the Packers will pay Jones what he is looking for.
While the Packers may want Jones to stay, the most likely scenario is that he will quickly leave for a team that will pay him more than the Packers when he goes for free agency within a week.