Vikings bring back Aaron Jones after successful first season in Minnesota

The Minnesota Vikings are keeping 1 of their ain pending escaped agents connected the roster connected a time erstwhile tons of NFL deals and trades went down. 

Veteran moving backmost Aaron Jones won't beryllium mounting the marketplace similar helium did past offseason aft helium agreed to presumption connected a caller woody with the Vikings, who announced the determination connected Sunday. 

Jones' caller woody is reportedly worthy $20 cardinal implicit the adjacent 2 seasons. 

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Minnesota Vikings backmost Sam Darnold (14) hands disconnected to moving backmost Aaron Jones during the archetypal fractional of an NFL chaotic paper playoff shot game, Jan. 13, 2025, successful Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Jones had signed a one-year, $7 cardinal woody to articulation the Vikings, who helium knew arsenic his NFC North rival passim his clip with the Green Bay Packers. 

He severed ties with the Packers aft turning down a wage chopped this past offseason. 

Now, caput manager Kevin O'Connell had the archetypal presumption of the Jones signing arsenic a seasoned who could pb a running-back-by-committee strategy successful his backfield. Jones, 30, had an wounded history, including six games missed successful 2023, truthful having the options determination was the thought. 

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However, Jones rapidly showed O’Connell that helium inactive deserves the lion’s stock of touches aft helium rushed for 1,138 yards connected 255 carries with 5 touchdowns portion hauling successful 51 passes for 408 yards and 2 scores. 

Jones’ 1,546 yards from scrimmage was his champion full since his breakout 2019 campaign, wherever helium had 1,558 yards and 19 full touchdowns to pb the NFL with the Packers. 

Minnesota Vikings' Aaron Jones runs during the 2nd fractional against the Green Bay Packers, Dec. 29, 2024, successful Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Jones played a captious relation successful a high-octane Vikings discourtesy that besides saw Sam Darnold, a journeyman backmost to that constituent successful his career, airy up the scoreboard acknowledgment to play-action playing a large portion successful the walk game. 

As NFL fans know, a bully play-action is lone arsenic bully arsenic a productive tally game. 

Seeing the occurrence of Jones successful the backfield, the Vikings wasted nary clip keeping him successful spot arsenic they spell into the 2025 play trying to reply the backmost question instead. 

Recent reports bespeak the Vikings and Darnold are not expected to scope a woody contempt the career-altering run helium conscionable had successful Minnesota. The squad inactive has 2024 first-round prime J.J. McCarthy connected the extent chart, and Daniel Jones, who was released by the New York Giants 2 years aft signing a four-year extension, joined the squad and could instrumentality to supply seasoned competition. 

Minnesota Vikings moving backmost Aaron Jones Sr. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

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But determination is nary interest arsenic to who volition beryllium taking carries from whoever starts nether halfway for the Vikings successful 2025, arsenic Jones is acceptable to pb the mode erstwhile more.

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