2024 Packers News, Transactions, Trades - Week 1 in Brasil v. Iggles

[ReddRum]

Well had they kept Jones it would have been a $17.5 million cap hit. With his release the Packers cleared $5.2 million.

Jacobs cap hit this season is only $5.3 million.

Plus if Jacobs has a good year we could have him for 3 more years on a fairly reasonable deal. If Jones has a good year he is now 30.

[MickeyDavis]

Youngest team in the league getting younger

[MVP2110]

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[WeekapaugGroove]

Hopefully this isn't a Cook/Bennett kind of deal where it felt like an unnecessary switch at the time and played out even worse in real time.



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[Matches Malone]

Jones is pretty ticked on Twitter, liking a bunch of stuff and replying to GB reporters. Think we can fully mark this down as a vendetta signing.

[Turk Nowitzki]

Jones is pretty ticked on Twitter, liking a bunch of stuff and replying to GB reporters. Think we can fully mark this down as a vendetta signing.

I don't totally blame him tbh

[GBPackers47]

This front office is really not good at player relations whatsoever.

This take is getting old.

Why aren't Elgton Jenkins, Jaire Alexander, Kenny Clark, and Rashan Gary gone too?

We had another stellar report card for 2023 as a franchise, voted by the players.

[jute2003]

Apparently their valuation was pretty close and his frustration was very real. Here's to a good year for Jones while the vikings go 5-12.

[GBPackers47]

Hopefully this isn't a Cook/Bennett kind of deal where it felt like an unnecessary switch at the time and played out even worse in real time.



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They have to be banking on the timeline a little bit here, too.

Josh Jacobs is much closer in age to the core of this offense and they probably want to build on something for years.

There's a world where Jones could be done after this year.

[Matches Malone]

Jones is pretty ticked on Twitter, liking a bunch of stuff and replying to GB reporters. Think we can fully mark this down as a vendetta signing.

I don't totally blame him tbh

He has every right to be pissed. I'd probably be mad too. Just wish he took a bit longer to make a decision and went to a legit contender. I don't think he was going to get more than what he did in Minny, so if a team could create some space, he'd be a great fit. Hell he could have went back home to Texas for either team and been in a better spot. Watching him flounder in Minnesota is gonna be no fun.

[Wizardofwisc]

This front office is really not good at player relations whatsoever.

This take is getting old.

Why aren't Elgton Jenkins, Jaire Alexander, Kenny Clark, and Rashan Gary gone too?

We had another stellar report card for 2023 as a franchise, voted by the players.

Its almost as if, once a player leaves this organization, they realize that most other francises do not hold a candle to this one. Thus, when a player is forced to leave, they are not very happy about it. Love, Jones. Fantastic man first, great player second. I hope he finds a great landing place and I wish him future success.

[jakecronus8]

Really disappointed that Jones took the spite route. I get it from a personal standpoint, but the spite Vikings deal never works out.

[mlloyd10]

50% paycut cause he only plays 50% of the season

The previous 4 seasons he missed 4 total games and even this year he didn't miss half the games. This was a really dumb decision. Jones is miles better than Jacobs.

Yeah...This is not true at all.

Jones is a very good player, but dude was consistently taking himself out of games even when "healthy"

Jones will be missed, but acting like Jacobs is not a better back is just wrong.

Jones is like having the best sprinter in the world run a marathon.

[mlloyd10]

So, 1 year, $7M for Jones or 1 year, $14.8M for Jacobs?

Cant look at it that way at all

[mlloyd10]

Jones cap hit was twice as much as Jacobs is now for 2024...Very simple

[WeekapaugGroove]

Hopefully this isn't a Cook/Bennett kind of deal where it felt like an unnecessary switch at the time and played out even worse in real time.



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They have to be banking on the timeline a little bit here, too.

Josh Jacobs is much closer in age to the core of this offense and they probably want to build on something for years.

There's a world where Jones could be done after this year.

Yeah I'd say it's about a coin flip on who will be better this season between Jacobs and Jones. I think Jones is a little better player but Jacobs is younger at a position where that really matters.

Just saying it kind of felt like a move to make a move kind of like the Cook/Bennett deal. Which at the time made some sense too, but unfortunately completely failed in reality.

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[MKE_Hodag22]

Really disappointed that Jones took the spite route. I get it from a personal standpoint, but the spite Vikings deal never works out.

It's interesting that he chose that route as they really do not have a QB at the moment - if they get subpar QB play, teams will take away the run and Jones #'s will suffer. I woulda went to a team that has a solid passing game that'd free up some running. I think someone put Houston out there as an idea...and that certainly would have been a great spot to land for him. Good luck in MIN - but just don't see this working out in his favor.

[BUCKnation]

Probably a mix of many things, but certainly seems like he was disrespected by the pay cut offer, hit the open market and nothing was out there, so he took roughly 1 mil more to end up on a bad team and disrespect the fans that gave him a ton of love on the way out by going to a direct rival.

[BUCKnation]

Houston would have seemed like a no brainer. They have a ton of space and their rb production was atrocious even with an amazing Stroud year.

[mlloyd10]

Houston would have seemed like a no brainer. They have a ton of space and their

rb production was atrocious even with an amazing Stroud year

.

It was actually ok last year once Singletary took over