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More action for Aaron Jones

From the beginning, Matt LaFleur’s plan for Aaron Jones this season was to preserve his workload.

Jones has played more in LaFleur’s offense than in former head coach Mike McCarthy’s. His 428 snaps this season are 52 more than last year, and almost double his snap count as a rookie in 2017. Still, he has hardly been a workhorse. Jones ranks 16th in the NFL with 148 carries, averaging only 13.4 per game.

Jamaal Williams, meanwhile, has been used more as a complementary starter than a true backup. Williams has 76 carries this season, which ranks 46th in the NFL. Of the 15 teams with a running back getting more carries than Jones, only the Minnesota Vikings have a secondary running back getting more carries than Williams.

Vikings starter Dalvin Cook has 214 carries, and backup Alexander Mattison has 82. As a team, the Vikings rank fourth in the NFL and have 73 more carries than the Packers, so there have been many more opportunities to spread around.

Now that Jones has reached the late season healthy and preserved, LaFleur left open the possibility his star tailback could move into a more primary role, saying he could “potentially envision it happening in the future." Such a chance does not appear imminent, however.

“We have a lot of confidence in Jamaal,” LaFleur said, “and I think it’s best for us right now to continue and have a one-two punch with those two guys.”

Regardless of Williams’ opportunities in the offense, LaFleur said he wants to get Jones more involved than he’s been.

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