GREEN BAY - Yes, Aaron Jones thought about how it might end.
He thought about the fumble. The injury. Walking off Lambeau Field for perhaps the final time in a Green Bay Packers uniform, unable to finish the NFC championship game.
He thought about how close he'd been to a Super Bowl. Back-to-back NFC championship game losses. The second coming on his home grass.
He thought there might not be a chance to rewrite that ending. As free agency approached earlier this month, Jones wondered if his career was heading somewhere else. In those final days before reaching the open market, Jones thought a lot about how his time with the Packers might end.