In the modern NFL, save for a few teams, there are not many true alpha running backs who have a strangle hold atop the depth chart.
The jaw dropping power and physicality at every level of today’s defenses alone generally requires teams to have multiple capable tailbacks to share in the brutality of the ever-expanding NFL schedule.
The Packers have two stellar running backs in A.J. Dillon and Aaron Jones which is equal parts luxury and necessity.
But with Aaron Jones turning 28 years old this season, and entering 2023 with a $20 million dollar cap hit, the time has come to shift the RB1 load to A.