GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers did not set out to sign a big-name running back, but when talks with Aaron Jones about a pay cut broke down late last week, they quickly pivoted over the weekend and decided to go after free agent Josh Jacobs.
By early Monday afternoon, the team made one of their most seismic shifts at a position in recent history -- aside from last year's transition from Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love -- when they cut Jones and agreed to a four-year, $48 million deal with Jacobs, who spent his first five seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders.