GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It’s a good thing the Green Bay Packers bucked tradition and gave Aaron Jones the kind of money many thought they’d be hesitant to deliver to a running back in free agency last offseason.
He’s the best thing the Packers have going for them right now.
And he’s the reason the Packers aren’t 0-2 for the first time since 2006 -- two years before Aaron Rodgers became their starting quarterback.
On a night that for a while looked a lot like the Packers’ season-opening loss to the New Orleans Saints, what with all the wide-open Detroit Lions receivers and absence of a pass rush, Jones found the end zone four times -- three as a pass catcher and once as a rusher -- to comeback from a halftime deficit to pull away for 35-17 victory at Lambeau Field.