Packers may have dodged bullet with Aaron Jones injury
The Green Bay Packers may have beaten the Chicago Bears and to make things even better, it sounds like the team dodged a major bullet with star running back Aaron Jones. Jones was injured as he crossed the end zone after a 35-yard catch-and-run in the third quarter. The play came on a key 4th […]
The Green Bay Packers may have beaten the Chicago Bears and to make things even better, it sounds like the team dodged a major bullet with star running back Aaron Jones.
Jones was injured as he crossed the end zone after a 35-yard catch-and-run in the third quarter. The play came on a key 4th and 3 in which Packers head coach Matt LaFleur opted to go for it instead of kicking a field and as a result, the Packers went up, 24-6, and never looked back en route to their 38-20 win.
Jones was eventually deemed as questionable to return, but never came back into the game. LaFleur provided an update on Jones after the game and it was an encouraging one, to say the least.
"Hopefully it was just a cramp there at the end, but we'll see and take a look at that," he said after the game.
The injury was labeled as a hamstring injury, but it's notable to that LaFleur referred to it as a cramp. Jones didn't really seem to be limping on the sidelines when the cameras were on him, so that could certainly be the case.
Jones also ruled out a hamstring pull, himself, after the game. He also mentioned he could've gone back in, but the coaching staff didn't want him to.
“It was not a pull,” Jones told reporters. “I’ve pulled my hamstring before and I didn’t really feel a pull. It was just a little bite. Thankful for it, [the Packers are] always looking out for my best interests.”
"He's a dynamic playmaker, there's no doubt about it," said LaFleur. "It is a long season and we know we have to manage him as best as we can because he's one of the guys that tilts the field in your favor when he's out there. Whether he's getting the ball or not."
Jones wasn't the only big name to leave the game early. 2022 first-rounder, Quay Walker, was taken to the locker room after suffering a concussion at the end of his pick-six in the fourth quarter.
Quay got hit really, really hard by a Bears defender as he crossed the goal line:
Rookie wide receiver Jayden Reed also left the game, but it was for cramps, as well. The Packers were up 38-14 with under seven minutes to play, so it made sense to go ahead and keep him out of the rest of the game.
LaFleur will speak to the media again on Monday before taking Tuesday off. If he doesn't add any more details to the above situations, then Wednesday's injury report will give us the next round of information.
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