The Green Bay Packers are off to a 6-3 start through their first nine games of the season. While that is certainly a great start, the team has to feel like they should have one or two more wins at this point at least. The team has let a few wins slip through their hands.
Just before the trade deadline, Green Bay decided to trade away veteran edge rusher Preston Smith. Smith joins the Pittsburgh Steelers, who sit atop the AFC North (6-2).
Upon hearing the news, former Green Bay running back Aaron Jones had something to say.
Packers: Aaron Jones Takes Massive Shot At Green Bay After Preston Smith Trade
Preston Smith posted a picture of him in a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey on Instagram after the trade:
One on of the comments, Aaron Jones wrote:
damn they wanted us all out of there !
Green Bay has been known for moving on from veterans at the tail end of their career. Aaron Rodgers commented on that exact thing before he was traded to the New York Jets.
Here is a look a Jones’ stats so far this season with Minnesota:
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Y/A | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Lng | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Touch | Y/Tch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |
| 2024-11-03 | MIN | IND | W 21-13 | 21 | 64 | 0 | 13 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 22 | 100.0% | 4.5 | 25 | 3.3 | 82 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-24 | MIN | @ | LAR | L 20-30 | 19 | 58 | 0 | 9 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 25 | 100.0% | 18.5 | 21 | 4.5 | 95 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-10-20 | MIN | DET | L 29-31 | 14 | 93 | 1 | 34 | 6.6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 17 | 100.0% | 7.7 | 17 | 6.8 | 116 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-06 | MIN | NYJ | W 23-17 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | 100.0% | 24.0 | 8 | 6.6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-29 | MIN | @ | GNB | W 31-29 | 22 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 | 80.0% | 9.2 | 26 | 5.3 | 139 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-22 | MIN | HOU | W 34-7 | 19 | 102 | 0 | 39 | 5.4 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 1 | 20 | 83.3% | 7.7 | 24 | 6.2 | 148 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-15 | MIN | SFO | W 23-17 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 3.6 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 18 | 83.3% | 6.0 | 14 | 4.9 | 68 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024-09-08 | MIN | @ | NYG | W 28-6 | 14 | 94 | 1 | 19 | 6.7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | 100.0% | 7.5 | 16 | 6.8 | 109 | 1 | 0 |
