Our SI.com team publishers have selected the all-NFC North team. Part 2 is the running backs, headlined by the Green Bay Packers’ Josh Jacobs and his predecessor, Aaron Jones.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – New Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs nudged aside former Packers running back Aaron Jones as the first-team selection for SI.com’s All-NFC North team.
It wasn’t just those baseline numbers. Jacobs not only wasn’t as productive as the year before. He wasn’t as good as Jones, who upon being released by the Packers joined the rival Minnesota Vikings. According to Pro Football Focus: - Jacobs went from 3.40 yards after contact in 2022 to 2.35 in 2023. Jones averaged 3.16 yards after contact – his fifth consecutive season of better than 3.0.
However, the Packers are offering stability while Jacobs dealt with disarray while playing under the franchise tag in Las Vegas. “It was just one of them situations where you expected a lot out of that season, and it just didn’t go that way.”
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