Even if some Packers defenders might have been petty late in the game, Packers fans were more than generous in Jones’ return, giving him a warm pregame welcome back. He spent his first seven seasons in Green Bay, ranking third in rushing yards and fourth in rushing touchdowns in team history and earning fan-favorite status during his stay.
When the Packers moved on from him on the first day of free agency, opting to sign Josh Jacobs instead, Jones pivoted and joined the rival Vikings. Now Jones is 4-0 with his new team and atop the NFC North.
Getting the Lambeau Leap might have been sweet, but beating his former team was Jones’ true mission all along, he said.
“This is what I came here for,” Jones said. “If someone had told me, ‘Hey, you’ll go in and have a good game. You won’t score but you’ll get the [win],’ I’d say that’s what I’m here for.
“At the end of the day, as long as we win, it doesn’t matter who is putting the points on the board, as long as they’re being put up.”
And in a fitting, full-circle moment, Vikings fans gave Jones what he couldn’t get during regulation: a postgame leap to celebrate the big win.
“I came here and got what I wanted,” Jones said. “It was special.”
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