Well I got my wish, so hoping that we see Mays as well might be asking too much of MM but.....

Said it right here last week, when everyone else was worrying about a RB and trades, I was saying GIVE #33 the football. Best instincts on the team, best pure running back on the team. Lets just hope GB doesn't do something stupid like drop him back to 3rd in the rotation again, when he's clearly the best pure running back on the roster.

At the start of this game the Packers offense was getting killed by pressure fro the Cowboys D line. Through a combination of quick, short passes and use of the running game they slowly broke down the Cowboys defense and opened up the game. Great play calling and execution.

When was the last time on 4th and 1 that a Packer running back ran 10 yards ? How many times including on the 1 yard line on 4th down have runs failed, how refreshing to see the 10 yard run. Also, don't forget the catch on 3rd down to keep the drive going. Stark's in his rookie season was a real key with the injuries in the Super Bowl season but Jones looks so much more natural as a runner than Stark's was. He provided the balance the offense needs especially with a make shift offensive line.

he runs with great vision..... and hits the hole with great speed and quickness and makes guys miss. something i have not seen since Ahman Green.

RB Jones looks great so far. I have thought all along that D. Mays has the same type of RB talent as A. Jones does with a lot bigger, more punishing body type to wear down defenses.
Like to see him get some touches and maybe have a 3 headed monster RB situation to count on when need to run out a clock.

MM has always talked about having a big Lacey type RB for the winter home games but there just aren't many of those RBs in the game. That's why the stubborn son of a gun stuck with Williams so long until he finally got hurt and MM had no choice other than A. Jones who shined.
I think the same stubbornness is what is keeping the Packer's speed burner WRs in 5th and 6th position. (the argument that AR doesn't trust # 5 and 6 means to me that MM hasn't put enough time/effort/emphasis on getting them up to speed with AR))
Thus the Pack has 3 talented route runners who make up one of the slowest starting 3 WRs groups in the division and without the frequent or occasional deep threat are much easier to man cover/smother which makes for so many necessary AR scrambles until the WRs can sneak open.
With a speed burner deep threat WR and a talented RB play option available AR would have a much easier and more effective offense than he does now.
Everybody talks about how special AR's scramble talent is but I don't think he should have to find scrambling so frequently necessary. You don't see Brady, Alex Smith, Ryan needing to try and scramble like AR has to.
Thank GOD AR can do it.
Hopefully TT will draft a 4.3 WR to move into # 2 or 3 after Jordy retires in a year or two and AR slows down.

" That's why the stubborn son of a gun stuck with Williams so long until he finally got hurt and MM had no choice other than A. Jones who shined."

Just so I am clear, are you talking about Jamaal Williams and his 9 carries and 2 catches prior to yesterday?

Remember all those blind homers who thought letting Eddie Lacy walk was a huge mistake? Kinda funny to think about now. Seattle overpaid, big time. Lacy and his agent are laughing all the way to the next Dicks Burger.

RB Williams was #2 starting RB behind Monty and # 1 starting RB last week until he went out of game and RB Jones came in for him and shined.

I agree with you on getting Davis involved as a deep threat WR should be a smart thing to do even if it's a fake deep route.
Janis, 6'2", 220lbs, actually ran a warm up 4.30 combine 40 and he can't crack the top 4 WRs. That's why he's such a great gunner. Big, strong, fast.
His run is on ( NFL combine on youtube)

I think Janis's last 2 touches were last year as 2 jet sweeps, both about 20 yrs with 1 touchdown. He just flys!

The trouble with 4.3 receivers is that they usually have speed and little else. They are poor route runners and can't block your mother. Many also have suspect hands.Speed kills but usually your offense. Al Davis drafted speed and killed Oakland for years.Minnesota looked for speed drafting Troy Williamson in 2005 and passed on Rodgers twice. Be thankful for what we have at wide receiver.

I just wonder how the coaches rate these players and how he was last on the depth chart. We will have to see if A2 (Aaron #2) can keep this up or if this was a fluke. But it was a pleasure to see.

(OT - I find it amusing to hear how 'sure' everyone was that AR would score with 1 min+ left. If it was a sure thing, the Packers wouldn't have lost a game in the last 5 years).

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I have never seen such a love fest in here!

Aaron Jones makes everything betta!

Jones is a lot of fun to watch. Even in the Chicago game, he had a pretty nice looking cut back run that would have gone for nothing if he just went where the play was suppose to go.

I noticed that McCray started at LG over Lucas Patrick, who was active.

Andy: it might be too difficult to keep separate grades, but it might be useful to note a player's grade as a tackle vs. guard for Lane Taylor and McCray, and for Burnett and Jones as hybrids, star and SS. Maybe just a mention on how they handled each assignment in your weekly review would be wonderful.

[As someone who sometimes does 5 or even 10 hours of research to write a comment, and just loves it when someone suggests I need to do 10 more hours of research to nail down my point, I'll understand if my request is too much! I am grateful for the individual grades, which I don't think exists anywhere else on a free site.]