Aaron Jones' Impact on Minnesota's Offense in 2024

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00:00Aaron Jones, he is rolling now in Minnesota, so he takes his ball and he goes to a division

00:08rival here and it's an interesting landing spot.

00:11Now Aaron Jones, you can look at this number seven 25 and it seems very low and I think

00:16it is, you're getting minus one 12 on this.

00:18Now Aaron Jones, just for kind of a recap of 2023 started up great week one, basically

00:28hurt all year, came out at the end and it was great in the playoff.

00:31So that begs the question, right?

00:33Is Aaron Jones going to be somebody we can count on for 2024?

00:36And I think that's a legitimate question.

00:38If you look at the fantasy pros projections for him, theirs are a little higher, 778 yards

00:45and fancy pros projections are pretty good here.

00:48We're one of the best in the marketplace in terms of projections and ADP and all that.

00:52And Aaron Jones, they're already telling you there's upside here.

00:56I'm going to go the over on this and be cautiously optimistic.

00:58I'm looking at Aaron Jones right now, the 19th running back off the board, and I see

01:04a running back that has value in this specific offense because you might get Sam Darnold

01:09for a month and you're going to have to run the football.

01:12You might get J.J.

01:13McCarthy then picking things up the rest of the year, and I think it would be smart to

01:15give the rookie a balanced offense and run the football.

01:19And that's where Aaron Jones comes in.

01:21Now do I want to go to a thousand yards with Aaron Jones?

01:23Not necessarily, but I do believe he's got something to prove.

01:27I saw enough last year when he was healthy that things looked really good for Aaron Jones.

01:31And Aaron Jones, you know, is a player that I think for a very long time we've been way

01:36too low on.

01:37And every year I always will come around and say, hey, every year this guy basically runs

01:40for a thousand yards.

01:42And I don't understand why there isn't more opportunity for Aaron Jones to get a little

01:45bit more love from the fantasy community.

01:47He has finished as an RB1 in one, two, three, four of the last five years.

01:53So yeah, it was a down year.

01:54Yes, he's a little bit older.

01:56I get it.

01:57Yeah, he's 29.

01:58I don't love investing in 29-year running backs, but can he get over 725 yards?

02:02I think the answer is yes.

02:03I'm not going to go to a thousand, I'm not going to go to 900.

02:06725 and a half, yeah, give me the over on that one, Matt.