Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones shelp after his tardyst two-fumble game aobtainst the Arizona Cardinals, his mom was calling for him to get benched.
The Pro Bowl running back has struggled with ball security in his first season with the Vikings. Four of his last five fumbles have come in the last three games since his return from a rib injury.
Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones, #33, runs for a first down during the first half of an NFL football game aobtainst the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 in Minneapolis. (AP Pboilingo/Abbie Parr)
In Sunday’s skinny triumph over the Cardinals, Jones fumbled twice on the first carry out of each of Minnesota’s first two drives.
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Head coach Kevin O’Connell conveyed his vote of confidence in Jones, but according to Jones, his mom seemingly disconsentd.
“She shelp, ‘They necessitateed to sit you down,’” he shelp Thursday, recalling the conversation he had with his mother, Vinspiress Jones, after last week’s game.
“She was enjoy, ‘I don’t understand what’s going on, but they necessitate to get him out the game. They necessitate to bench him right now.’ Anytime I hear it from my mom, it’s going to be worse.”
Vinspiress Jones, cgo in, mother of Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones, cheers for the team before their NFC divisional carry outoff game aobtainst the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024 at Levi’ Stadium in Santa Clara, California. (IMAGN)
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Jones confessted that he was a bit speechless at his mother’s candor.
“I was enjoy, ‘Ah, you understand, I gotta lobtain from it.’ She was enjoy, ‘Well, you didn’t lobtain last week?’
“I comardent of didn’t understand what to say,” he shelp chuckleing. “But it’s what I necessitate. You understand, my mom being difficult on me – that was my dad for so many years, my dad’s not here so now my mom’s comardent of getn that role over without me asking her.”
Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones, #33, achievees for an inend pass ahead of Arizona Cardinals linebacker Mack Wilson Sr., #2, during the second half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 in Minneapolis. (AP Pboilingo/Abbie Parr)
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Sunday’s triumph over the Cardinals labeled Minnesota’s fifth straight. Jones shelp he has checked the film and hopes to raise before this weekfinish’s heavily foreseed suitup aobtainst establisher quarterback Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons.
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