Many expected the 2023 NFL season to be a bit of a rebuilding year for the Green Bay Packers after the departure of future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers. But under first-year starter Jordan Love, the Packers not only made the postseason but beat the Dallas Cowboys in a blowout and played a close game against the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers. And star running back Aaron Jones seems to think the future is bright for the team.
“I feel like what we’re building here is special,” running back Aaron Jones said according to NFL.com. “You can feel it. You can see it. The chemistry, the bond, the standard that we’ve set. I feel like with the standard we’ve set, we know what our expectations are when we come back next year. Our standard is high. We have no reason not to reach that standard every day because we’ve shown that we can do it this year, and we’ve shown we can do it game after game after game, we can put it together. I feel like we’re gonna be dangerous. We’re gonna be special.”
Jones had some high praise for how the young team performed despite the low expectations entering the season.
“This is a special team, [as] special [a] group of guys that I’ve been around,” Jones said. “We defied expectations. Nobody thought we would even be in the playoffs, let alone the second round of the playoffs. I feel like it was a great building block for us.”
We’ll have to see how the team can build on this success heading into next season.
[NFL.com]