Aaron Jones Completely Dominated Anthony Barr and Vikings After Getting Trolled for Fumble Early in Game
The Green Bay Packers had trouble holding onto the ball early in Monday night's game against the Minnesota Vikings. In fact, the game started out for the Packers with an Aaron Jones fumble.
The play had the Vikings pumped and apparently the trash talking got underway. Perhaps the Vikings should have held off on firing up Jones, because he went off after his one mistake of the game.
Aaron Jones said "a certain someone" on the Vikings came up to him after he fumbled on the first drive and said "the lights are too bright, get off the field"
— Joe Kipp (@JuhKipp) December 24, 2019
What happened next? Jones ran for 154 yards (career-high) & 2 TDs; Packers clinched NFCN
The certain someone? "No. 55"
Anthony Barr started talking and Jones starting dominating. Jones' 56-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter put the Packers up 23-10 and had Vikings fans filing out of the stadium.
Aaron Jones saving thousands of fantasy football championships pic.twitter.com/mB9LGLqjjW
— Garage Guy Chase (@GarageGuyChase) December 24, 2019
The trash talk resulted in Jones having his best rushing performance of the season and marked only the fourth time he eclipsed the 100-yard mark this campaign. Meanwhile, Barr and the Vikings went from a chance to winning the NFC North to missing out on the title once again.
Aaron Jones on starting to wave then pulling back on his 56-yard TD run:
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) December 24, 2019
“Oh, man. Oh, man. I wanted to so bad. I had to turn it into a little bad high step. I didn’t like it. I much rather would have waved, but I couldn’t. I need my money. So I couldn’t take that fine.”
The two teams could meet up again in the postseason. The Vikings defense may want to focus on better preparing for Jones, who has a combined 270 rushing yards against Minnesota this season.