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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 1007880" data-attributes="member: 5830">You're right about the doghouse. From the venerable fact-based Wikipedia:<h3>2017 season[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aaron_Jones_(running_back)&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" target="_blank">edit</a>]</h3>After injuries to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Montgomery" target="_blank">Ty Montgomery</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaal_Williams" target="_blank">Jamaal Williams</a>, Jones came into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday_Night_Football" target="_blank">Thursday Night Football</a> game against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Chicago_Bears_season" target="_blank">Chicago Bears</a> in Week 4. In the game, he had 13 carries for 49 yards and his first career rushing touchdown in the 35–14 victory.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Jones_(running_back)#cite_note-32" target="_blank">[32]</a> In Week 5 against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Dallas_Cowboys_season" target="_blank">Dallas Cowboys</a>, Jones tallied 19 carries for 125 yards. He also had one lone target, for a 9-yard gain. In the second quarter, Jones rushed up the middle for a seven-yard touchdown, which was the second touchdown of his career. In Week 7, against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_New_Orleans_Saints_season" target="_blank">New Orleans Saints</a>, he had 17 carries for 131 yards and a touchdown.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Jones_(running_back)#cite_note-33" target="_blank">[33]</a> Overall, he finished his rookie season with 448 rushing yards (second on the team to fellow rookie Jamaal Williams, ninth among NFL rookies), a team-leading four rushing touchdowns, nine receptions, and 22 receiving yards.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Jones_(running_back)#cite_note-34" target="_blank">[34]</a>I won't paste the 2018 info because it's just too much to read, but this is the most salient part:  In his first two seasons, Jones' averaged 9 touches per game<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Jones_(running_back)#cite_note-tv5-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> and a league-leading 5.5 yards per carry.McCarthy used him sparingly for no great reason. He did not fumble in his rookie season of 2017, and only fumbled once in 2018 before his knee injury. There was concern about his health, but that never appeared to be the real reason...just an excuse given.</blockquote>

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