{"id":101685,"date":"2022-10-19T12:15:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-packers-personnel-might-be-hurting-aj-dillon-offense\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:15:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:15:12","slug":"the-packers-personnel-might-be-hurting-aj-dillon-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-packers-personnel-might-be-hurting-aj-dillon-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"The Packers’ personnel might be hurting AJ Dillon, offense"},"content":{"rendered":"
Coming into the season, one of the major focuses in Green Bay was how the Packers were going to use running backs Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon, who were presumed to be the team’s top offensive skill players after the Davante Adams trade. Unfortunately, Jones clearly looked like the better back in 2022, despite their split usage.<\/p>\n
Over the last two weeks, the Packers have only used their \u201cPony\u201d package, which features both Jones and Dillon on the field at the same time, for a total of seven offensive snaps. Instead, they are electing to play a backfield of either Jones or Dillon, not both.<\/p>\n
The results? Jones has posted 409 rushing yards on 70 carries (5.8 yards per carry) while Dillon has taken 73 rush attempts for 286 yards (3.9 yards per carry.) The eye test says that Dillon has been less impressive than Jones this season, or even the 2021 version of himself. The analytics seem to back that up, too.<\/p>\n
\nAdvocating for more Aaron Jones touches because he’s so clearly better than the RB2 who is getting a bunch of reps is giving me deja vu pic.twitter.com\/NLdHL4ODLg<\/a><\/p>\n