Aaron Jones is having a breakout year. He is one of the bigger headline players from the Green Bay Packers. I still feel nationally, besides, the fantasy community, people are sleeping on Jones with the focus on Aaron Rodgers. Part of me gets that because Rodgers is one of the best to do it and his renaissance year is something to talk about. But Jones should be getting credit for helping carry this team as much as Rodgers. If he didn’t arrive against Dallas where he scored four touchdowns, he certainly did against Kansas City. Where does Jones rank in terms of NFL running backs?

This is a list that could be ever-changing but the way I see this process working is basically figuring out which guys that I would have over Jones and which guys I would not take that are currently starting running backs in the National Football League. I’m not going to look at off-the-field things, rather overall production plus injuries.

Aaron Jones Isn’t This Level Yet – To me, this is the crème de la crème of running backs. Jones will not touch this level likely this season. If you’d rather have Jones over Barkley or McCaffery, you’re a fucking liar.

Saquon Barkley, Christian McCaffery, Ezekiel Elliott

There’s an argument to be made for Jones – Here’s where I would slot on Jones. This is in no order. Kamara went down a level with the injuries this season as well as Gurley. Cook vs. Jones vs. Jacobs might be my favorite debate. I’d give a slight edge to Jones only based on injury concerns with Cook.

Dalvin Cook, Alvin Kamara, Todd Gurley, Leonard Fournette, Josh Jacobs

Before the season, no. During the season, yes, Aaron Jones is better – This is the most impressive thing about Jones season. This group of running backs before the season would have all been considered better than Jones or right at his level. Now? He’s better than all of them. The only guy where I may reconsider that stance on is James Connor.

David Johnson, Kerryon Johnson, Devonta Freeman, Sony Michel, Le’Veon Bell, Mark Ingram, James Connor, Joe Mixon, Melvin Gordon

Jones was better than these guys from the start – It feels like this was where Packers running backs were for so long of Rodgers’ tenure. Bad back after bad back. There’s something special about having a top-five to top 10 back in football.

Adrian Peterson, Mark Walton, David Montgomery, Peyton Barber, Tevin Coleman, Frank Gore, Chris Carson, Marlon Mack, Duke Johnson, Derrick Henry, Phillip Lindsay, Damian Williams, Jordan Howard

Jones has arrived on the scene, let’s hope he can stay there for years to come.

Charlie.