Julia StumbaughMarch 3, 2024
The Green Bay Packers are not likely to re-sign running back A.J. Dillon in complimentary company, according to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The Packers are focusing on restoring running back Aaron Jones, whose agreement they are presently re-negotiating with the objective of decreasing his $17.5 million cap hit for 2024, according to Silverstein.
Dillon, a 2020 second-round choice, simply completed out the 4th year of his novice agreement with the Packers.
The 26-year-old taped 613 hurrying lawns for 2 goals in 15 video games throughout the 2023 season, marking a career-low 3.4 backyards per effort.
It was an underperformance from Dillon in a season he had actually wanted to utilize to make another agreement in Green Bay. According to NFL expert Warren Sharp, Dillon's goal rate of 11.1 percent significant “the worst mark for any running back with over 15 touches inside the 10-yard line in the last 4 years.”
Over the whole of his Packers profession, Dillon made 60 regular-season looks and 11 starts while accumulating 2,428 hurrying backyards for 16 goals. He likewise appeared in 3 championship game for the Packers in between 2020 and 2021.
If the Packers are not able to settle on a revamped agreement for Jones, the 29-year-old might leave the group together with Dillon, leaving Green Bay in requirement of extra running back depth to sign up with 2023 novice Emanuel Wilson.
For that, the Packers might possibly turn to the draft. Green Bay is anticipated to choose 11 times in Detroit, consisting of 5 choices in the leading 100, according to JR Radcliffe of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It is most likely the Packers will utilize a minimum of one choice from that bunch of choices to “resolve the position” of running back, according to Silverstein.
If Dillon strikes complimentary company, he will sign up with a congested running back class in 2024 that is anticipated to consist of Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs.
