Saturday February 18, 2023 – 12:00 am
The Green Bay Packers running back asked yesterday for a salary cut to stay with the team
TICKET. Aaron Jones, running back for the Green Bay Packers, yesterday asked for a $5 million cut in his salary to stay with the team for the 2023 NFL season.
Jones, the Packers’ rushing leader, was scheduled to earn $16 million the following season; he now he will earn 11 million.
The 29-year-old took the pay cut to stay in Green Bay as the team planned to fire him if he didn’t agree to the cut despite his importance to the team’s offensive attack.