The Vikings added a major weapon this year in the backfield -- he wants to add to what they already have.
Since being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 2017, he has done nothing but demolish Vikings defenses. In last year’s primetime game with playoff implications for both teams, Jones ran for 120 yards on just 20 carries in a 33-10 Green Bay blowout. Who can forget the 2019 game where Jones single-handedly ended the Vikings’ hopes of winning the division by scampering for 154 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a two-score victory for the Pack. Jones averaged at least 5.
“When we got an opportunity to bring him here, it’s one of those things you don’t think is really going to be possible,” head coach Kevin O’Connell said on the Rich Eisen Show this week. “It really excites me,” Jones said. “I’ve played with a number one receiver and now being here with a number one receiver, two number ones if you ask me. Three number ones if you throw in TJ there it’s like, who are you going to guard? You want to double this guy, you’ve got three or four more guys. The matchups we can get against the defense are pretty much always going to be in our favor.”
Over his career Jones averages 12.1 carries per game and 2.7 receptions per game so we can expect that Chandler will get his chances to rotate with the Pro Bowl runner this season. “I came from a similar system, it’s a little different terminology but I wouldn’t say it’s too difficult,” Jones said. “I’d say 50% of it is similar, 50% of it is different…trying to learn that and throw out the old stuff. Some of the concepts overlap.”
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