Aaron Jones' late TD reflected Packers' gold-zone mentality

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GREEN BAY – We gotta go.


Those three words fluttered through Aaron Jones' headspace as the Packers' fourth-year running back trotted onto the field with just over two minutes remaining in Sunday's matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles.


After pressing the edges with the outside-zone run game for most of the afternoon, Green Bay's offense picked the right time to throw a counter punch in signaling for a Jones run up the middle on second-and-7.


Fifteen seconds (and three broken tackles) later, Jones crossed the plane of the goal line on a career-long, 77-yard touchdown run that closed out a 30-16 victory for the Packers.


Until that moment, Philadelphia still had hope after working itself back into the game thanks to a 32-yard touchdown pass to Greg Ward and a Jalen Reagor 73-yard punt return for a TD made it a one-score game with 6 minutes, 30 seconds left.


"We talked about it the past couple weeks, playing four quarters and finishing," said Jones, who finished with 130 rushing yards on 15 carries. "We knew we had to get out there and finish. We let a team back in. We gave them hope but the most important part is we finished."


It was the second chance the 5-foot-9, 208-pound running back was looking for after a missed opportunity earlier in the game when a crease opened but Jones got tripped in the hole before he could break a big gain.