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“He was just calling the plays and whatever he called, we were running and it was working,” Jones said. “The blocking unit was doing their job to open up lanes and creases and big gaps. I was just able to run.”
And run he did, especially in the red zone. Jones capped all four of the Packers’ touchdown-producing drives with runs from the 18-, 3-, 5- and 1-yard lines. In doing so, he became the first Packers running back to score four rushing touchdowns since Dorsey Levens did it against Arizona on Jan. 2, 2000.
By blueprint, Green Bay has predominately been an outside-zone running team under first-year head coach Matt LaFleur. However, the Packers opted to run more inside knowing the sideline-to-sideline speed of Dallas linebackers, Jaylon Smith and Leighton Vander Esch.
With a few direct snaps mixed in along the way, Jones was able to notch his fifth career 100-yard rushing game, finishing with 17 carries for 107 yards.
“By far, the player of the game for us,” fullback Danny Vitale said. “He was seeing the creases and the holes exactly the way we expect them to be seen. He just put on a hell of a performance.”
It wasn’t just the runs that made for a special homecoming, though. Jones also led Green Bay with a career-high seven catches for 75 yards, including a key 12-yard snag off a slant on third-and-4 to extend the Packers’ first drive of the second half.