While all the attention was on Aaron Rodgers all week long, it turns out the Green Bay Packers player we should have been noticing is Aaron Jones. The 26-year-old running back put on a clinic during Monday Night Football, scoring four total touchdowns in Green Bay’s 35-17 win over the Detroit Lions.
Make that 4️⃣ TDs for @Showtyme_33!!!!#DETvsGB | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/JhduxWCTDl
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) September 21, 2021
Jones finished the day with 67 yards rushing and one rushing touchdown to go with 43 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions. While Rodgers certainly seemed like he had something to prove in his four-touchdown evening, it wouldn’t have happened with Jones scampering all over the field for the scores.
That's the hat trick for @Showtyme_33!
TD No. 3️⃣ 💪#DETvsGB | #GoPackGo
📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/ADLzd4caZw
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) September 21, 2021
It was the kind of evening where you were either supremely glad to have Aaron Jones on your fantasy football roster or extremely upset to be playing against a team with him.
Congratulations to everyone with Aaron Jones on their fantasy team for winning their matchup this week.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 21, 2021
Everyone against Aaron Jones in fantasy pic.twitter.com/RG2KUbR5eu
— PFF Fantasy Football (@PFF_Fantasy) September 21, 2021
It was quite a memorable night for the fifth-year player out of UTEP. But after the game, Jones shared a rather unfortunate and heartbreaking anecdote. Aaron shared that he had been wearing a necklace with his father’s ashes inside it during the game but during one of his touchdowns it must have come off.
On the ESPN broadcast, Aaron Jones said he was wearing a necklace with his dads ashes in it but he lost it in the end zone.
Someone go find that necklace for the man 🥺
— Nicole Menner (@NicoleMenner) September 21, 2021
As Jones noted, losing it in the endzone was probably the best place to lose it since the grounds crew will be all over that area getting it ready for the next game.
Aaron Jones lost the necklace with his father’s ashes in it when he scored a TD… #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/QCkfYsv5aP
— Justin Ayers (@Ayers4President) September 21, 2021
“He’d be happy. He was like ‘If you lose it anywhere, lose it in the end zone,'” said Jones. “The grounds crew is looking for it.”
Aaron Jones in reference to losing the necklace with his dads ashes in it in the endzone. 🥺🥺 pic.twitter.com/2TmW7jqu2v
— 𝐽𝐸𝑁 𝑀𝐴𝐶𝐾 🧀 (@BigMack_4) September 21, 2021
Sports fans and media members were immediately enraptured with the hope that the necklace would be recovered so that Jones can truly remember this important night fondly.
I….need to know if he found it https://t.co/gQYLVNGCbL
— Lauren Brownlow (@lebrownlow) September 21, 2021
Aaron Jones says he wears a necklace with a little black football that carries his Dad's ashes in it. Lost it in the end zone, but the grounds crew is looking for it as we speak🙏 pic.twitter.com/n4whNmXjGw
— Hunter Baumgardt (@hunterbonair) September 21, 2021
Nobody on the grounds crew is allowed to leave until they find Aaron Jones necklace.
— Annie Schmitz (@fishandschmitz) September 21, 2021
Hopefully, we’ll hear an update soon!
UPDATE: The necklace was found!
BREAKING NEWS: Aaron Jones (@Showtyme_33) just confirmed, on The Steve Czaban Show, that his necklace containing his father's ashes was found! #Packers @packers @TheGameMKE @czabe @ericgitter
— Josh Albrecht (@OnAirJosh) September 21, 2021