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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- No contract. No tag. No Aaron Jones?
It's starting to look that way for the Green Bay Packers, and their Pro Bowl running back.
Actually, it started to look that way when general manager Brian Gutekunst picked AJ Dillon in the second round of last year's draft.
And when the 2020 season came and went without an extension for Jones.
And when Jones, frustrated by the lack of guaranteed money in the Packers' offer, changed agents.
And finally on Tuesday, when Gutekunst opted not to tag Jones -- either with the franchise or transition designation -- before the deadline to do so passed.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Joe Barry mentioned nearly a dozen different coaches who have influenced him during his 20-year NFL coaching career.
Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden, Monte Kiffin, Rod Marinelli, Mike Tomlin, Raheem Morris, Rich Bisaccia, Wade Phillips, Vic Fangio, Sean McVay and Brandon Staley.
So who, exactly, is the Green Bay Packers' new defensive coordinator, and what kind of system will he implement?
If you ask coach Matt LaFleur, who hired Barry last month, it doesn't sound like he's getting the same coach who coordinated statistically poor defenses in Detroit and Washington. In two-year stints as the coordinator in each spot, Barry's units ranked between 28

And yes, general manager Brian Gutekunst thinks they'll be able to do
something in free agency.
Restructure veteran contracts, including quarterback Aaron Rodgers' deal.
Make more roster cuts, although linebacker Preston Smith may not be as near the top of the list as everyone thought.
Decide whether to use either the franchise or transition tag on running back Aaron Jones, which would break from their decade-long tradition of not using either tag.
At this point, with two weeks before NFL teams must have their top 51 contracts under their adjusted salary caps, the Packers will need to create more than $15 million in space just to be in compliance, according to ESPN Stats & Information. But they'll need more than that to make any moves, whether it's re-signing any of their own free agents or adding others.

He pointed to the Washington Football Team as the prime example.
Washington bowed out of the postseason, but the Packers have to face perhaps the best remaining defensive front in the NFC in the Los Angeles Rams.
"You need a powerful run game and an elite D-line to beat Aaron," the scout said at the time.
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Enter two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald.
Here's a look at the reasons the sixth-seeded Rams (who went 10-6 and beat the Seahawks in the wild-card round) are a good matchup and a bad matchup for the top-seeded Packers (13-3) in Saturday's NFC divisional playoff game (4:35 p.m. ET, FOX) at Lambeau Field.

Matchup rating: 76.0 |
: GB -5.5 (51)
What to watch for: Everything is on the line for the Bears and quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. Chicago last faced Green Bay in a regular-season finale of this magnitude in 2013, when the Packers pulled out a late victory to clinch the division and crush the Bears' playoff hopes. Green Bay has won 18 of the past 21 in the series, and Trubisky -- out of contract after the year -- usually struggles versus the Packers. A Bears win puts them in the postseason for the second time in three years and could provide Trubisky with a second life in Chicago.

The Cowboys' coach remained in Green Bay during his year away from the game and says he watched the Packers as he prepared for his NFL return.

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. -- With the push of a button, Katie Foust opens a moving shelf in a warehouse on South Ashland Avenue.
Within a few seconds, the archival assistant for the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc., welcomes the visitors to what she calls, "Mike McCarthy's everything."
It brings an instant smile to McCarthy's face.
He arrives at the building not just for a show-and-tell of the early years of his coaching career -- from his days as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh to his early stops in the NFL (with the Chiefs, Packers, Saints and 49ers) before he became the Packers head coach in 2006 -- but also to find something out of his own library.

Either way, Jones' penchant for the end zone could reach record proportions Sunday.
The Green Bay Packers running back needs just one touchdown in the regular-season finale at the Detroit Lions to match the franchise single-season record of 20 held by Ahman Green since 2003.
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Uno mas," Jones said after he scored two touchdowns in Monday night's victory over the Minnesota Vikings to run his season total to 19.
Jones has 16 rushing touchdowns -- one more than Green had during the 2003 season. His 19 touchdowns overall is tied with Jim Taylor, who had all 19 of his during the 1962 season on runs -- in 14 games.

With a return to the playoffs all but locked up, prioritizing Cook's health for a postseason run is critical for Minnesota in getting past the NFC's best.The Vikings can clinch their spot in Week 16 with a win over their division rival or if the Los Angeles Rams lose to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night.
A win by the 49ers will have no bearing on Cook's status for Monday Night Football, according to Vikings coach Mike Zimmer.
Cook, who did not practice Thursday and Friday, said his plan remains the same -- to go through his normal routine, spend as much time as he can in the training room and do everything possible to be in the lineup. But even Cook, whose first two seasons in the NFL were cut short due to injury, knows just how important it is to let his body heal from this recent string of injuries.

Said one: "Oh yeah, I know that. For a fact. That’s everything. Watch the film."
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Said the second: "I always say the first four weeks you want to form an identity as a team. I think those guys continue to show up, and I think we’re forming that identity. I’m going to give it one more week before I tell you what it is. One more week. But we continue to make plays, guys continue to get the ball, and over the past years, at times when we’ve been able to get the ball, that’s when we’ve had a lot of success."

war experiences. his interest in vets went beyond the documentary. in 2010 he traveled with other actors from the "sopranos" to afghanistan on a uso tour. >> it's an honor to meet you. >> he then earned a prism award in 2011 for war torn, 1861 to 2010, a documentary that examined post-traumatic stress disorder especially among soldiers. >> this was something that was definitely a passion project of his. i know in his small community he knew people that were involved in the military. and i think this was his way of drawing attention to it. >> i see a role model. >> continuing his long relationship with hbo, gandolfini teamed up with the network in 2010 this time as craig gilbert. long gone was the mafia persona. instead he plaid e played a beard documentary following in a america's first reality tv show. he was preparing to star in an hbo series called "criminal

it is possible but extremely unlikely. we do know nothing's going to happen immediately following tomorrow night's vote. even if these initiatives actually pass, in these 11 counties, it's a nonbinding secession vote meaning it's more or less an opinion poll again meant to send a message. it could become official if after tomorrow night, the state legislature approved this 51st state idea and then it would have to go to congressional approval as well. that is very unlikely to happen. the last time there was a state to break away was west virginia. that was back in 1863. and technically speaking, the last state to secede was north carolina back in 1861. we're talking about the civil war era. it does send a strong message. >> okay. thank you. you have to see this video here out of north georgia. absolutely terrifying. it begins fairly routine, man and woman gassing up this pickup

but there is one spark of hope for the revolutions of the middle east, and it's a country that could be a model for all the others. tunisia. which was the birth place of the arab spring. what has tunisia done right? well let's start with history. tunisia has been quite different from egypt and its neighbors for centuries. it was the first arab state to develop a modern constitution, all the way back in 1861. over time, tunisia has developed stronger civic institutions than its arab neighbors including a human rights league that was founded nearly four decades ago. and the demographics are largely homogenous. while syria and iraq are divided along sectarian line, shia/sunni, 98% of tunisians are sunni muslims. the choices that modern tunisians have made. tunisia's military has stayed out of active politics. contrast that with egypt where the military controls anywhere from 10 to 40% of the economy

arab spring. what has tunisia done right? well let's start with history. tunisia has been quite different from egypt and its neighbors for centuries. it was the first arab state to develop a modern constitution, all the way back in 1861. over time, tunisia has developed stronger civic institutions than its arab neighbors including a human rights league that was founded nearly four decades ago. and the demographics are largely homogeno homogenous. while syria and iraq are divided along sectarian line, shia/sunni, 98% of tunisians are sunni muslims. the choices that modern tunisians have made. tunisia's military has stayed out of active politics. contrast that with egypt where the military controls anywhere from 10 to 40% of the economy and business, four of egypt's last five presidents came from the military, and the one that didn't, mow mam mad morsi was,

ground that george washington customeris george washington's grandchild the child he raised as his own son, when he inherited this property he built the arlington house on this ground we're standing on now that was the absolutely dominant terrain over the district of columbia. so at the start of the civil war in 1861 there's a military necessity that the army seize this property in order to defend washington -- >> the union army seize the property. >> yeah. >> reporter: the nation began memorializing its war dead at arlington in 1868. five years later an amphitheater was built to hold official memorial day ceremonies. >> this is the original amphitheater that was constructed in 1873. so five years -- so it was ready in time for the fifth decoration day. and on this rostrum every president essentially from 1873 through 1919 would have given a memorial day address here.

is his home turf. >> perry's out. who's the next to go? >> i would nominate scott walker or chris christie. walker, you know, six or seven months ago was the front-runner. he was right there with ted cruz even here in texas at the top. he's fallen like a rock since trump's got in. he doesn't project -- it doesn't seem at the last debate didn't project very well. he's now using the theme he's going to wreck havoc in washington, which seems a little bit over the top to make up for maybe his low-key persona. it sounds like something that -- the battle cry of the british in 1812 or maybe robert e. lee in 1861, but it seems like he's trying too hard. and he's now focusing his campaign exclusively on iowa and south carolina. he's skipping a big event in michigan. >> he's got a big night ahead of him. >> yeah. and the problem is -- >> wednesday night.