The Minnesota Vikings couldn’t carry over the spark from last week’s win over Detroit, falling 27–19 to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. It was one of those games where mistakes piled up with all those turnovers and penalties. But in the middle of all that, there was one steady bright spot: running back Aaron Jones. And quarterback JJ McCarthy had high praise for him.

“Tremendous leader, first off. He’s got that exuberant energy. Just so pure-hearted, you know exactly what he’s feeling. You know exactly what he’s asking out of you. Just the spark he gives to our offense in the run game, it’s just tremendous. The way he hits that straight downhill, as fast as he can at 100 miles an hour, it’s awesome to see,” McCarthy said in the post-game presser.

Jones did exactly that. He carried the ba

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