Yahoo Fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens examine the outlook for the Packers receivers and running back Aaron Jones. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Football Show” podcast and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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MATT HARMON: The fact that Romeo Doubs had the playoff run that he did, which was another thing that everybody in the comments pointed out, like, bro didn't even mention Romeo Doubs, and he's our best receiver, because he had the best playoff run? Like, I don't know that that means he's gonna be the best receiver on this roster in the future, but he was awesome in the playoffs. 10 catches, 234 yards, and a touchdown in their two postseason games, I mean, destroyed souls in the Dallas Cowboys win in the Wild Card round, and he was awesome.

And like I said, I think that, if all these guys stay healthy and hit their potential, which, stay healthy, Christian Watson, hit their potential, Wicks, and Reed, like, I think he might be their fourth-best guy. I don't know that he's gonna end up being the fourth-best guy, but that's complimentary to the whole room.

And like you said, the tight ends, these guys like Melton, who just popped up out of nowhere, man, I mean, I think it's almost, like, in a way, it's, man, I'm really excited about this Packers receiver room, and part of me is also like, is it a cautionary tale, for how many guys they have, that we can't really get too far over our skis with, like, one or two of them, because how much opportunity is there really gonna be there, even if Jordan Love is a stud, and I think Jordan Love is a stud.

ANDY BEHRENS: I just want to mention that Aaron Jones--

MATT HARMON: I knew it. I knew it.

ANDY BEHRENS: Not dust.

MATT HARMON: I knew it.

ANDY BEHRENS: Not dust at all. I could not have been more wrong about him coming into the year. I was really bullish on him. There's no situation in which Aaron Jones shouldn't be on the field for your team, and I was too bullish on him this year, but he was coming off, like, five years of top-12 finishes. But, man, that guy, playoffs included, finished the year with five straight 100-yard rushing performances, 108 against the Niners, 118, obviously, with three touchdowns, against Dallas.

But at the end of the day, averaged 5.2 yards per touch for the regular season. And he's just been the best rusher in the postseason. Like, he's actually been the best rusher in the postseason. Like, 226 yards in a couple games, almost 6 yards per carry, 158 of those yards after contact. He's gonna be 29 entering next year, but, like, that was the best version of Aaron Jones, and we saw it in the most important moments for the Packers.

So, again, like, I think they have an out with him, if they choose to take it, but I can't imagine that they're gonna choose to take it. Just, like, on a very young team, he feels like that veteran who's super important, you know, to the vibe of the clubhouse and the vibe of the offense, and, man, what a productive, like, month and a half it's been for him. He was super impressive down the stretch, when healthy.

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