Minnesota Vikings Running back Aaron Jones said after his final two-fumble game against the Arizona Cardinals that his mother demanded he be benched.

The Pro Bowl running back struggled with ball security in his first season with the Vikings. Four of his last five fumbles have come in the last three games since returning from a rib injury.

Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones, number 33, runs for a first down during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

In Sunday’s narrow win over the Cardinals Jones fumbled twice on the first play of each of Minnesota’s first two drives.

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Head coach Kevin O’Connell expressed his confidence in Jones, but according to Jones, his mother seemed to disagree.

“She said, ‘They had to sit you down,'” he said Thursday, recalling the conversation he had with his mother, Vurgess Jones, after last week’s game.

“She said, ‘I don’t know what’s going on, but they have to take him out of the game. You need to bench him immediately.’ Every time I hear it from my mom it gets worse.”

Vurgess Jones, center, mother of Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones, cheers on the team before their NFC divisional playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at Levi’ Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif . (IMAGN)

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Jones admitted that his mother’s candor left him a little speechless.

“I thought, ‘Ah, you know, I have to learn from this.’ She was like, “Well, you didn’t learn it last week?”

“I kind of didn’t know what to say,” he said, laughing. “But it’s what I need. You know, my mother is hard on me – that was my father for so many years, my father isn’t here, so now my mother has sort of taken over that role without me asking her.”

Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones, #33, reaches for an incomplete pass in front of Arizona Cardinals linebacker Mack Wilson Sr., #2, during the second half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Minneapolis . (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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Sunday’s win over the Cardinals was Minnesota’s fifth straight. Jones said he reviewed the film and hopes to improve it ahead of this weekend’s highly anticipated matchup against former quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​and the Atlanta Falcons.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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