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AJ Dillon hopes to stay with Packers after 2023

Griffin Crest / NFL / June 13, 2023

AJ Dillon hopes to stay with Packers after 2023

After an underwhelming and almost unproductive year for Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon, the former Boston College Eagle hopes to remain with Packers after 2023.

Green Bay Packers running back coach Ben Sirmans said that Dillon didn’t put his best foot forward last season. In response to Sirmans’ comments, Dillon addressed his play from 2022.

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Dillon said “it wasn’t a bad year or anything like that,” though it was certainly not the campaign he was hoping to have individually or with the Packers. Dillon also said he felt he was “playing tight” because of how much weight he was putting on his shoulders, notably including the birth of his first child. As he turns the page in 2023, he emphasized that this season will see him be a much more unshackled version of himself in what could quite possibly be his last contract year with Green Bay.

“I love Green Bay,” Dillon said, via Jason Wilde of Madison.com. “Green Bay knows that. I love the Packers. The Packers know that. I’d play here until I can’t run anymore. I’ll pick up long snapper or whatever it is when I start slowing down. But there’s only so much I can control.

“My biggest thing is having the mindset that I’m going to come in here and keep doing my thing,” he continued. “And when it’s time to go play ball, I’m going to go out there and play free and have fun — how I used to back in college, high school. And how ever that happens — whether it’s 1,000 yards, 2,000 yards, 100 yards — so be it. I’m going to have fun and enjoy all the time I have here. And hopefully, we’re back here next year.”