Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones' offseason outlook got cloudier following a batch of intel from ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Jones has five fumbles on the season, with four coming over the last three weeks. He coughed up the ball twice in the first quarter of the Vikings' 23–22 win over the Arizona Cardinals, losing one. Minnesota put him on the bench for much of the remainder of the half, a decision that his mother wholeheartedly agreed with.

After fumbling the ball five times already this season, Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones is taking extreme measures to ensure he doesn't

There was a particular exchange that featured Jones seeking out offensive coordinator Wes Phillips after the game to apologize for a fumble at the goal line. As much as he appreciated the accountability from Jones in the immediate aftermath, Phillips didn’t feel the need to rehash it at the time.

Vikings fans were likely annoyed by Jones' inability to hang on to the ball, and that includes his own mother. Jones said his mom told him afterward that he needed to be benched!

Vikings running back Aaron Jones fumbled twice against the Cardinals last week and has now put the ball on the ground four times in the last three games. As he tries to fix an issue that hadn't given him much trouble for most of his eight-year NFL career,

He has never had an issue with ball security and now has put the ball on the ground in back to back to back games