Aaron Jones - 2025 Dynasty Fantasy Football Busts and Sell Candidates

Aaron Jones is a dynasty fantasy football bust and sell candidate for 2025. Read the fantasy football outlook for the Minnesota Vikings running back.

RotoBaller Dynasty Ranking: RB36

Dynasty Analysis: Aaron Jones recently re-signed with the Minnesota Vikings on a two-year, $20 million deal. It’s understandable why Minnesota would want to keep Jones around, as he ran for a career-high 1,138 rushing yards in 2024. He also caught 51 passes for 408 receiving yards and scored seven total touchdowns. Jones finished 2024 as the RB15 in PPR scoring.

It's also worth noting that Jones touched the ball a career-high 306 times last year, and 2025 will be his age-30 season. Minnesota has said it wants to avoid overworking him this year. To that end, the Vikings went and acquired running back Jordan Mason in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers.

New #Vikings RB Jordan Mason is a UNIT 💪 pic.twitter.com/gICkWXvwAP

— SKOR North - Minnesota Sports (@SKORNorth) June 2, 2025

Mason was quite good filling in for Christian McCaffrey last year as he averaged over five yards per carry and ran for 789 yards to go along with three touchdowns.

The fourth-year back also finished higher than Jones in a variety of metrics. Mason scored better in Next Gen Stats' rush yards over expected (RYOE), rush yards over expected per attempt (RYOE/ATT), PFF elusive rating, PFF rushing grade, and Fantasy Points Data Suite's missed tackles forced per attempt (MTF/ATT).

All of this is not to say that Mason is a threat to overtake the RB1 crown from Jones. However, he is a significant threat to touches and will limit Jones’ upside. The team has made it clear it wants to lighten Jones’ workload and has stated it acquired Mason for that reason. This means Jones' numbers will almost certainly take a step back from his 2024 totals.

Jones also enters the danger zone for running backs as he’s set to turn 31 years old in December. This is the area where a running back’s game can fall off a cliff seemingly out of nowhere. Jones got plenty of volume-based production last year, but his workload is set to be scaled back.

Combine that with the possibility of age-related decline, and the thought of keeping Jones on your roster suddenly requires a heavy dose of Pepto Bismol.

Find a trade partner and do what you need to do. A 2025 third-round rookie pick might not sound like much in return, but it might do the trick. There are plenty of talented running backs available late in rookie drafts this year who are worth gambling on over an aging running back stuck in a potential committee.

- Dave Ventresca

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