{"id":132573,"date":"2021-09-21T23:12:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T23:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=132573"},"modified":"2021-09-22T03:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T03:59:10","slug":"nfl-star-loses-dads-ashes-in-touchdown-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=132573","title":{"rendered":"NFL star loses dad&#039;s ashes in touchdown celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While celebrating one of his four touchdowns yesterday during Green Bay&#x27;s 35-17 win against, running back Aaron Jones briefly lost the necklace he wears with a little black football containing the ashes of his late father.<\/p>\n<p>Jones caught three of superstar quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/aaron-rodgers\" title=\"Aaron Rodgers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a>&#x27; four touchdown passes and rushed for a fourth score, and the Packers had a welcome return to normal, dominating the second half during their win over their division rival.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old became the first Packers running back to catch three touchdown passes in a game since Andy Uram against the Chicago Cardinals in 1942. He had 17 carries for 67 yards and six catches for 48 yards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/basketball\/nba-ben-simmons-houston-rockets-trade-imminent\/b2590015-3172-4580-a154-3273b17682c8\"><strong>Houston Rockets &#x27;seriously interested&#x27; in trading for Ben Simmons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for the missing necklace, he confirmed after the win that club staff were out looking for it at Lambeau Field, the home of the Packers. <\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"d6537b64-f240-4c30-9f8d-1d031c9667ef\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d6537b64-f240-4c30-9f8d-1d031c9667ef\" alt=\" Aaron Jones #33 of the Green Bay Packers scores a touchdown against the Detroit Lions during the second half at Lambeau Field on September 20, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Wesley Hitt\/Getty Images)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think the grounds crew is about to go out there and look right now,&quot; Jones said. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;But if there was any place to lose it, that&#x27;s where my dad would&#x27;ve wanted me to lose it, so I know he&#x27;s smiling.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Jones&#x27; father, Alvin Jones Sr, died back in April due to COVID-19 complications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/kane-cornes-matthew-lloyd-slam-ken-hinkley-port-adelaide-complaints\/3f4d73f8-ccff-4d56-ba4d-093046795821\" target=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Former great tells Port Adelaide to &#x27;harden up&#x27; if they don&#x27;t like his analysis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;My dad&#x27;s always taught me as a man, it&#x27;s how you respond to adversity, how you respond is what makes a man really,&quot; Jones said. &quot;I think we came out and did a great job of responding. We played well. We played at a high level.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Jones this morning then revealed Green Bay&#x27;s Head Athletic Trainer, Bryan &#x27;Flea&#x27; Engel, successfully located the necklace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Showtyme_33\/status\/1440388041365880845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1440388041365880845%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fau.sports.yahoo.com%2Faaron-jones-recovers-necklace-containing-fathers-ashes-after-losing-it-during-4-touchdown-game-142756745.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Showtyme_33\/status\/1440388041365880845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1440388041365880845%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fau.sports.yahoo.com%2Faaron-jones-recovers-necklace-containing-fathers-ashes-after-losing-it-during-4-touchdown-game-142756745.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>While celebrating one of his four touchdowns yesterday during Green Bay&#x27;s 35-17 win against, running back Aaron Jones briefly lost the necklace he wears with <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=132573\" title=\"NFL star loses dad&#039;s ashes in touchdown celebration\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132575,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132573\/revisions\/132575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}