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Aaron Jones, Jamaal Williams pull off rare rookie 100-yard double play

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Around here, it doesn't seem so unusual that two different rookie running back teammates have posted 100-yard games like Jamaal Williams and Aaron Jones have this season.

It was just four years ago when Eddie Lacy and Johnathan Franklin pulled off the same feat.

But in the time between when Lacy had four 100-yard games and Franklin one during the 2013 season, only one other rookie running back duo from the same team has matched that, according to ESPN Stats & Information. In that same season, the Rams got 100-yard rushing games from rookies Zac Stacy and Benny Cunningham.

Perhaps the best part about what the Green Bay Packers have in Williams (who posted his first 100-yard game in Sunday's win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and Jones (who has a pair of 100-yard games this year) is that both are healthy and available for the stretch run. By this time in 2013, they had already lost Franklin to a career-ending neck injury and had to ride Lacy the rest of the way.

As coach Mike McCarthy prepares for Sunday's game at the Cleveland Browns, his most difficult game-plan decision might be how he'll use his two 100-yard rookie backs.

"I'll say both Jamaal and Aaron, I would classify them high on instinct as far as their running ability," McCarthy said. "So it gives you the flexibility to be aggressive as far as the different concepts you can throw at a defense."

What had been a revolving door at running back stopped last month on Williams, who leads all NFL backs in rushing attempts (80) over the past four games. But it could spin again now that Jones has returned from the knee injury that knocked him out for two games. While Williams rushed for a career-best 113 yards in Sunday's overtime win over Tampa Bay, it was Jones who won it on his only carry of the game -- the 20-yard touchdown in overtime.

Jones isn't even listed on the injury report, so any limitations he had last week when he played just two snaps should be lifted.

So while fantasy football owners wonder how McCarthy will divide running back snaps this week, even Williams said he's not sure what to expect.

"I really don't know," Williams said with a shrug of the shoulders. "I think we'll just prepare right, prepare every week like we'll each be the starter and be ready."

Jones, who remains the Packers' leading rusher with 390 yards on 71 attempts to Williams' 337 on 91 rushes, might have to take on a backup role to Williams again. Ty Montgomery, who was placed on injured reserve last week, ranks third with 273 yards on 71 carries.

"Any time you have a hot hand, you want to keep going to it," Jones said. "I can't be mad at that. Jamaal was killing it out there."

Whichever back gets the nod might find it more difficult than it was last Sunday, when the Packers rushed for a season-high 199 yards. Browns coach Hue Jackson made no secret about his plan to make fill-in quarterback Brett Hundley beat them, saying they're going to "see if we can get the young quarterback to have to throw the football."

"To me, they both do a fantastic job running the ball," Hundley said of the two rookie backs. "They bring a different style. Aaron is a very smooth runner, Jamaal is straight down the hill. So it's a different-style running game, but they both do phenomenal, whether it's running, pass blocking, even catching out of the backfield."

The Packers drafted three running backs -- Williams in the fourth round, Jones in the fifth and Devante Mays in the seventh -- for exactly this kind of scenario. They didn't want their running game to nose-dive if one player got hurt.

Safe to say it's worked out as expected even if no one was -- or still is -- quite sure who's the go-to back.

One thing Williams knew, however, was how unusual it is for a team to have a pair of rookie teammates with 100-yard games.

"I think it's probably pretty rare," Williams said. "I think it just shows that we're determined, we're ready to play, ready to show what we can do when we get the opportunities. It's really nothing new to us. We've just been playing football, and it's just the circumstances of playing on the same team and getting your opportunity."