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Care to elaborate that comment? Other then making a straight for the 7's I don't see anything else the Jokers can really do to improve the 7's more then the aces.

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The joker improves a lot of different hands more than the Aces are improved.

If an ace doesn't appear on the board, the joker hand wins the following ways:

Trips. If the board pairs, the hand with Aces has 2 pairs, but the hand with the joker has 3 of a kind (or 4 of a kind if the board pairs sevens)

Flushes. If a four flush is on board, the hand with a joker has an Ace-high flush (splitting the pot with the Aces if it is a red card four flush, winning the pot outright if it is a black card four flush.) If 3 diamonds are on the board (assuming the 7 is a diamond), the hand with a joker has an ace-high flush and wins the hand outright.

Full House. Any two pair on the board is a full house winner for the joker hand (unless one of the two pairs is sevens, which is a four of a kind winner for the joker hand).

Four of a kind. Any three of a kind on the board is a winner for the joker hand. (Except for 3 sevens, which is a five of a kind winner for the joker hand)

Five of a kind. Any four of a kind on the board is a winner for the joker hand.