On today’s show, Andy recaps his notes and grades from watching every snap of Josh Jacobs in 2023. Find out how he compared to AJ Dillon & Aaron Jones, and what Jacobs can bring to the Packers in 2024. You won’t want to miss it!
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33 Comments
Nice, I've been looking forward to this. I did not watch every snap, but I did watch at least 5 highlight compilations so am primed. One thing I hardly saw at all in his time on the Raiders was full speed motion at the snap. In particular something like a WR coming across on a Jet Sweep fake one way with Jacobs getting the handoff the other way. 6 man boxes with defenders off balance because of a fake could make this easy mode for Jacobs. One other thing I noticed with the Raiders is their WRs do not excel at run blocking. Most didn't really try, and even more rarely were they successful. With the blocking our WRs do, he is gonna be in heaven.
Jacob's deal is perfect for the Packers. If Dillon rebounds, great, if not the 2025 RB class has alot of guys, in the Packers RB profile.
as a guy who watched like half of raiders season cause their games worked well with my schedule and of cource because of Davante Adams i agree with Andy,Jacobs wasn't terrible, but wasn't great either, he looked like 20-30% upgraded AJ Dillon i.e not really explosive guy who needs volume of carries to be good. And with this style i highly doubt that he'll return to 2022 form in GB knowing that MLF will never give him those needed carries,like he pretty much never gave it to Jones or Dillon
Andy, are there any players on our roster without question marks?
Yooo i love the packers going to the family night on agu 3rd cant wait go pack gooooo
Awesome breakdown!
Play action with Jacob’s will be huge
A winning environment can really help a guys outlook. Jacob's will be no different. I actually think he will get more carries compared to how many Jones got in Green Bay.
I'm pretty sure he won't see that many 7 or 8 man boxes. I don't view him as a bell cow for this offense. I really want him to be effective and efficient on 3rd downs.
He’s set up to be a stop gap for Lloyd. I’m cool with that.
hell ya go packers
lol.. I can't taste training camp and I'm good with that.. I'm curious what a Packers training camp would taste like.. some variety of cheese and beer?.. GPG 🧀
Other than the last five games of the season, our running game was not good. If our offense opens running lanes like those last five games, Jacobs and Lloyd and even Dillon will go off.
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Josh jacobs with a legitimate QB in jordan will be GREAT to watch, Just like many other players who LEAVE the raiders Josh will revitalize his career with the Packers. Go Pack Goooo
It would sure be awesome if Josh Jacobs came in healthy, stayed healthy, and ended up being a really good, diverse all-purpose back. Strong/quick/decisive enough to run well between tackles. Decisive enough and quick enough to do well with some outside runs, too. Strong/powerful/decisive for converting short-yardage 1st downs and TD’s. A really good pass receiver. A really good pass blocker. A good running back for 4th quarter drives when Matt Lafluer is trying to run clock. Hopefully being on a new and a winning team with a healthy and happy culture will be super energizing for him, that can often happen to players. Hopefully the OLine will extend some of the improved run-blocking they showed late last season. I think if our run blocking is automatically upgraded even if it’s Sean Rhyan this year. Pass blocking was always gonna take a hit losing Runyan, but I think the offense is really becoming the Matt Lafluer offense for the 1st time, and I’m really excited to see it. Josh Jacobs is going to have a big year for us. Go Pack Go 💚💚💛💛
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It is possible that Jacobs peaked and last year's performance is more on brand of what we will get. However, I would definitely take the gamble of his arrow pointing up rather than sideways or down based off of the situation change. RB performance is the most effected position in the NFL by their offensive situation. There will be on average 1 less man up in the box per play in GB than what he saw last year on the Raiders. There are a number of other possible factors but I don't want to create a wall of text.
800 rushing yards with missed games is pretty good to me
I think jacobs and loyd have a huge year. Coach Matt wants to run the ball this is the best o-line and blacking scheme Jacobs has ever had. I wish we could have kept jones too but im excited for this season.
Part of it is carries! Matt will get away from the running game a little to much, during certain games. Which will affect Jacobs overall stats over the season. Yards per carry, and receptions will be important stats, over the season for all Packer RB's.
As a diehard Packers fan, I still don’t like this move. I can’t shake the gut feeling he’s washed and see so many SB winning teams de-prioritizing RB- makes me think we would’ve been better off just doing something like rookie + bargain bin vet RB
Josh was pissed since day one last year, he didn't get his big extension after leading the NFL in rushing. He missed some camp and was not a happy camper. Then the offense was dysfunctional at best. He's a dynamic RB with exceptional skills. He will have a new lease on life and his career. He's already gleaming with confidence and optimism. With Love and our WRs and TEs it will definitely open up the box. If he gets the majority of carries he will easily get 1200 yards and 40 receptions. I'm thinking he'll end up with 1500 to 1800 total yards and 10 TDs. That's just what the doctor ordered. Now if they start to feature Lloyd more as the season goes, this could effect his final numbers. If that does occur, this will be the best duo in the NFL. I kinda hope that happens so they will both be fresh for the playoffs. He will help this offense regardless of his usage as a whole. He'll fit right in immediately.
Beautiful work
Remember Jermichael Finley's chipping? He was awesome!
Thanks Andy for this great video. Are you planning on doing a video like this on LVN? That would be cool to see his progression from the first game till the last one.
Cutback lanes are improvising, your on your own and playing roulette with your health. Its like throwing across your chest as a QB, BUT YOU SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.
Jacobs career was wasted in Oakland. Ill take Jacobs over Jones all day, but ill miss the 9 games we would get out of Jones.
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Aaron had some biggest questionable play in the playoffs. The 2021 big play at the end of the first half. The last play of the game against the niners, he slip and ran after bosa instead of getting down the field wide open.
Rip to the black Packers fan killed in the Hyatt there
My only argument to the raiders run game being just bad last year is zaire whites play those last 3 weeks. Tbh I thought he looked better then jacobs.. that said I'm still hopeful jacobs gets back to form.
What's concerning is that even though he is younger than Jones he already has 100+ more carries for his career and averages almost a full yard per carry less than Jones for their careers.
Packers will miss Aaron Jones . He is much better than Josh Jacobs at making big yards when there is no hole there . Jacobs will be ok this year, but Jones is the best at making a lot out of nothing .