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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Josh Jacobs was sitting in his Las Vegas Raiders meeting when the Jordan Love film came on.
A running back … watching opposing quarterback film?
This clip was so spectacular that then-head coach Josh McDaniels queued it for the entire team to watch as the Raiders prepared for the Green Bay Packers last October.
With 12:21 to play in the third quarter against the Chicago Bears, Love faked a handoff to running back Aaron Jones and rolled to his left.
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Then, with Bears defensive tackle Justin Jones closing in, Love heaved a back-shoulder fade of a pass to then-Packers running back Aaron Jones in the right side of the backfield. Fueled by downfield blockers, Jones closed the 5 yards to the line of scrimmage, then the next 3 to the line to gain. Soon, he had exploded 51 yards up the right sideline.
The rush was impressive. But in the months to come, Jacobs’ mind lingered also on how the snap started.
“I remember the play like it was yesterday,” Jacobs told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday from his new locker room in Green Bay. “He threw it on the numbers fading away on one leg. It was on the money, like a dart. [I thought,] ‘Yeah, bro. He got it.’
“You only really see Mahomes do that so I’m like, ‘Man, he has the potential to be special.’”
When the Packers hit up Josh Jacobs in free agency, he thought back to this clip—and what it’d mean to play with Jordan Love.
“You only really see Mahomes do that,” Josh told me. “So I’m like, ‘Man, he has the potential to be special.’
“Yeah, bro. He got it.” pic.twitter.com/aCvwVbxGgU
— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) July 24, 2024
Coming from a team with a bottom-10 passing offense, Jacobs considered surrounding talent as well as opportunity when he reached free agency. He says “10 to 12” teams reached out to hire the services of the 2022 NFL rushing champion.
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Publish date : 2024-07-24 04:23:29
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