Josh Jacobs has discovered his transition to the Green Bay Packers as its new star working again “very simple,” which he attributes to everybody from the entrance workplace, to the teaching workers and, in fact, his new teammates.
The NFL noticed quite a few working backs switching groups, and Jacobs was amongst them as he left the Las Vegas Raiders – the staff who drafted him twenty fourth total in 2019 – to go north to Green Bay.
When information broke throughout free company that Jacobs had chosen the Packers as an alternative of returning to Las Vegas, Raiders followers had been questioning why that occurred.
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Josh Jacobs, #8 of the Green Bay Packers, participates in drills throughout the Green Bay Packers Minicamp at Ray Nitschke Field on June 11, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
“Ultimately, I needed to come back again,” Jacobs informed Fox News Digital after representing USAA alongside the Milwaukee Fire Department on Tuesday, the place he realized about dwelling fires and staying secure with the vacation weekend arising. “I needed to return, however once we had been having negotiations, they usually made their determination, it made my determination fairly simple actually.”
That determination was that the Raiders weren’t prepared to match what the Packers supplied, $12 million per season over the following 4 years, although solely the primary 12 months is assured.
It was reported by the NFL Network this time final 12 months that the Raiders supplied Jacobs a deal value round $12 million per season, although the quantity of years was unclear. Jacobs ended up negotiating an incentivized franchise tag for the 2023 season.
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This time round, Las Vegas let Jacobs know their intentions, and he moved on as is the best way of NFL enterprise.
In Green Bay, Jacobs discovered one thing he feels was missing in Las Vegas throughout his 5 years there: stability.
“I might say one of many major causes was simply the understanding of what I’m gonna get,” he defined. “There’s already quite a lot of construction, there’s already quite a lot of stuff in place. Having one other new head coach over there [in Las Vegas], my fourth head coach whereas I used to be there, I by no means felt like there was any stability.
Josh Jacobs, #8 of the Green Bay Packers, participates in drills throughout the Green Bay Packers Minicamp at Ray Nitschke Field on June 11, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
“Just to have the ability to come into a spot the place you’re not attempting to select up the items, and also you’re not attempting to construct it out and see what works for us. We know what works, we’re principally simply attempting to execute the sport plan. I believe that’s the most important distinction.”
Jacobs’ Raiders profession started in Jon Gruden’s second chapter with the franchise, although it led to 2021 after homophobic and misogynistic language was present in Gruden’s emails, resulting in an instantaneous resignation. Rich Bisaccia, who’s reunited with Jacobs now whereas serving because the Packers’ particular groups coordinator, took over for Gruden as interim head coach earlier than Josh McDaniels got here in.
McDaniels was anticipated to get the Raiders again on observe, however after going 9-16 over 25 video games, he was dismissed and changed by Antonio Pierce halfway via final season. The Raiders ended up protecting Pierce in place heading into 2024.
While Raiders gamers endorsed Pierce final season and throughout the hiring course of, Jacobs moved on to the Packers, a staff that was so near reaching the NFC Championship Game final season after surprisingly dominating the Dallas Cowboys within the Wild Card Round on the highway.
“I truly watched that sport about 5 instances, and I’m not even exaggerating,” Jacobs mentioned when Fox News Digital introduced up that shut fourth-quarter loss within the Divisional Round to the San Francisco 49ers, the staff who would go on to symbolize the NFC within the Super Bowl. “I actually seen – they need to’ve gained the sport.
Josh Jacobs, #8 of the Las Vegas Raiders, runs the ball in opposition to Jaire Alexander, #23 of the Green Bay Packers, throughout the fourth quarter at Allegiant Stadium on Oct. 9, 2023 in Las Vegas. (Chris Unger/Getty Images)
“I used to be telling them once I got here in, the sport of soccer actually comes down to love 3-5 performs and nevertheless these 3-5 performs go, it actually determines the sport. Being capable of see them go deep within the playoffs, it makes my thoughts surprise once I’m coming in like, ‘OK, I might be the lacking piece,’ or, ‘What can I add or deliver to assist overcome that hurdle?’”
Jacobs added that he’s attempting to depart a legacy within the NFL, and to take action, he feels getting an opportunity to carry out within the playoffs is paramount. He performed only one playoff sport with the Raiders, a wild card matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals throughout the 2021 marketing campaign, when he had 83 speeding yards and 44 receiving yards within the 26-19 loss.
The Packers, a younger and hungry squad led by Jordan Love at quarterback and head coach Matt LaFleur, who has been in place since 2019, give him an opportunity to take action after the steps they took final season.
“Playing in a playoff sport, I really feel like that’s what you get judged off of, what you get primarily based off of whenever you speak about legacy and speak about profession. I haven’t obtained the chance to have the ability to do this but. So, that’s positively one thing that’s huge for me to do.”
With coaching camp proper across the nook, Jacobs’ sole focus is getting acclimated to the Packers’ offense as shortly as doable and beginning off on the precise foot with this subsequent chapter in his NFL journey.
Josh Jacobs, #8 of the Green Bay Packers, participates in drills throughout the Green Bay Packers Minicamp at Ray Nitschke Field on June 11, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
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While he’s studying carry out his finest “Lambeau Leap,” the Raiders might be leaning on third-year again Zamir White and free agent acquisition Alexander Mattison to fill the outlet left by Jacobs.
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