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Josh Jacobs re-emerging as one of the NFL’s elite RBs again in his first season with Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. — All Josh Jacobs needed was a change of scenery to regain his status as one of the NFL’s top running backs. “Very few times do I feel like when we give him the ball, he doesn’t make the first guy miss.” His productive season follows a 2023 season in which Jacobs held out during the preseason …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Raiders RB Sincere McCormick ready to take advantage of his opportunity and run with it

New York Times

HENDERSON, Nev. — Running back Sincere McCormick signed with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent in May 2022, but he wouldn’t get much time to prove himself. In a season in which the 2-10 Raiders have fielded one of the most inefficient rushing attacks in recent memory — they’re last in the league in rushing yards per …

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1 month ago

Los Packers aplastan a los 49ers mermados con tres TDs de Josh Jacobs

LA Times

Josh Jacobs, running back de los Packers de Green Bay, corre con el balón, e intenta romper un derribo de Dee Winters, linebacker de los 49ers de San Francisco, durante la primera mitad del partido de la NFL del domingo 24 de noviembre de 2024, en Green Bay, Wisconsin. Josh Jacobs corrió por 106 yardas e igualó un récord en …

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2 months ago

Return of the veteran RB? Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley and early glimmers of a revival

New York Times

Seven games into Derrick Henry’s first season with the Baltimore Ravens, he leads NFL running backs in scrimmage yards per game. The Philadelphia Eagles’ Saquon Barkley, formerly of the New York Giants, ranks second to Henry in scrimmage yards per game by running backs. Getting what they paid for: Pricey RB upgrades The Eagles, Packers, Texans, Ravens and Vikings are …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Packers place rookie running back MarShawn Lloyd on injured reserve

Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers rookie running back MarShawn Lloyd has been placed on injured reserve after hurting his ankle Sunday in a 16-10 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Green Bay selected Lloyd out of Southern California in the third round of this year’s draft. Lloyd told reporters Monday that teammate Josh Jacobs has helped him deal with …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Willis thrives with help from the Packers’ defense and running game in a 16-10 victory over Colts

Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Malik Willis acknowledges he wasn’t ready the last time he had to start an NFL game. “I don’t think you guys can appreciate or even comprehend the task that Malik Willis,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. “This guy got here three weeks ago.” Love didn’t play after injuring his left medial collateral ligament during the final …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase

The Hindu

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo outstripped Christian Coleman to win the 100m in impressive style at the Diamond League meeting in Rome on Friday. Yavi goes close Winfred Yavi, of Bahrain, poses by the clock after setting the best mark of the season in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase during the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Packers’ Jacobs says having a full training camp should help him put his 2023 struggles behind him

Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. — After following up his 2022 All-Pro season with a year to forget, Josh Jacobs is ready to bounce back with a new team. The Green Bay Packers’ new running back believes he should benefit from participating in a full training camp, something he didn’t have last year with the Las Vegas Raiders. Jacobs rushed for an …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Zamir White goes from riding horses to the Raiders’ new workhorse running back

New York Times

COSTA MESA, Calif. — What’s Zamir White’s perfect day on his farm in North Carolina? “I wake up, go for a jog, feed the horses, lift weights, ride about five horses, eat, rest, feed the horses again, run and do my fieldwork and then feed the horses again,” White, the Las Vegas Raiders’ new starting running back, said last week. …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Raiders’ White gets chance to show he can be lead running back over complete season

Associated Press

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Zamir White showed he could take over for Josh Jacobs over the final month of last season. White, the Las Vegas Raiders’ fourth-round draft pick two years ago out of Georgia, will get his chance this season. Until that point, White had rushed just 37 times in his brief Raiders career for 124 yards, creating questions …

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6 months ago

NFL running backs in new places could struggle to match the production they had with original teams

Associated Press

Saquon Barkley’s move from one NFC East team to another gives Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni the opportunity to deliver a stinging response whenever a rival fan shouts “Go Giants” at him. “But if the guy gets me good enough, I usually say, ‘You know, I got your best player.’” Barkley was one of several notable running backs to switch …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Grading the good, bad and ugly of every major NFL free agency 2024 deal

New York Times

The 2024 NFL year officially started on March 13, and thanks to the “legal tampering window” for free agency that opened two days earlier, it was a frenzied opening stretch. He agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with $10.5 million guaranteed Giants add OT Jermaine Eluemunor Grade: A Randy Mueller’s Top 150 ranking: No. Panthers add DT A’Shawn Robinson …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Xavier McKinney and Josh Jacobs join Packers looking to contend for a Super Bowl

Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The last time the Green Bay Packers were players in high-stakes NFL free agency was 2019. In free agency this week, Gutekunst made safety Xavier McKinney and running back Josh Jacobs among the four highest-paid players at their positions. “Ultimately, it came down to what I seen and what I believed in with this team, the …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Derrick Henry heading to Ravens is another sign that running backs are valued -- at the right price

Associated Press

Backfields are going to look a whole lot different in the NFL next season after a run on free agent quarterbacks and running backs during the league’s two-day legal tampering period. After QBs ruled Day 1, running backs continued to make strides in free agency Tuesday with four-time Pro Bowler Derrick Henry agreeing to a two-year deal with the Baltimore …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Packers agree to free agent deals with Josh Jacobs and Xavier McKinney, AP sources say

Associated Press

The Green Bay Packers got off to a busy start in free agency, agreeing to deals with running back Josh Jacobs and safety Xavier McKinney, and releasing two longtime stalwarts. Green Bay traditionally has not been an aggressive team in free agency, but made big moves on the first day of the negotiating window to get two of the top …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Packers 'agree to add ex-Raiders star Josh Jacobs and inform outgoing Aaron Jones he'll be released to make room for Pro Bowl running back'

Daily Mail

The Green Bay Packers are reportedly adding former Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs and cutting the man he'll be replacing, Aaron Jones. Jacobs, 26, took a slight step back last season for the Las Vegas Raiders from a productive year in 2022, when he rushed for 805 yards and six touchdowns in 13 games, all starts, as he …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Raiders missing star RB Josh Jacobs because of quad injury for game against Chiefs

Associated Press

— Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs was inactive for Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs because of a quad injury that had caused the two-time Pro Bowl running back to miss their previous week’s game against the Chargers. There were no major surprises on the inactive list for Kansas City, which had already ruled out embattled wide …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Josh Jacobs’ declining production for the Raiders continues a trend from late last season

Associated Press

HENDERSON, Nev. — Because Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs ended last season as the NFL’s rushing champion, it would be tempting to think his slowdown began this year after a contract holdout. Jacobs’ slide, in fact, began last season, which raises the question of whether he will pull out of it. His rushing average over the first 12 …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Run game, downfield passing and pass rush are deficiencies for the Raiders

Associated Press

HENDERSON, Nev. — Through two games — including in the 17-16 victory at Denver a week ago — some disturbing trends have emerged for the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders haven’t developed a consistent vertical passing game, which isn’t a shock considering that was a knock on Jimmy Garoppolo when Las Vegas signed him. And the Raiders’ ever-struggling defense continues …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Josh Jacobs going in reverse in the Las Vegas Raiders’ 38-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills

Associated Press

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A week after Josh Jacobs complained he had some rust to shake off, the NFL’s defending rushing champion found himself running in reverse. The Las Vegas Raiders running back finished with a career-worst minus-2 yards rushing in a 38-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. “I feel like I just got to do more, honestly,” …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Allen and the Bills bounce back from a season-opening dud with 38-10 rout of the Las Vegas Raiders

Associated Press

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The worse Josh Allen feels one week, the better he plays the next. Following a four-turnover season-opening dud at the New York Jets, a self-motivated Allen let loose with a near-perfect performance in leading the Bills to a 38-10 rout of the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Whatever chance Las Vegas had to get back into …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Titans’ Derrick Henry ready to remind everyone what running backs mean to NFL

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Derrick Henry, who has run for more yards than anyone else since the start of the 2016 NFL season, seems like a man on a mission. And we just want our share due.” That’s why Henry organized the group chat among the NFL’s top running backs before training camps opened. “Just want to do anything possible to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Christian McCaffrey claims the top spot in the AP’s NFL running back rankings

Associated Press

The value of running backs in the NFL has dropped precipitously in recent years as teams more and more rely on the passing game to succeed. CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY, San Francisco 49ers: McCaffrey bounced back from two injury-plagued seasons to get back to his stellar form from 2019 when he topped 1,000 yards rushing and receiving. A midseason deal to San …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Chargers’ Austin Ekeler on plight of running backs: ‘We’re not just numbers on a page’

Associated Press

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Austin Ekeler has the most scrimmage touchdowns in the past two years and became the fifth running back in NFL history last season to have at least 100 catches in a season. It isn’t Ekeler’s on-field accomplishments though that gained attention throughout the offseason and leading into Los Angeles Chargers training camp. Ekeler organized a Zoom …

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Josh Jacobs re-emerging as one of the NFL’s elite RBs again in his first season with Packers

Raiders RB Sincere McCormick ready to take advantage of his opportunity and run with it

Los Packers aplastan a los 49ers mermados con tres TDs de Josh Jacobs

Return of the veteran RB? Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley and early glimmers of a revival

Packers place rookie running back MarShawn Lloyd on injured reserve

Willis thrives with help from the Packers’ defense and running game in a 16-10 victory over Colts

Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase

Packers’ Jacobs says having a full training camp should help him put his 2023 struggles behind him

Zamir White goes from riding horses to the Raiders’ new workhorse running back

Raiders’ White gets chance to show he can be lead running back over complete season

NFL running backs in new places could struggle to match the production they had with original teams

Grading the good, bad and ugly of every major NFL free agency 2024 deal

Xavier McKinney and Josh Jacobs join Packers looking to contend for a Super Bowl

Derrick Henry heading to Ravens is another sign that running backs are valued -- at the right price

Packers agree to free agent deals with Josh Jacobs and Xavier McKinney, AP sources say

Packers 'agree to add ex-Raiders star Josh Jacobs and inform outgoing Aaron Jones he'll be released to make room for Pro Bowl running back'

Raiders missing star RB Josh Jacobs because of quad injury for game against Chiefs

Josh Jacobs’ declining production for the Raiders continues a trend from late last season

Run game, downfield passing and pass rush are deficiencies for the Raiders

Josh Jacobs going in reverse in the Las Vegas Raiders’ 38-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills

Allen and the Bills bounce back from a season-opening dud with 38-10 rout of the Las Vegas Raiders

Titans’ Derrick Henry ready to remind everyone what running backs mean to NFL

Christian McCaffrey claims the top spot in the AP’s NFL running back rankings

Chargers’ Austin Ekeler on plight of running backs: ‘We’re not just numbers on a page’