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RB Josh Jacobs, GB (4 Viewers)
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TLEF316
Footballguy
Double invested. Took him at 2.9 in a 1/2 PPR (after Kyren and Ettiene, before James Cook and Rachaad White. Start 2 RB's, 3 WR's, 1 flex ) and 3.7 in a full PPR (2, 2 and 2.....This time Cook and White went just ahead of me....Kamara and Mixon were the next 2 backs off the board)
I'm a fan of the talent and think he'll be really good. The Dillon injury made me feel better about him. (not that Dillon is a world beater, but I think they're less likely to go full blown committee with him out of the picture)
I'm a fan of the talent and think he'll be really good. The Dillon injury made me feel better about him. (not that Dillon is a world beater, but I think they're less likely to go full blown committee with him out of the picture)
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
His ADP has gone up a lot
Last 3-4 days from data compiled on a few sites, looks like Jacobs is now going off the board about RB8 ahead of Achane, Kyren Williams and Pacheco
Just FYI...
Last 3-4 days from data compiled on a few sites, looks like Jacobs is now going off the board about RB8 ahead of Achane, Kyren Williams and Pacheco
Just FYI...
he is underrated for sure.
I'm grabbing him where I can as well. its not easy. there seem to be an awful lot of good backs going later in the draft now. He is just one of many in the same situation.
FarFromHome
Footballguy
Rb8 is exactly where I have him. Rest of the world is catching up. Ha ha
dipandglide
Footballguy
That's insanePaid $25 for him (out of $200 budget) as my RB2 in my SuperFlex auction league last night.
Got him for $31 in my super competitive league of 10+ years. He isn't the new shiny toy, and he is coming off a bad year where he was inefficient, and a little sluggish probably from "holding out" for the first part of the year. He is still being undervalued. This is why I love drafting guys that go to new teams with better situations in their first yearThat's insanePaid $25 for him (out of $200 budget) as my RB2 in my SuperFlex auction league last night.
For example...
AJ Brown 2022
DJ Moore 2023
Josh Jacobs 2024 ??
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dipandglide
Footballguy
Those are cheap prices for someone who finished overall RB1 just a few years ago. JJ is still young too. He's a league winner if he stays healthy.
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
It was a run
FarFromHome
Footballguy
Weird game. Bad field. Different country. Eagles defensive line is pretty good. End of game numbers turned out okay. Love injury is a concern.
chad in Indy
Footballguy
I didn't get to see the first half, but Jacobs looked good in the second.
TampaMike19
Footballguy
It's a downgrade coming up- not sure how, but he is a bellcow and has receiving chops so his floor may still be good.
bonsai
Footballguy
Indeed. It was almost comical how many guys were slipping on the field. Weather stations reported no rain, so the slippage must've been from a sloppy conversion of a historically manicured soccer pitch to a temporary football field.
He looked sluggish. Not explosive at all.
PHI D line certainly had something to do with it early.
Maybe it was the field.
GB should rush to sign Tannehill.
Own both and not concerned at all with Jacobs. I am with Henry but it’s more of what I view as him having lower upside then being horrible.
Jacob’s was stuffed on 37% of his carries. That’s a stood DL for Philly, things will get easier.
Love may “only” have a mid/high ankle sprain and miss a game.
chad in Indy
Footballguy
He only had 6 carries the first half with several being short down/distance against a stacked box. Still finished with 5.2 yds/carry. He's not going to face a tough Philly front every week.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
The biggest issue for Jacobs last night imo was the Packers OL having early difficulty with that massive Eagles front. The field issues are overstated. In the end the Packers put up good rushing numbers and I don’t think anything that happened last night should change anyone’s opinion on this player for fantasy football purposes. I never expected MLF to have a “bell cow” RB and that’s still the case.
eighsse2
Footballguy
73% of RB opps seems pretty high, anyway. Maybe not quite "bellcow", but not many get better than 73% anymore.
Except one backup RB was out and the other one was not fully healthy. Hard to draw conclusions from that game IMO.
eighsse2
Footballguy
This is true.
FarFromHome
Footballguy
Well. Good news about Love for Jacobs owners.
dipandglide
Footballguy
He started warming up in the second half. Losing Love hurts JJ's immediate prospects, but let's not write him off after a slow start in game one.
not nearly the same number of stacked boxes when running the ball.x.com
x.com
with poor QB play teams were stacking the box and forcing them to throw it. (or at least trying)
if I were a DC I would have double covered Devante and stacked the box. See if that backup QB can make it to the 2nd or third read in the offense. You cant play that kind of game against the Packers. Love is too good a QB. while hes not an all star, hes a whole lot better than what vegas ran at QB last season.
dipandglide
Footballguy
Waldman posted some excellent clips of Jacobs on X. JJ still has that thump to his game. He'll be ok.
bonsai
Footballguy
Temp QB won't have a confident throwing game and will rely on Jacobs fully. At least that's what I'm telling myself.
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
Right now it seems to be E Wilson. But until Love comes back, these RBs are useless.
Jacobs?
Not sure he even has a injury designation.
He's always on the injury report. With Malik in there at QB, he's going to carry the rock 25+ times.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
Well that's that.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Looks like the real risk was in NOT starting him.
FarFromHome
Footballguy
Yes sir.
is it me, or is it a case where nearly every player that holds out and missed camp either gets hurt or just has an overall crappy year. I suspect the x factor is missing camp and not being fully ready to start the season. but it could also be they got paid and let the foot off the gas. not sure which, but all I know is when a player holds out I'm now avoiding them like the plague at the draft table. been burned too many times this way.
Chicago Hooligan
Footballguy
Going full Terminator mode for 30+ carries is something Aaron Jones can't do, incidentally.
TampaMike19
Footballguy
Still a buy low- he is going to offer awesome upside with a healthy Love and offense. People want TOUCHDOWNS and people hate high yards games…especially in PPR.
Dude had 0 receptions and TD’s- BUY LOW
Dude had 0 receptions and TD’s- BUY LOW
Big Nate
Footballguy
26 years old. 235 yards rushing in 2 games and a 5ypc so far. Offense will be better when Love is back.
Confirmed still good. Carry on.
Sometimes the answer is just "yes" - If the RB is good and has done it before and then goes to a better offence they will have a chance to show they still have it.
Confirmed still good. Carry on.
Sometimes the answer is just "yes" - If the RB is good and has done it before and then goes to a better offence they will have a chance to show they still have it.
And neither can Jacobs if they keep giving him that kind of volume
Big Nate
Footballguy
Why not? He's been the NFL rushing leader before. GB wants to win and now they need to lean heavily on the run.
The only person who can withstand that type of volume is Chuck Norris.
dipandglide
Footballguy
Hasn't JJ had the second-most carries in the league, next to King Henry, the past 3-4 years? JJ has always had a high workload. He was overall RB1 two years ago for a reason.
I definitely think it's more of not being in shape. Jonathan Taylor is a good example with his hold out last year. By the end of the year he was back to his normal self, but took him a few weeks to get going
EBF
Footballguy
I can confess that I actually took him in the 2nd round of my draft, as RB8 overall.
My plan was to go WR in the mid first and then take whoever fell out of Barkley, Taylor, and Jacobs in the mid 2nd.
Jacobs was the only one of those three left on the board, so I pulled the trigger about 1-2 rounds above ADP. Just had a much higher trust level with him than with Gibbs, Achane, Kyren, Pacheco, Henry, Etienne. While I wouldn't say reaching is generally something to be proud of, the goal is ultimately to draft a team that produces, not the team that looks best on paper in August.
Week 2 is way too early to gloat, but so far so good. Josh Jacobs is who we thought he was!
All the same, I plan to grab Lloyd because he's a talented enough handcuff that I would want to have him in the event of injury.
