Former Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs expected to sign with Green Bay Packers in free agency
The Las Vegas Raiders have already made some splashy moves in free agency, like the signing of defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, who is one of the very best in the league. They paid him a ton of money, and now we will get to see two of the best defensive linemen in the league, Crosby […]
The Las Vegas Raiders have already made some splashy moves in free agency, like the signing of defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, who is one of the very best in the league. They paid him a ton of money, and now we will get to see two of the best defensive linemen in the league, Crosby and Wilkins, in their prime in silver and black.
But, there is one thing during free agency that they didn't do, which would be bringing franchise great running back Josh Jacobs, who sits near the top of the list in several rushing categories near the great Marcus Allen.
After last season, when Jacobs held out of training camp, the Raiders franchise tagged Josh Jacobs, but Jacobs never signed the tag. This season, the Raiders said that they did not want to do that. They wanted to get a deal done without using the franchise tag.
However, they were not able to get the deal done before the legal tampering period opened on Monday. That means that Jacobs will hit the market and can communicate with other teams on a potential deal. Now, since the Raiders didn't get anything done, it appears Jacobs will have some other teams interested, which means the Raiders will have some competition.
And, well, they did. It appears the Green Bay Packers outbid them.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Jacobs is expected to sign with the Packers.
This comes as a huge surprise, but the Raiders didn't want to overpay and believe in Zamir White enough that they backed off Jacobs. The former Alabama running back is one of the greatest Raiders running backs ever, and the era is officially over.
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Jacobs is officially the last man standing in what has become a tough scene for NFL running backs.
