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• The Packers Are Relying On Hope and the Draft To Fill Premium Positions
Talking to reporters earlier this week, Matt LaFleur addressed Josh Jacobs’ comments about the team’s need for a true No. 1 receiving threat. He said they talked about the comments internally, but the takeaway is that he hopes someone in the receiving room emerges into that role....2025
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• How to draft a good and durable running back in the modern NFL

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Does the recent adage of waiting until day two or three to draft a running back still hold? The Denver Broncos need an upgrade at running back. The team finished the season 21st in YPC, near the middle of the league in runs of 10 yards or more, and near the bottom of the league in runs of 20+ and runs of 30+. The OL was quite effective at run blocking with the...2025
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• Will Elgton Jenkins' move to center make Packers a rush-centric offense?
The two-time Pro Bowl guard is switching positions, which could help running back Josh Jacobs....2025
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• Josh Jacobs Drops Eyebrow-Raising Predictions on Travis Hunter’s Future
Travis Hunter has a chance to do something special. The 2024 Heisman Trophy Winner is expected to be a top-5 pick and could play both ways in the NFL....2025
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• Around the AFC West: Each team’s draft needs

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Let’s take a look at how Kansas City’s division rivals might approach the 2025 draft. With the 2025 NFL Draft just a month away, AFC West teams are searching for ways to finally dethrone the Kansas City Chiefs before they secure their 10th straight division title. Let’s examine the key areas that need improvement for each of Kansas City’s division oppone...2025
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• Chargers sign former Raiders C Andre James

Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images The Chargers are bringing in Andre James who started at center for the Raiders over the past four seasons. The Chargers are continuing their goal of reshaping the interior of the offensive line as they’ve announced the signing of former Raiders starting center Andre James. James has held down the pivot in Las Vegas the past four seasons and is now coming ...2025
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• The Linc - Eagles could have 20 picks in the next two NFL Drafts

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 3/13/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... ADAM SCHEFTER: The Philadelphia Eagles are scheduled to have 20 draft picks in the next two years. 20 picks! Most teams in a given draft have seven, the Eagles have 20 the next two years. Including 11 in the first four rounds of the next two years. 11! And 17 in...2025
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/8: Geno Smith leaves for Las Vegas

Photo by Michael Workman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We loved him, we hated him, we traded him. In Today’s Links: gulp! #np Diamonds and Pearls by Prince and the New Power Generation Seahawks News Seahawks trade Geno Smith to Raiders for draft pick - Seaside JoeThe Seahawks get a 3rd round pick and $31 million in cap space NFL source Seahawks trade Geno Smith to Pete Carroll Raiders |...2025
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• Fantasy Football ‘25: The top tiers of players

2025: The Chase is on! | Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images A way-too-early look at the elite fantasy stars for ‘25 Welcome back, readers! The NFL offseason is rolling along and has officially entered the fun stage for us fans. Here’s where we are: The scouting Combine wrapped up on Sunday, the first big trade came down last week (Deebo to the Commanders!), the franchise tag window closed o...2025
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• Rams should consider signing Pro Bowl rusher to pair with Kyren Williams

Kara Durrette/Getty Images LA should sign Najee Harris if Steelers fail to re-sign RB this offseason Kyren Williams has churned out back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns for the Los Angeles Rams, and appears set to earn a contract extension. Running back is not an offseason priority for the Rams because of Williams’ presence on the roster. However, if a Pro Bowl playmaker like Najee Harris bec...2025
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• Fantasy Football 25: Ranking the Round 1 players

Barkley leaps to the top in ‘25 | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images A way-too-early look at the best players in fantasy for the 2025 season The curtain has fallen on the 2024-25 NFL season, and like many of you I sure missed watching football this past Sunday. Meanwhile, a chunk of the country (including where I live) is covered in snow and ice, with very cold temperatures and howling wi...2025
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• New York Giants free agency primer: 5 running backs to consider

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images This is not a high priority, but cheap depth is always welcome The New York Giants found a true contributor in Tyrone Tracy Jr. with their fifth-round pick in last year’s draft. Tracy Jr. amassed more than 1,000 total yards with six touchdowns and averaged 4.4 yards per carry with 34 missed tackles forced. He effectively took the primary role away from l...2025
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• Abnormal year of running back success has brought more heat to the Cowboys approach to free agency

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Running back has been a complicated position for the Cowboys in recent years. The offseason for the Dallas Cowboys is often filled with frustration for fans because of the way they go about building their roster. The front office’s approach consists of the following strategies: Selectively decide which of their free agents to keep Make low-cost investments i...2025
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• Should the Broncos sign RB Najee Harris?

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Would Najee Harris improve the Broncos backfield? The Broncos run game was not very good last season. We saw them cycle through three different backs and never really found the answer Head Coach Sean Payton was looking for. Javonte Williams still did not look the same after his brutal leg injury and struggled as a runner throughout the year. Jaleel McLaug...2025
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• Browns history: RB Coach Stump Mitchell talks being let go, his college/NFL career and so much more

Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 25 questions with a former Browns coach The “Arizona Cardinals” are the oldest continuous professional American Football team in the United States. They began as a gym team that would play other athletic clubs and gyms, and small-to-medium city teams situated regionally where a day trip on a train could get them there and ba...2025
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• Why Saquon Barkley left Giants, and how the Eagles landed him for Super Bowl run

Photo by Michael DeMocker/Getty Images This is why the Giants let Saquon Barkley walk, and how the Eagles signed him in free agency. 2023 was the year of the running back franchise tag in the National Football League. That spring three running backs — Tony Pollard, Josh Jacobs, and Saquon Barkley — all received that designation from their teams. Pollard received the non-exclusive franchise...2025
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• Ranking the Kansas City Chiefs, contenders, and pretenders in the NFL playoffs

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Separating the contenders from the pretenders in the 2025 NFL playoffs Every year, it feels like a handful of teams don’t belong in the NFL Playoffs, and only a select few can win it all. This year is no different. There are high-flying offenses, quarterbacks who always seem to find a way, and a few teams that are happy to be here. Today, we’ll separate ...2025
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• Fantasy Football ‘24: 3 takeaways from the season that was

A star is born | Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images Lessons learned from 2024 can help us next season Happy New Year! Another season of fantasy football is in the books. If you won a championship or two, well done! If you came up short, there’s always next year. If you came in last, enjoy your new tattoo, or whatever horrible restaurant or bar challenge you’re stuck with. For most fantas...2025
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"Josh Jacobs voted to third Pro Bowl; Xavier McKinney and Rashan Gary earn first selections"

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"Rashan Gary sacks Jared Goff; Josh Jacobs hits 1,000 rushing yards"

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"2023 NFL free agency running back market: Ranking top 10 seeking new deals, led by Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs"

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"Have a DAY Josh Jacobs"

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"Raiders' Josh Jacobs to face Chargers on 'Monday Night Football' after missing two games with ankle injury"

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"Josh Jacobs was once homeless as a child, he and his four siblings sometimes living out of a car with their dad, Marty, on the north side of Tulsa, Oklahoma."

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"Star rookie Josh Jacobs reportedly expected to return for Raiders vs. Jaguars in Week 15"

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"Jordan Kyrou, Sam Studnicka, Brandon Lindberg and Josh Jacobs supplied."

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"Devils' prospect Josh Jacobs leaves Michigan State for OHL"

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• Chargers sign former Raiders C Andre James
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• Fantasy Football ‘25: Free agency takeaways

Adams is on the move...again | Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Fantasy observations from the first four days of player moves Welcome back, readers. A lot has happened since I wrote my most recent fantasy columns (2025 first round rankings and the top tier at each position). Dozens of players have changed teams via free agency or trade, and dozens more have signed extensions with the...2025
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• The Linc - Eagles could have 20 picks in the next two NFL Drafts
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/8: Geno Smith leaves for Las Vegas
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• The Chiefs met with OSU’s Ollie Gordon II, a running back who still has plenty of potential

Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Kansas City met with the Oklahoma State standout during the NFL Scouting Combine. The Kansas City Chiefs had a series of meetings with draft prospects during the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis — including Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II. Background A native of Fort Worth, Gordon spent three seasons in Stillwater. Declaring for the draft at 21, he’...2025
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• The Packers Could Hit Two Birds With One Stone By Drafting Bhayshul Tuten
The Green Bay Packers have core running backs under contract for 2025. Josh Jacobs led the team with over 1,300 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns last season. He also recorded the most yards after contact by a Packers running back since Ryan Grant in 2008. In addition to Jacobs, Green Bay invested a third-round pick in MarShawn Lloyd last year, hoping he could develop into a key contributor....2025
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• Are Cardinals buying stock in the Hampton Inn?

Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Is RB Omarion Hampton “in” the Cardinals draft plans? Does anyone remember, if you happened to have seen it, which draft pundit mocked North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton to the Arizona Cardinals at pick #16? I have opened up 20+ mocks to try to find it to no avail and maybe one of you can help me? In any event, when I first saw Oma...2025
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• Rams should consider signing Pro Bowl rusher to pair with Kyren Williams
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• I’d be OK using this model as contract extension for Kyren Williams

Brad Penner-Imagn Images A palatable extension for Kyren Williams falls in the Joe Mixon to David Montgomery range Much of the offseason talk so far for the Los Angeles Rams has surrounded Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford. Perhaps the third biggest story line is a potential contract extension for running back Kyren Williams. While in some ways the Rams are still recovering from their hang ...2025
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• New York Giants free agency primer: 5 running backs to consider
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• Abnormal year of running back success has brought more heat to the Cowboys approach to free agency
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• Browns history: RB Coach Stump Mitchell talks being let go, his college/NFL career and so much more
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• Around the AFC West: Each team’s draft needs
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• The Chiefs met with OSU’s Ollie Gordon II, a running back who still has plenty of potential
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• Are Cardinals buying stock in the Hampton Inn?
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• Cowboys mock draft: Mel Kiper has Dallas taking running back in first round that is not Ashton Jeanty

Photo by John McGloughlin/ISI Photos/Getty Images Mel Kiper’s latest mock has the Cowboys going with a running back in the first not named Ashton Jeanty. It is not hard to find a mock draft that has the Dallas Cowboys taking Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty at number 12 overall. Generally. we always reach a point in the draft process where a target becomes very well-connected to the ...2025
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• Should the Broncos sign RB Najee Harris?
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• Browns history: RB Coach Stump Mitchell talks being let go, his college/NFL career and so much more
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• Why Saquon Barkley left Giants, and how the Eagles landed him for Super Bowl run
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Saquon Barkley, tanking, Shane Bowen, more

The mail’s here! Joshua Berman asks: When we bench Jones because it might have implications for next year’s cap and thereby sabotage the product on the field and morale in the locker room, we call that prudent. But were we to bench starters to improve our draft position and thereby sabotage the product on the field and the morale in the locker room, we would call that unsportsmanlike and unconscio...2025
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• 3 reasons the Eagles will beat the Rams in the NFL Divisional Playoffs

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Eagles-Rams might be the toughest game to predict this weekend, but here are three reasons the Eagles will move on Perhaps the toughest game to predict this weekend kicks off on Sunday afternoon, when the Philadelphia Eagles host the Los Angeles Rams in a matchup of two teams that met earlier this season. The Eagles won that contest in November by a final...2025
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• Once homeless, Raiders' Jacobs buys dad house
Josh Jacobs was once homeless as a child, he and his four siblings sometimes living out of a car with their dad, Marty, on the north side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Now the Raiders rookie running back has surprised his father with a house....2020
• Raiders' Josh Jacobs runs into record books with 86-yarder in OT to beat Seahawks, capping 303 total-yards day

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• 2023 NFL free agency running back market: Ranking top 10 seeking new deals, led by Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs

Breaking down the running backs hitting free agency...2023
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• Three Green Bay Packers chosen for 2025 Pro Bowl Games

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• Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, who was once homeless growing up, buys his dad a house
Getting to where he is today did not come without struggles for Jacobs...2020
• NFL Honors: Cardinals' Kyler Murray wins Offensive Rookie of the Year, beating out Josh Jacobs, A.J. Brown
The first-overall pick took home OROY honors on Saturday night after an impressive season...2020
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• Five reasons Raiders can make playoffs: An easy schedule and Josh Jacobs, Davante Adams getting hot top list

The Raiders looked poised for a playoff run as they've won 3 straight entering 'TNF' vs. Rams...2022
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• Star rookie Josh Jacobs reportedly expected to return for Raiders vs. Jaguars in Week 15
The first-year running back missed Oakland's Week 14 loss to Tennessee due to a shoulder injury...2019

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• Fantasy Football ‘25: Free agency takeaways
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• Packers vs. Eagles DFS and Start-Sit Advice for Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley, and Others
Here's all the fantasy football advice you need on Wild Card Weekend to determine whether you should start or sit these players in the Packers vs. Eagles matchup....2025
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• Packers Start-Sit: Wild Card DFS & Fantasy Playoff Advice for Josh Jacobs, Romeo Doubs, and Others
Here's all the fantasy football advice you need to determine whether you should start or sit these players on the Green Bay Packers on Wild Card Weekend....2025
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• Fantasy Football ‘24: The biggest hits and misses

This call gets a Lambeau Leap! | Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Looking back at 2024 prognostications: the good, the bad, and the ugly! The 2024-25 NFL regular season came to an end on Sunday night, with the Lions blowing open a close game against the Vikings in the second half, and taking home the NFC North crown, together with the No. 1 seed in the conference. Is it me, or did t...2025
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• Fantasy Football ‘24: 3 takeaways from the season that was
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• 7 takeaways from the Lions’ win on Monday night over Raiders

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions got their much-needed rebound against the Las Vegas Raiders, as they enter their bye week with a 6-2 record—good for second in the NFC. The Las Vegas Raiders were just what the doctor ordered for an ailing Detroit Lions team. After an embarrassing loss to the Baltimore Ravens last week, the Lions were in desperate need of a turnaround perform...2023
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• Top Zero RB Targets For 2021 Fantasy Season
One of the most compelling fantasy football draft strategies that has been rising in popularity in recent years is the Zero RB approach in which players wait until the sixth round or later to draft their first running back. The theory here is that the running back position is highly volatile and subject to more injuries than wide receivers and tight ends. For example, of the top ten running backs ...2021
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• Raiders rule Josh Jacobs, two other key starters out for must-win game against Chargers
The Oakland Raiders are still in the playoff hunt but won’t have rookie Josh Jacobs, along with two other key starters, for Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Raiders shared on Twitter Friday that Jacobs, starting left guard Richie Incognito and starting linebacker Marquel Lee have all been ruled out by head coach Jon Gruden. Jacobs is the name most casual fans will recognize here...2019
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• Chargers sign former Raiders C Andre James
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• The Linc - Eagles could have 20 picks in the next two NFL Drafts
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/8: Geno Smith leaves for Las Vegas
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• Are Cardinals buying stock in the Hampton Inn?
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• Rams should consider signing Pro Bowl rusher to pair with Kyren Williams
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• I’d be OK using this model as contract extension for Kyren Williams
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• New York Giants free agency primer: 5 running backs to consider
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/8: Geno Smith leaves for Las Vegas
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• Cowboys mock draft: Mel Kiper has Dallas taking running back in first round that is not Ashton Jeanty
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Saquon Barkley, tanking, Shane Bowen, more
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• Eagles-Packers Film Review: How about Nolan Smith?!

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Defensive analysis from Philadelphia’s Wild Card win over Green Bay. Unlike the Eagles-Packers offensive film review article, this one has much less controversy. This was an outstanding defensive performance in the first half, but there were a couple of errors in the second half, which allowed the Packers to get back into the game. Despite the mistakes, t...2025
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• Ranking the Kansas City Chiefs, contenders, and pretenders in the NFL playoffs
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• Eagles-Packers playoff preview: 14 things to watch in Sunday’s Wild Card game

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Key factors to Philadelphia’s postseason matchup against Green Bay. Is Sunday here yet? As of this original publish time, no, unfortunately, it is not. Damn! That’s a shame because we’re all very excited to watch the Philadelphia Eagles host the Green Bay Packers at Lincoln Financial Field. Should be a pretty good game. Let’s run through some of the m...2025
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• The good, the bad, and the ugly: a season in review

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images LA’s seasons turns around after a 1-4 start With the playoffs just around the corner and the Rams in the thick of it, the regular season can officially be classified as a success. Despite starting 1-4, LA climbed their way out of the basement and are your NFC West Champions. Here is the good, the bad, and the ugly after 18 weeks. The Good Young players continue to s...2025
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• BREAKING: Josh Jacobs Agrees To One-Year Deal With Raiders

The speculation and rumors about Josh Jacobs' future with the Las Vegas Raiders can officially come to an end... The post BREAKING: Josh Jacobs Agrees To One-Year Deal With Raiders appeared first on Raiders Newswire....2023
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• Raiders' McDaniels: 'No desire' to trade Jacobs

Raiders first-year coach Josh McDaniels put an end to speculation Monday that former Pro Bowl running back Josh Jacobs was being showcased for a possible trade by playing so many snaps in the team's preseason opener....2022
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