While the Las Vegas Raiders are adding a significant free agent with defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, they will also be losing one.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, former All-Pro running back Josh Jacobs is heading to the Green Bay Packers.
The Raiders wanted to keep Jacobs, and Jacobs wanted to be a Raider, but his connection to Packers assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia, who served as interim head coach of the Raiders for 12 games in the 2021 season, played a key role in the star running back’s departure.
Jacobs missed the final four games of the 2023 season due to a quad injury. Raiders backup running back Zamir White carried the load, helping lead Las Vegas to victories over the Silver and Black’s three divisional rivals — the Los Angeles Chargers, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Denver Broncos.
The season before, Jacobs turned in a career yearr, leading the NFL with 1,653 rushing yards and scrimmage yards with 2,053. He was selected to his second Pro Bowl and named to the Associated Press All-Pro First Team.
The Raiders selected Jacobs in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. The Alabama product started 13 games in his rookie season before being selected to his first Pro Bowl the following season.
