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Josh Jacobs

RB, Raiders

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Josh Jacobs was horribly inefficient last season, but he had over 300 touches, which made him a solid option in fantasy. The Raiders brought in Kenyan Drake, who will probably eat into some of Jacobs’s workload, but Vegas lost Devontae Booker, who had 110 touches last season. Drake’s primary job will be to take Booker’s role. Jacobs probably won’t have 300 touches again, but he’ll still get a massive, RB1 caliber workload. The problem with Jacobs is his inefficiency and his lack of work in the receiving game. Jacobs hasn’t been the receiver we thought he could be coming out of college and he averaged only 3.9 yards per carry last year. The Raiders had a bad offensive line (PFF’s 26th best run blocking line), but it has only gotten worse. Vegas got rid of Trent Brown and Gabe Jackson, so expect Jacobs to become even less efficient this year. Jacobs is going to get a ton of goal line carries and will score quite a few touchdowns. He led the NFL in red zone carries and 10-zone carries last year. And he was 4th in goal line carries with 18. Jaocbs only scored on five of those goal line carries and ended the year with 12 touchdowns, but he could certainly see an increase in touchdowns with slightly better play. Overall, Josh Jacobs is a safe player due to the number of touches he’ll get and he’s going pretty late in the draft, so he’s a solid flex option. His inefficiency will limit his upside, but he’s worth drafting late in the fourth or early in the fifth round as a low-end RB2 or high-end flex.

Standard Analytics-Based Projected Points: 189.8

PPR Analytics-Based Projected Points: 215.1

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