Josh Jacobs concurs to one-year bargain worth up to $12 million with the Pillagers, AP source says
Record – Las Vegas Marauders running back Josh Jacobs (28) stands on the sideline some time recently playing against the Kansas City Chiefs in an NFL football amusement, Jan. 7, 2023, in Las Vegas. Jacobs took to social media Saturday morning, Aug. 26, to say, “I’m back,” after concurring to a modern one-year bargain to play for the Las Vegas Looters this season. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, Record)
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Josh Jacobs took to social media Saturday to say, “I’m back,” after concurring to a one-year bargain to play for the Las Vegas Pillagers this season.
The contract is worth up to $12 million, a individual with information of the bargain told The Related Press. The individual talked to the AP on condition of namelessness since the group declared that Jacobs had marked but did not give points of interest on the terms.
Jacobs would have gotten $10.1 million this season in the event that he had marked the establishment tag delicate. His bargain shows up comparative to the one individual running back Saquon Barkley concurred to late final month to remain with the Modern York Monsters.
Jacobs, who final season driven the NFL in surging with 1,653 yards, had been anticipated to sign with the Pillagers instead of sit out the season and relinquish his compensation, but his delayed nonattendance started to raise questions that at last were replied Saturday.
“I’ll say the same thing I’ve said for months. I cherish the player, and I cherish the person,” coach Josh McDaniels said after the Raiders’ 31-16 preseason misfortune at the Dallas Cattle rustlers on Saturday night.
“I see forward to fair acclimating him into our group,” McDaniels said. “There’s a few unused faces that he hasn’t very met however, and I know he’s energetic to do that as well. Implied a part to our team last year, is planning to cruel a part to our group this year.”
Jacobs made clear early on he would be despondent playing on a establishment tag, saying at the Master Bowl that he would be a “hero turned villain.” Presently that the two sides come to an assention, Jacobs can center on what ought to be another season in which the Marauders incline intensely on him.
McDaniels shown amid preparing camp that Jacobs likely would get a comparative workload as final season, when he had about 400 touches between hurrying and getting. McDaniels also said a player needs hone time to urge up to speed some time recently getting a complement of plays, so it’s very conceivable Jacobs will be facilitated back on the field.
In any case, with two weeks to go some time recently the Sept. 10 season opener at the AFC West match Denver Broncos, Jacobs might have sufficient time to induce reacclimated.
McDaniels said after the misfortune to the Cattle rustlers he wasn’t prepared to offer a timeline for when Jacobs will be prepared.
“It’s aiming to be difficult for me to say that until I have an opportunity to see him. His conditioning and fair the way his body feels will play a role in that, too,” McDaniels said. “We’ll do the correct thing, anything the correct thing is. In case there has to be a number of plays early within the season, at that point that’s it. On the off chance that there’s not, at that point there’s not.”
Jacobs’ return brings clarity to the running backs room ahead of Tuesday, which is cutdown day, when NFL groups must slice their lists to 53 players.
Zamir White, drafted within the fourth circular final year, was the first-team running back in camp and could’ve put himself in position for distant more than the 17 carries he gotten as a rookie. Nine-year ingenious Ameer Abdullah was accepting second-team snaps.
Jacobs had needed a multiyear contract, but he fizzled to reach an assention with the Pillagers some time recently the July 17 due date. That meant his choices were to inevitably sign the establishment tag delicate, concur to a one-year bargain partitioned of the tag or sit out the season.
By concurring to the one-year contract, that implies the subject of Jacobs’ long-term future in Las Vegas again will be an issue afterward this season, but for presently those questions will be put on hold.
