Winner: RB Josh Jacobs
Josh Jacobs has received his fair share of criticism since the beginning of the season with no 100-yard rushing games so far. It continued last week after the ugly 17-yard performance against the Bucs. Jacobs bounced back this week with his best performance of the season.
Jacobs finished the game with 128 yards rushing on 31 carries. He was excellent running between the tackles and executing outside zone, helping the Raiders move the ball. It was terrible weather conditions, but Jacobs made defenders miss and kept the Browns on their heels.
Fans were too hard on Jacobs going into this game, and he just needed a line with a week of practice. The Raiders formula right now feels like they should attempt to be up big in the fourth and allow Jacobs to finish. It worked against the Kansas City Chiefs and the Browns. We could see this more pretty soon.
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