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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: July 2, 2009
With Jacobs, it's not about the yards per carry (even though that number has consistently been around 5.0 for his career), but rather about him tiring out opposing defenses.
Everyone has seen Jacob's size enable him to fall forward for three yards, and make a positive gain out of a seemingly dead play.
When December came around (think Week 16 against Carolina) no one wanted to tackle Brandon Jacobs, which helped pave way for Derrick Ward to rush for 216 yards on only 15 carries.
With Jacobs bull-dozing would-be tacklers, opposing teams will have to try and stack eight defenders in the box. This will then open up the deep ball for Eli Manning to the WR playing on the perimeter.
Ultimately, th...
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