Josh Jacob as One of the Best Fantasy Football RBs

Las Vegas Raiders star running back Josh Jacobs is listed as one of the best running backs for fantasy football this upcoming season.

The Las Vegas Raiders have two players listed among the best at their positions in fantasy football for this NFL season. Those Raiders players are wide receiver Davante Adams and running back Josh Jacobs.

Pro Football Focus recently highlighted Star running back Josh Jacobs as one of the best fantasy football running backs for this NFL season.

Jacobs is coming off one of his best seasons as the starting running back for the Silver and Black. He finished as the league's rushing leader in which he finished rushing for a total of 1,653 yards. He also finished as the third-highest-scoring running back last season.

In a recent Pro Football Focus article, the website highlights Josh Jacobs with various amounts of stats that he has produced as a starting running back. He is phenomenal at avoiding being tackled. He has recorded 4.5 avoided tackles per game over the last five seasons, which happens to be the most out of 78 other NFL running backs with at least 40 games. He also improved his avoided tackles mark last season with 5.5, which led all other NFL running backs.

Jacobs also is one of the few running backs who is excellent at producing rushing touchdowns per game, averaging 0.7 in recent seasons, which happened to carry over during the 2022-23 NFL season. Last season, he finished with 12 touchdowns.

Jacobs was also heavily involved in the Raiders' passing game last season, making him a solid points-per-reception fantasy football player. He had 59 targets on first and second downs and was ranked sixth out of all running backs. In the last two seasons, Jacobs has averaged 3.9 targets, 3.3 receptions, and 23.4 receiving yards per game, the 10th best for running backs.

Pro Football Focus also highlights two Raiders players who helped Josh Jacobs earn his role as one of the best fantasy football running backs. Those two players are on the Raiders' offensive line: Kolton Miller and Jermaine Eluemunor. 

In back-to-back seasons, left tackle Miller has had a PFF grade above 84 percent and is the best offensive lineman the Raiders have. Right tackle Eluemunor has also emerged as a critical asset for the Raiders running game in his first season as a starter.

Here is the complete player profile of Jacobs as one of the best fantasy football running backs heading into the 2023-24 NFL season.

The Las Vegas Raiders open training camp for the entire team on July 25, 2023.

The Silver and Black open the preseason by hosting the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT.

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