For each match it’ll broadcast all through 2024 NFL season by Super Bowl LIX, FOX Sports’ lead NFL analyst Tom Brady he’s rewarding his LFG Player of the Game to that participant he sees on the pitch that makes him say…
“LET’S FUCK GO!!!”
In Week 12, the distinction went to working again Josh Jacobs of the Green Bay Packers following their decisive 38-10 win over the San Francisco 49ers. The Packers improved to 8-3 with the win, serving to Green Bay hold tempo with the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings within the race for the NFC North because the season heads to Thanksgiving.
Tom Brady’s LFG Player of the Game: Packers’ Josh Jacobs | Week 12 DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE
Jacobs rushed for a hat trick of touchdowns towards San Francisco, scoring three of the Packers’ 5 touchdowns. Green Bay turned to Jacobs usually all through the sport, giving him 26 carries whereas speeding for 106 yards (4.1 yards per carry).
While Jacobs’ effectivity might not look spectacular, his yards per carry common was harm by the truth that all three of his speeding touchdowns got here from the 1-yard line. While scoring from one yard needs to be straightforward, the Packers have struggled within the pink zone this season. Green Bay entered Week 12 ranked twenty seventh in pink zone effectivity, scoring a landing on simply 48.7 p.c of its pink zone journeys.
The Packers scored on all of their pink zone alternatives on Sunday, with Jacobs sending a transparent message about what he desires to see after they get there.
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“We put quite a lot of weight on this,” Jacobs instructed Brady concerning the pink zone purpose. “Coming into this week, we all know that is the factor we wrestle with probably the most. So, you realize, each time we’re down there, I simply inform them, ‘Man, give me the ball and we’ll discover a answer.'”
Even although Green Bay struggled within the pink zone, Jacobs ran probably the greatest speeding assaults within the league. He entered third within the league in speeding on Sunday and now has 944 speeding yards in 11 video games. Green Bay, in the meantime, was fourth within the league in speeding (149.9 speeding yards per sport) getting into Week 12.
Jacobs credited the Packers’ offensive entrance for his or her sturdy success within the floor sport.
“I at all times inform the coaches, ‘Man, like half of my runs, I’m going to really feel like I’m near beating them,’” Jacobs mentioned. “I really like taking part in with this offensive line. They work arduous for me, push the stack, do all of the little issues and it is paying off.”
Packers’ Josh Jacobs on three touchdowns towards 49ers – “I’m simply taking part in”
Green Bay introduced in Jacobs, who led the league in speeding in 2022, to assist fill out its roster because it seems to make a run on the Super Bowl with its younger core after falling within the NFC divisional spherical final season. Jacobs has loved his time with the Packers so far, believing he might be the participant to get them by the hump.
“I like what they’d occurring,” Jacobs mentioned. “I noticed the tradition that was constructed right here. I noticed the successful that was constructed right here. I do know what the legacy of the Packers is. I wished to be part of it, man. I felt like I used to be the lacking peace and I wished to return right here and put my stamp on the Packers.”
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