There are many stats you can use to show how bad the Raiders have been on the ground this season. Fist and foremost is simply looking at their numbers compared to the rest of the league where they are dead last in yards (692) and yards per carry (3.5).
Another way would be to compare their rush numbers to that of the last feature back they had prior to this season.
Josh Jacobs was allowed to leave as a free agent this offseason. A year after the team had retained him on a the franchise tag.
The Packers seem to be ok with their investment. Jacobs is currently fourth in the league with 762 yards rushing. That’s right, he has more yards alone than the entire Raiders team and in the same number of games.
In fact, if Jacobs continues to run at his season pace of 84.7 yards per game, he will surpass his entire 13-game 2023 total (805) this week.
The Packers are also sitting at 6-3 on the season.
Safe to say he’s enjoying his time in Green Bay instead of running into brick walls in the Raiders offense.
Jacobs isn’t alone among individual backs outpacing the Raiders either. He is one of five backs this season to have more rushing yards AND averaging more yards per game by themselves than the entire Raiders team (76.9).
Derrck Henry — 112 ypg (10)
Saquon Barkley — 110.1 ypg (9)
Chuba Hubbard — 81.8 ypg (10)
Josh Jacobs — 84.7 ypg (9)
Jahmyr Gibbs — 80.8 ypg (9)
These kinds of numbers were a primary reason the Raiders fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy last week after just nine games along with two other members of the offensive coaching staff.
They came into the season saying they were going to build the offense around the run game and that plan has proven to be a big reason for their demise. They sit at 2-7 having lost five straight.
The Raiders now come out of the bye week where they hope the changes on the offensive staff will make a positive difference in how the team performs.
