For the second straight week, Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs powered through tacklers on his way to a double-digit tackle-breaking performance.
According to Pro Football Focus, Jacobs forced 15 missed tackles during Thursday night’s win over the Miami Dolphins — eight as a runner and seven more as a receiver. Counting his performance in Week 12 against the San Francisco 49ers, Jacobs now has 27 missed tackles forced in the last two games.
Next Gen Stats counted 10 missed tackles forced for Jacobs against the Dolphins. He set a season high in the NFL against the 49ers with 15 misses forced.
Jacobs produced 114 total yards against the Dolphins: 53 after first contact as a runner and 71 after the catch as a receiver, meaning he was either hit behind the line of scrimmage and gained positive yards or turned a completion behind the line into positive yards.
While Jacobs had an 11-yard run and a 1-yard touchdown run early, his highlight play came in the fourth quarter. After catch a short checkdown pass from Jordan Love, Jacobs made several players miss in the open field on a career-long reception of 49 yards — which set up a field goal that put the Packers back up three scores.
Overall, the Dolphins missed 23 total tackles against the Packers. In the cold and on a short week, Jayden Reed, Chris Brooks, Emanuel Wilson, Dontayvion Wicks and Tucker Kraft all got in on the tackle-breaking party.
In the span of five days, Jacobs turned 49 touches into back-to-back double-digit broken tacakle performances.
