Raiders’ Josh Jacobs questionable for ‘Monday Night Football’ matchup with Ravens due to illness, per report

The Las Vegas Raiders might not have their beginning operating again for his or her Week 1 Monday evening showdown towards the Baltimore Ravens. On Sunday evening, Vic Tafur of The Athletic reported that Josh Jacobs had been downgraded to questionable as a consequence of an sickness. 

Jacobs was a limited participant in practice all week as a consequence of what was referred to as a toe harm and an sickness. Apparently, he has not recovered sufficient simply but for the Raiders to really feel assured about him suiting up. The previous No. 24 total pick of Alabama made his first Professional Bowl in 2020, as he rushed for 1,065 yards and 12 touchdowns on 273 carries. If Jacobs weren’t in a position to go well with up on Monday evening, anticipate free-agent addition Kenyan Drake to get the beginning.

The previous Arizona Cardinal rushed for 955 yards and 10 touchdowns whereas averaging 4 yards per carry final season. Whereas he caught simply 25 passes for 137 yards final season, he has the sort of versatility to be a official dual-threat weapon out of the backfield.

It was the Ravens who have been initially going through points at operating again, as Lamar Jackson’s prime three ball-carriers in J.K. Dobbins, Justice Hill and Gus Edwards went down with season-ending accidents. Now, the Raiders have a scenario to control as we method kickoff. 

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