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Josh Jacobs is done with the Raiders’ losing ways. The star tailback went off in a postgame interview following Las Vegas’s recent 13-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In the defeat, the Raiders took a first quarter advantage and would hold that lead up until the final minute of the game. Pittsburgh scored the final 10 points of the contest, including a game-winning touchdown with just 46 seconds remaining.
The loss essentially eliminated LV from playoff contention and was the latest matchup in which the team blew a second half lead. The Raiders have held fourth quarter leads in six of their nine losses before eventual late game collapses. That includes blowing a 20-0 second half lead versus the Cardinals, losing to the Jaguars after going up 17-0, and inexplicably dropping a contest against the Rams in Baker Mayfield’s first start after leading 16-3 late in the fourth quarter.
The deflating finishes seem to have finally gotten to their leading rusher.
Josh Jacobs has had enough of his team’s struggles, and it sounds like he might not be willing to stick around to see things get better. Here’s what the former first-round pick had to say after the loss to the Steelers.
“Man, I’m tired of dealing with this s—. Every day I come here and bust my a–, I see the guys bust their a–, and the result is not there. For me, the last four years, the result hasn’t been there. Quite frankly, I don’t know what else to do. It is what it is.”
Jacobs was the organization’s first pick in the 2019 draft. He is now in the final year of his rookie contract, and based on the previous comments, he might opt to test the market in the upcoming offseason.
The running back has been arguably the Raiders’ best offensive player in 2022. He leads the NFL with 1,539 yards, his third 1,000-yard season in four years. But the team’s lack of success in what was supposed to be a playoff contending season could lead to a split.
Josh Jacobs has seen enough of the struggles over the last four years, and he doesn’t have an answer on how to turn things around in Sin City. The end result might be a departure from Las Vegas as he looks for a franchise that knows how to get out of its own way.