No one wanted Josh Jacobs over the summer. That seemed to include the Raiders, who spent the offseason bringing in Josh McDaniels' guys. They invested a fourth-round pick in third-down back Zamir White. They signed special teams legend and perennial change-of-pace nuisance Brandon Bolden. They spilled a not-insignificant amount of ink talking up Ameer Abdullah.
Fantasy managers took notice. Jacobs was the RB20 by ADP on ESPN, RB23 on Yahoo and RB27 on Underdog. Underdog, of course, is where all the most engaged players were drafting. They had the most information and it was telling them not to take Jacobs.