With the 2023 NFL season beginning in four days for the Las Vegas Raiders, the immediate future of star running back Josh Jacobs is clear.
He is expected to be in the Raiders’ starting backfield when they take on the host Denver Broncos on Sunday (kickoff is set for 1:25 p.m. PT). It wasn’t always clear that Jacobs would be part of the Raiders’ plan in Week 1 because he stayed away from the team all of the offseason and during training camp in a contract dispute. But on August 26, Jacobs and the team agreed to a revised contract that will pay him up to $12 million this season.