Josh Jacobs leads fantasy football manager to postseason berth

If Josh Jacobs is on your fantasy football roster, there’s a good chance you’ll be heading to the playoffs next week.

The veteran running back scored three touchdowns and 24.6 PPR points in Thursday night’s loss to the Lions, continuing an absolutely stellar performance. In his last seven games, Jacobs has accumulated 748 total yards with 11 touchdowns while averaging 22.4 fantasy points per game. This stretch includes two contests, including last night where he scored three rushing touchdowns.

What makes the performance even more impressive is that entering the week, Detroit had allowed the second-fewest fantasy points to running backs. Additionally, their defense had only given up seven rushing scores to opposing runners before Jacobs beat them with three end zone visits.

Jacobs’ recent rise in the stat sheets is a welcome sight for fantasy fans as he has started the season slowly. In fact, he was the RB24 after the first five weeks and averaged just 11.9 points per touchdown.

Over the next eight weeks, Jacobs was the RB5 with eight touchdowns and an average of 20.6 points. After last night’s game, he will likely be among the top eight running backs in terms of fantasy points scored all season.

That’s quite a turnaround.

The next three weeks of the fantasy playoffs will feature matchups against the Seahawks, Saints and Vikings. Two of those defenses, Seattle and New Orleans, are among the 13 most generous to opposing running backs. But based on last night, the match doesn’t mean much for Jacobs. He’s red-hot and will likely help managers make a postseason splash.