Putting Up Numbers· NFL

The Packers' sacks taken with Josh Jacobs and without Josh Jacobs

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, the Packers were 0.5 sacks under with Josh Jacobs and 0.0 sacks over without Josh Jacobs over their last 35 games, 27 games against 8. The plain averages are 1.4 and 2.3, a difference of 0.8. Both games after a bye were with Josh Jacobs. Both playoff games were with Josh Jacobs.

Josh Jacobs, running back: 1,707 rushing yards, 446 carries and 68 receptions in 27 of those 35 games.

sacks taken a game over expected

A −0.6 difference in sacks taken over expected with Josh Jacobs vs without Josh Jacobs is about what you’d expect.

A −0.8 difference in sacks taken with Josh Jacobs vs without Josh Jacobs is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Green Bay Packers’ games, last 35 games, each marked with Josh Jacobs or without Josh Jacobs
SideDateGameResultsacks takenExpected
Nov 17, 2024@CHIW11.9
Nov 24, 2024vsSFW21.7
Nov 28, 2024vsMIAW01.8
Dec 5, 2024@DETL11.7
Dec 15, 2024@SEAW02.3
Dec 23, 2024vsNOW02.0
Dec 29, 2024@MINL32.1
Jan 5, 2025vsCHIL31.7
Jan 12, 2025@PHIL22.1
Sep 7, 2025vsDETW02.4
Sep 11, 2025vsWASW21.9
Sep 21, 2025@CLEL52.0
Sep 28, 2025@DALT11.6
Oct 12, 2025vsCINW11.5
Oct 19, 2025@ARIW11.8
Oct 26, 2025@PITW02.2
Nov 2, 2025vsCARL11.5
Nov 10, 2025vsPHIL31.8
Nov 16, 2025@NYGW21.8
Nov 23, 2025vsMINW12.4
Nov 27, 2025@DETW02.5
Dec 7, 2025vsCHIW11.7
Dec 14, 2025@DENL32.7
Dec 20, 2025@CHIL21.7
Dec 27, 2025vsBALL21.3
Jan 4, 2026@MINL42.2
Jan 10, 2026@CHIL11.8
Sep 13, 2026@MINL42.4
Sep 20, 2026@NYJW32.2
Sep 24, 2026vsATLL12.2
Oct 4, 2026@TBW02.2
Oct 11, 2026vsCHIW22.2
Oct 18, 2026vsDALW31.9
Oct 25, 2026@DETL12.5
Oct 29, 2026vsCARW02.0

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.1 in 2024, plus 0.0 in 2025, plus 0.0 in 2026 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 51% in 2024, 61% in 2025, 20% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Who played is read from the snap counts, which name every player who took a snap on offense, defense or special teams.