Josh Jacobs of the Green Bay Packers Talks Openly About A Big Choice During Malik Willis’s Initial Start

Running the ball down the throat of the visiting club was the obvious offensive approach employed by the Green Bay Packers against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

With Jordan Love out with a knee injury and with Malik Willis beginning, the Packers got running back Josh Jacobs a ton of touches. With 32 carries, Green Bay’s high-profile offseason addition amassed 151 rushing yards, more than twice as many as he had in Week 1. In addition, Willis gained 41 yards on six rushes. The Packers won 16-10 and amassed 261 rushing yards on 53 carries, or 4.9 yards per carry, as a team. After the game, Jacobs discussed the Packers’ strategy and praised Willis.

Via Rob Demovsky of ESPN:

“It was definitely huge because obviously he’s only been here two weeks, Jacobs said of the run game. “He did really good with what was asked of him, but we knew we had to come in and run the ball today. We knew we had to set that tone.”