Jacobs season ends one game early

The New York Giants season has one game left. It’s a meaningless game for the Giants, unless they have some interest in playing spoiler to the Vikings. If they want to upset the Vikings they’ll have to do it without Brandon Jacobs.

Jacobs season ended one game short because he’ll be undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery next week. He finished the season with 835 yards on 224 carries for a poultry 3.7 yards per carry. Not something you’d expect from a self-proclaimed great running back.

That reminds me of something Jacobs said earlier this year on ESPN radio in New York, “If I finish the season averaging (3.4 yards) per carry, I won’t play next year. I’ll be done,”. “That’s how much I believe in my ability.”.

While 3.7 is clearly much more respectable than 3.4 yards per carry, maybe Jacobs is on to something here. Maybe retirement should be in the cards for him. Since he can’t reach the standards he sets for himself maybe his best days are behind him.

He was once a great running back, stringing together two fairly successful seasons. But those days seem to be a forgotten memory, much like the success of his team. And now all Brandon is left with are his memories and all his talk about how good he is.

One positive way to look at it is that if he does retire then the 5 year countdown is started for his eligibility for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Maybe Jacobs bust will be the first ever to be able to talk. The awesome thing about that would be instead of having to read the lengthy list of his achievements, he could just tell you about them himself.

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