Brandon Jacobs

According to the New York Post, the Giants haven’t ruled out the possibility of re-signing RB Brandon Jacobs. The report adds that they have yet to be any formal discussions between the Giants and Jacobs’ reps. “He’d love to return to New York, obviously,’’ the source said. Overall, the free agent market for veteran running backs has [...]

Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group reports that the 49ers will release RB Brandon Jacobs Monday. The team elected to suspend Jacobs for the final three games of the regular season after he publicly complained about his role with the team. Jacobs, 30, has said that the only team that he’ll even consider playing for at this [...]

NFL Draft South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore is expected to enter the 2013 NFL draft. (NFLTR) Ohio State DT Johnathan Hankins will enter the 2013 NFL Draft. (Marcus Hartman) Kansas State QB Collin Klein will not be invited to the Senior Bowl. (ESPN)  Stanford TE’s Zach Ertz and Levine Toilolo are “leaning towards staying in school.” (Sports [...]

Brandon Jacobs reportedly mentioned that the only team that would consider playing for at this point is the New York Giants, via USA Today. ———— Matt Maiocco reports that Brandon Jacobs has been suspended for the final three games of the season. This is worse than releasing because it prevents him from signing with another team. Jacobs had been critical [...]

Mike Garafolo of USA Today reports that a source has informed him that 49ers RB Kendall Hunter will miss the rest of the 2012 season after he suffered a  left ankle injury during Sunday’s win over the Saints. San Francisco also lost WR Kyle Williams for the season after he torn his ACL during the game. Frank Gore [...]

49ers WR Ted Ginn and RB Brandon Jacobs are both listed as questionable for Week 3.  (Matt Barrows) Bears The Bears have ruled out RB Matt Forte for Week 3. (Sean Jensen) Bills The Bills have ruled out WR Ruvell Martin for Week 3.  (BuffaloBills.com) Browns Browns rookie RB Trent Richardson has reportedly “seized” a leadership [...]

49ers The 49ers brought in free agent OLB Shawne Merriman in for a visit on Wednesday. (Scout.com) Brandon Jacobs “appears doubtful” for Week 3′s game against the Vikings. (CSN Bay Area) Bears Bears head coach Lovie Smith mentioned that he has confidence in Michael Bush handling their ground game while Matt Forte is out. (ChicagoBears.com) [...]

Here’s a look at the notable injuries for the upcoming week. We’ll add updates as the news becomes available, so be sure to check back for further details. 49ers Brandon Jacobs & Ted Ginn Brandon Jacobs and Ted Ginn Jr are not practicing today and appear to be doubtful for Sunday’s game. (Matt Maiocco) ———— RB Brandon Jacobs [...]

49ers The 49ers want to remain as a run-first offense. (Matt Maiocco) RB Brandon Jacobs has secured his roster spot. (Matt Maiocco) QB Colin Kaepernick will be the back-up quarterback for the season. (Matt Maiocco) Bears The Bears are pessimistic about LB Brian Urlacher‘s availability for week 1. (Ian Rapoport) RB Kahlil Bell has been [...]

San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned that RB Brandon Jacobs has done enough throughout training camp to secure a spot on the team’s roster, per Matt Maiocco. The 49ers have a number of options at the running back position, so it seemed like Jacobs could be in danger of being released following his recent knee injury. [...]

49ers RB Brandon Jacobs has not been officially ruled out for week 1 after injuring his knee. (Matt Maiocco) RB LaMichael James has been walking without any limp on Monday following his foot injury. (Matt Maiocco) Bears DB Mark LeGree signs with the team (Jason Bernstein) Bengals WR Ryan Whalen resumed practicing today after dealing [...]

San Francisco 49er’s head coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned that RB Brandon Jacobs will ” miss some time” following what appeared to be a pretty significant injury to his left leg. Initially the team feared that the injury was to his ACL and that he could be done for the season. Thankfully, that’s not the case. Harbaugh added [...]

Giants rookie running back David Wilson has struggled so far in camp. The 32nd overall pick hasn’t been able to pick up on the Giants playbook. “And with the Giants’ coaches concerned about rookie David Wilson’s grasp of the playbook at this point, Ware might easily surpass last year’s 46 carries, which was a career-high [...]

Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw is highly motivated for the 2012 season. Bradshaw hopes to fix the Giants running game that finished last in the league in rushing a year ago. With the loss of Brandon Jacobs, Bradshaw also hopes to have a bigger workload with the Giants offense this season. “I have never [seen] [...]

San Francisco running back Brandon Jacobs is on track to secure the backup running back position. The question is, how big of a role could Jacobs have in the running game playing behind Frank Gore? “Through seven practices, Brandon Jacobs looks to be in good shape for, not only a roster spot, but a significant [...]

San Francisco 49ers running back Anthony Dixon will face “stiff competition” for a spot on the team’s 53-man roster, CSN Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco opines. Dixon’s spot on the roster was up in the air even before the 49ers went out and signed former New York Giants RB Brandon Jacobs in free agency and drafted [...]

Speaking to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN New York, Todd McShay discussed the possibility of the New York Giants drafting a running back in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft. “Looking at running back, I don’t think necessarily any of those second-tier running backs after Richardson is worth drafting [in the first round],” McShay [...]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been rumored to have interest in Alabama RB Trent Richardson, whom they could take with the #5 overall pick. While that move might seem like a huge addition to their backfield, current starting RB LeGarrette Blount doesn’t seem to be all that pleased with the idea. Will Brinson of CBSSports.com recently asked [...]

New York Giants RB Ahmad Bradshaw will miss his team’s OTAs, according to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, after receiving an injection of bone marrow from his hip in his right foot. Bradshaw, who scored ‘that’ touchdown in Superbowl XLVI, received the shot in late February, with the purpose of healing the bone quicker. “I got [...]

Patricia Traina of InsideFootball.com reports that Giants RB Andre Brown has been suspended for the first-four games of the regular season for “violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.” The Giants running back situation is becoming increasingly worrisome now that they’ve lost RB Brandon Jacobs to the San Francisco 49ers and Brown for four games. [...]

Dan Graziano of ESPN believes that the New York Giants “will miss Brandon Jacobs.” Graziano’s point’s to Bradshaw’s injury history as one of the reasons that they’re going to have to find a solid replacement. The only problem is that there’s very little talent left on the open market. Graziano believes that they’ll ultimately target a veteran [...]

Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area tweets that the decision to sign RB Brandon Jacobs was because they ”don’t have confidence in” Anthony Dixon and see Kendall Hunter as a “change-of-pace” back. The ”change-of-pace” label isn’t a great sign for Hunter moving forward, but he’s still young and has plenty of time to prove that he can be a [...]