What It Means:

Jacobs was set to become a free agent this offseason after the team elected not to pick up the former first-round pick's fifth-year option ahead of the 2022 season, but he will now return to the team on the franchise tag for the 2023 season. Both parties could still come to a more long-term agreement during the offseason, but this essentially guarantees that Jacobs will still be a Raider for the next year.

While it looked like the Raiders were preparing to move on from Jacobs ahead of the 2022 season, he became the focal point of new head coach Josh McDaniels' offense, carrying the ball 340 times for 1,653 yards and 12 touchdowns while adding 53 catches for 400 more yards. With little competition currently sitting behind him on the Raiders' depth chart, he should be expected to handle a similar workload for the upcoming 2023 season.