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Josh Jacobs’ Juke vs. Dolphins Leaves Fans in Awe

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs had the highlight-reel play of the game with a vicious jump cut that kick-started his career-high 49-yard catch vs. the Dolphins.
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Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs (8) runs for a long gain on a reception on Thursday.
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs (8) runs for a long gain on a reception on Thursday. | Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs put Miami Dolphins linebacker Tyrel Dodson “in a blender,” tight end Tucker Kraft said.

“It was nasty. It was very nasty,” quarterback Jordan Love said.

With 8 minutes left in the Packers’ 30-17 victory on Thanksgiving, Jacobs caught a short pass and froze Dodson with a Barry Sanders-style cut. Dodson went one way and Jacobs went the other. A few broken tackles later, it was a career-high 49-yard gain that the Packers turned into the clinching field goal.

“I was supposed to do a different route but I knew they were in zone, so I kind of like made my own route, just worked the space,” Jacobs said. “When I got the ball and I made the dude miss, I already knew – if the dude didn’t tackle me that initially hit me, I already knew what I was going to do to the second dude.”

Jacobs, who entered the game ranked third in rushing, was limited to 43 yards on 19 carries – a meager 2.3-yard average. But he made up for it with four receptions for 74 yards; he had a 15-yard catch that set up a field goal to start the second half.

But it was the highlight-reel catch vs. Dodson that went viral and will be the lasting memory of a blowout victory.

“I really should’ve scored. So, I’m mad at myself about that,” Jacobs said.

The move left fans in awe, too.

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BILL HUBER

Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.