Packers RB Josh Jacobs is No. 33 in the ‘NFL Top 100’ and will play the Cardinals for the second straight year.
The NFL continues to reveal players in the yearly offseason “NFL Top 100.” Three Arizona Cardinals players made the list, with linebacker Josh Sweat at No. 95, tight end Trey McBride at No. 65 and safety Budda Baker at No. 34, making the list for the sixth straight year.
Several players the Cardinals will face in 2025 continue to be revealed.
Last week, in revealing players Nos. 31-40, No. 33 is someone the Cardinals will face in 2025. Player No. 33 is Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs. He was not in the top 100 last year.
As a running back, “he can do it all,” said Falcons running back Bijan Robinson, also in the top 100. “He can make you miss. He can stiff-arm you. He can run you over.”
Safety Xavier McKinney, Jacobs’ teammate, called him “one of the best backs I’ve seen with my own eyes.”
Houston Texans linebacker E.J. Speed said, “Josh Jacobs is the most difficult running back to play.”
After five seasons with the Raiders, he rushed for 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2024 in his first season with Green Bay. He made the Pro Bowl for the third time in his career.
Last season, against the Cardinals, Jacobs had 62 rushing yards on 18 carries and three receptions for 28 yards in a 34-13 Green Bay win. In two career games against the Cardinals, he has not scored a touchdown and has 131 yards on 3.5 yards per carry.
The Cardinals will face him and the Packers in Week 7 at State Farm Stadium.
With a revamped defensive front, we will see if they can slow him down.
‘NFL Top 100’ opponents for Cardinals in 2025
Of the players in the top 100 revealed as of this week, the Cardinals face the following:
OL Tristan Wirfs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 28)S Xavier McKinney, Green Bay Packers (No. 30)TE George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers (No. 31)WR Nic Collins, Houston Texans (No. 32)RB Josh Jacobs, Green Bay Packers (No. 33)WR CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys (No. 35)DE Micah Parsons, Dallas Cowboys (No. 36)QB C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans (No. 39)WR Puka Nacua, LA Rams (No. 41)WR Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 44)OL Trent Williams, San Francisco 49ers (No. 45)DE Will Anderson, Houston Texans (No. 46)QB Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 50)OLB Jared Verse, LA Rams (No. 53)DE Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers (No. 57)RB Joe Mixon, Houston Texans (No. 58)QB Matthew Stafford, LA Rams (No. 59)RB Bijan Robinson, Atlanta Falcons (No. 62)DE Josh Hines-Allen, Jacksonville Jaguars (No. 63)QB Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers (No. 68)QB Sam Darnold, Seattle Seahawks (No. 72)RB Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers (No. 73)DT Vita Vea, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 75)WR Tee Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals (No. 77)QB Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys (No. 79)DE Rashan Gary, Green Bay Packers (No. 80)RB Kyren Williams, LA Rams (No. 85)S Jessie Bates III, Atlanta Falcons (No. 92)LB Lavonte David, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 96)WR Drake London, Atlanta Falcons (No. 97)DL Leonard Williams, Seattle Seahawks (No. 99)
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