Did Brandon Jacobs ever fully rebound from his 2008 wrist surgery?”
Going into the 2006 season Jacobs stated that he studied film of famed power running back Eddie George in an effort to refine his running style. Eddie George, like Jacobs, was a large, power running back, though it should be noted that Brandon Jacobs is at least 30 pounds heavier than George at his peak.[2] In the 2006 season, Jacobs carried the ball 96 times for 423 yards and nine touchdowns, averaging 4.4 yards per carry. He added 11 receptions for 149 yards. With the retirement of Tiki Barber, Jacobs took over the starting running back spot for the Giants in the 2007 season. He injured his knee in the first game of the season against the Dallas Cowboys, but returned four weeks later against the New York Jets to rush for 100 yards and a touchdown. Jacobs would miss two more games later in the season with a hamstring injury, but finish the regular season with rushing totals of 1,011 yards and four touchdowns on 201 carries. He also added 23 receptions for 174 yards and two touchdowns.
The offense went 0-for-2, with LB Antonio Pierce stopping Brandon Jacobs and LB Chase Blackburn stopping RB Ahmad Bradshaw from 1-1/2 yards out. … Ryan Kennelly, a 14-year-old ball boy and son of Giants assistant trainer Steve Kennelly, has a broken left wrist after TE Travis Beckum inadvertently fell on top of him during Thursday night’s practice.
Jacobs underwent wrist surgery during the 2008 offseason. He returned to play all of the preseason, but missed two games in the regular season due to recurring difficulty with his knee. He finished the 2008 regular season with 219 carries for 1089 yards and 15 touchdowns, similar yardage to 2007, but many more touchdowns. In 2008, he and Derrick Ward became the fifth pair of teammates to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. He is the “Earth” in the running back corps of the Giants nicknamed “Earth, Wind, & Fire” with Derrick Ward (Wind) and Ahmad Bradshaw (Fire). He also is nick-named Juggernaut because of his ability to break multiple tackles and the difficulty in bringing him down. On February 13, 2009 the Giants placed the Franchise Tag on Jacobs. He signed a four-year, $25 million dollar contract with the Giants a week later and currently slated to have most of the carries this upcoming season.
