Raiders running back Josh Jacobs ruled out for Sunday’s game

Raiders starting moving backmost Josh Jacobs won’t play Sunday astatine the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Coach Jon Gruden said Friday that Jacobs volition beryllium listed arsenic retired erstwhile the wounded study is released. He played done a nagging toed wounded Monday successful the play opener against the Baltimore Ravens, past missed each 3 practices this week.

While Jacobs said earlier the play helium expected to regularly beryllium retired practices to prevention deterioration and teardrop connected his body, Friday signifier information is typically an indicator of whether a subordinate tin enactment successful a crippled each week.

Jacobs missed 1 crippled past play and 3 successful his rookie season.

The 23-year-old erstwhile Alabama prima ran for conscionable 34 yards, but scored 2 touchdowns successful an overtime triumph implicit Baltimore aft missing aggregate practices starring up to the game. He received attraction from diversion trainers connected the sideline connected respective occasions.

An ankle wounded was added to the toed contented connected Wednesday’s wounded report.

Kenyan Drake, who signed a two-year woody for $14.5 cardinal this offseason to play a supporting relation to Jacobs successful the backfield, astir apt volition instrumentality the bulk of the snaps successful the backfield.

Drake had six carries for 11 yards and 5 receptions for 59 yards against the Ravens. The 27-year-old has started 37 of 78 vocation games aft helium was selected successful the 3rd circular by the Miami Dolphins retired of Alabama successful 2016.

He has averaged 4.5 yards per transportation and 7.5 yards per reception.

Veteran Peyton Barber is besides expected to instrumentality connected a important role. He was progressive but did not play successful the opener.

“It’s an accidental for Peyton Barber,” Gruden said. “We truly similar Barber. … I similar the mode helium runs and catches and picks up blitzes. And Kenyan volition proceed to play a relation successful our strategy nary substance who the different backmost is.”

Preseason prima Trey Ragas was activated from the signifier squad for Monday’s crippled but didn’t play.

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