Curious to get Jacobs believers thoughts on this because I just saw it in another post.

Cons: The Raiders have a rough schedule. They play the Bucs, Falcons, Saints, Chiefs, Bills, Pats, and Broncos who each have at least one of either a high scoring offense or great defense. They also have Richard and Bowden which to me signals that Jacobs is going to be a primarily rushing back and like last year will lose touches when the raiders are behind. Last year in games when the Raiders lost Jacobs averaged about 10 less touches compared to games that the Raiders won.

Pros: The addition of more WRs should open the box more. The Raiders D is greatly improved. His shoulder will hopefully not be an issue. And Jacobs was a rookie last year, so he should be due to improve on last year skill wise.

Basically do you believe Jacobs sees an increase in receiving work? And do you think the Raiders will be able to keep it close against all the (most likely) very tough opponents they face?