Jacobs didn’t just hold his own – he actually got better as the season went on. Eleven of Jacobs’ 12 rushing touchdowns have come since Week 8, which leads the NFL in that streak.

Only Hall of Fame running back Jim Taylor had more rushing touchdowns over a five-game span for Great Britain (11, 1962). Jacobs did this while being among the league leaders in both forced missed tackles. According to TruMedia, Jacobs is third in the league in rushing yards after contact with 951.

So how does he do it? Biology is part of it, but it’s also the way Jacobs runs. The 26-year-old running back doesn’t just absorb hits. He lowers the boom.

“When he’s about to get hit, you’ll see him accelerate his feet upon contact, so now you’re not taking the full brunt of that force,” Sirmans said. “He did a really good job of understanding how to take the hit, but also how to distribute it to where you’re not taking the brunt of the force when someone’s trying to tackle you.”

There is perhaps no better example of Jacobs’ impact than the start of last Sunday’s victory in Seattle. He touched the ball on nine of Green Bay’s 10 plays on its opening score, including a 1-yard touchdown run.

Sirmans expected Jacobs to be replaced after the series, but No. 8 was back on the field for the Packers’ second offensive possession. He caught a 21-yard pass on the first play and had a 19-yard run three plays later.

Jacobs finished with a season-high 84 yards in the first quarter en route to 111 yards from scrimmage in the first half, his best third NFL game this season with more than 100 yards from scrimmage in the first half-time.

“Certainly, the production speaks for itself. I mean, he’s an animal,” head coach Matt LaFleur said. “Very rarely, I feel like when we give him the ball, he doesn’t make the first guy miss. And so I hope we continue to give him better things, because he’s handled a lot of tough yards where he gets hit in the hole or a yard out and he still gets a positive yardage gain from the plays.”

It’s all part of the job for Jacobs, whose 13 total touchdowns are a career high and tied for the most in team history by a player in his first season in a Green Bay uniform (Ahman Green in 2000 and Billy Howton in 1952).

Having only tasted the NFL playoffs once in his first five seasons, Jacobs is determined to make a return appearance in year one with the Packers.

He is willing to do whatever it takes to get there.

“I want the ball,” Jacobs said with a laugh. “(But) anything I can do to help this team win. If we pass the ball 40 times and we win, I’m OK. I’m OK with that. I’m not complaining about it at all. But I really want to contribute to helping the team win.”