Not only did Jacobs hold up, he actually got better as the season went on. Eleven of Jacobs’ 12 rushing TDs have come since Week 8, leading the NFL during that stretch.

Only Hall of Famer running back Jim Taylor had more rushing touchdowns over a five-game stretch for GB (11, 1962). Jacobs did it while being among the league leaders in both forced misses. 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 catch hits. He lowers the boom.

“When he’s about to get hit, you can see his feet speed up as he makes contact, so now you’re not taking the full force of that force,” Sirmans said. “He really understood how to take the hit, but also how to deliver it so that you don’t take the brunt of the force when someone tries to attack you.”

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

Sirmans assumed Jacobs would be substituted after the series, but No. 8 was back on the field for the Packers’ second offensive possession. On the first play of the game he caught a 21-yard pass and three plays later he failed with a 19-yard run.

Jacobs finished the first quarter with a season-high 84 yards while amassing 111 yards of offense in the first half, his best third game in the NFL this season with more than 100 yards of offense in the first half.

“Certainly the production speaks for itself. I mean, he’s an animal out there,” head coach Matt LaFleur said. “Very rarely do I get the feeling that when we give him the ball he doesn’t let the first player miss. And so hopefully we’ll continue to work out some better things for him because he’s overcome a lot of difficult yards. “He’ll get hit on the hole or a yard down and still get positive yards on plays.”

It’s all part of the game for Jacobs, whose 13 total touchdowns are a career high and 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).

After appearing in the NFL playoffs just once in his first five seasons, Jacobs is determined to be back in his first year with the Packers.

He’s 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 win, I’m okay with that. I agree. I’m not complaining about it at all. But “I definitely want to help the team win.”