Packers-Broncos Inactives: Big Updates at Running Back

Jacobs, who needs to average 45.75 rushing yards over the final four games to hit 1,000 yards for the fifth time in his seven-year career, is third in the league with 12 rushing touchdowns.

Jacobs has 1,068 yards from scrimmage this season. That has him 32 yards short of becoming the fifth player since 2000 with at least 1,100 scrimmage yards in each of his first seven seasons, joining Matt Forte, Alvin Kamara, Adrian Peterson and Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson.

The Packers have rushed for 15 touchdowns as a team. Wilson has the other three.

Their ability to run the ball will be critical against the Broncos to avoid the fiercest teeth of the NFL’s best pass rush. Denver, however, is No. 1 in the NFL in yards allowed per carry.

Jacobs does not have a 100-yard game this year but is coming off two of his most productive games of the season with 17 carries for 83 yards at Detroit and 20 carries for 86 yards and the deciding touchdown against Chicago.

A week before those games, when Jacobs was inactive for the game against Minnesota, Wilson rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns.

“You look at the 100-yard number and that’s what a lot of people talk about, but there’s a lot of games where you look at like his combined total yardage, the stuff he adds in the passing game has been great,” offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich said this week.

“I think he’s just been very consistent as the year has gone on. And again, you look at just like the situational football with him when you get into the red zone or short yardage (and) things like that, where he comes through and just makes plays (and) he punches it in the end zone. He’s got a bunch of touchdowns. So, yeah, he’s obviously had a great year from that standpoint.”

At defensive tackle, Jordon Riley, who was signed off the Giants’ practice squad last Tuesday, will play ahead of Stackhouse and Quinton Bohanna, who was claimed off waivers from the Seahawks last Friday.

“I think both those guys are different just in regards to their size and build and all that,” coach Matt LaFleur said this week. “Riley I thought went in there and did a really good job. He’s a long guy, tall, big guy. And Bohanna, he’s a mountain of a man in regards to he’s a tough guy to move.

“Got both of those guys kind of integrated and we’ll see how they perform in terms of their practices and ultimately make a decision as we get closer in terms of who’s going to get the bulk of the reps.”