Brandon Jacobs Should Provide a Quality Short-Term Solution for the Giants

September 10, 2013   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Brandon Jacobs. That's the answer to at least one two-day-old question that already has NFL fans panicking: Who will the New York Giants sign to ease the burden on David Wilson and Da'Rel Scott in the backfield? 
It's still unclear as to whether Jacobs is the answer to this one: Who or what can or will fix the New York Giants' train wreck of a backfield?
Jacobs is a Giant again, according to Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports. Hooray? Well, at least he's familiar with Big Blue's offense and should be ready to jump right in.
In New York's defense, the pickings were slim on the free-agent market. The Giants rolled the dice when they let Ahmad Bradshaw go, and four glaring and costly mistakes from Wilson and Scott in the season-opening loss to the Dallas Cowboys gave them the football version of snake eyes. 
That doesn't change the fact that the solution to a football problem is rarely, if ever, a 31-year-old running back, especially one who averaged only 3.8 y...

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