Long gone are the days of contract holdouts the likes of Jamarcus Russell and Michael Crabtree being fairly regular occurrences. The new CBA which went into effect in 2010 brought with it a rookie wage scale, making the overall numbers slotted and all but eliminating holdouts. But they’re not unheard of. They still happen from time to time. Might Josh Jacobs be among the few?
Jacobs is the only Raiders rookie to not have signed his contact. They had signed all their day three draft picks in early May. On the first day of Raiders minicamp, they locked up all of their first and second round picks.