Other teams missed potential of Giants' Jacobs

You would think a running back bigger than most linebackers and faster than most cornerbacks would be a difficult guy for the NFL to overlook, especially considering what they always seem to be looking for.

Yet in April 2005, when it came time for the NFL to draft football players, the general managers and scouting staffs of 31 professional teams managed to overlook Brandon Jacobs, all 76 inches and 264 pounds of him.Three full rounds plus eight more picks - 110 players in all, including 10 running backs - went by before the Giants chose Jacobs, and three years and a Super Bowl ring later, you wonder how in hell so many highly trained and paid professionals could manage to miss out on this guy. Continue