GREEN BAY - As the dust settled on the Packers' win in Seattle Sunday night, Ben Sirmans expected a battered and bruised Josh Jacobs to emerge from the depths of Lumen Field.
Instead, Green Bay's longtime running backs coach saw the polar opposite from his pupil, who just pummeled his way to 136 total yards and a touchdown on 30 touches - nearly half the 61 offensive plays the Packers ran in the 30-13 road victory.
"I saw him after the game, I was like, 'Oh man, you probably can't even walk right now,'" Sirmans said. "He's said, 'No, I'm good. I'm good.' He had a nice pep in his step.
"He's almost like Wolverine. His body just keeps regenerating itself and he's good to go."
This is the Josh Jacobs the Packers have come to know and love this season - tougher than leather with one hand permanently locked in the upright position to express his desire for more.
Only Saquon Barkley (285) and Kyren Williams (280) have carried the football more than Jacobs (265). Only Barkley (1,688) and Derrick Henry (1,474) have produced more rushing yards than Jacobs' 1,147 through 14 games.
It puts the 5-foot-10, 223-pound running back on pace for 312 carries this year, which would make Jacobs just the fifth running back in Packers history to eclipse 300 carries in a season and the first in 16 years (Ryan Grant, 312 in 2008).
It's the type of a durability, toughness and all-around production Green Bay expected when it signed the former All-Pro running back as an unrestricted free agent back in March.
The Packers wanted a bell cow and Jacobs wanted to win. So far, it's been a perfect match.
"I feel great," Jacobs said. "I don't have no bruises, no nothing right now. I feel great. Just as long as I feel good, I feel like we can do whatever we can do. If I was battling with something right now, then I would probably say be precautious, but I feel great."