{"id":260745,"date":"2026-09-02T03:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T03:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/after-placing-rb-isiah-pacheco-on-ir-lions-hope-jacob-saylors-preseason-success-carries-over-into-regular-season\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T03:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T03:13:20","slug":"after-placing-rb-isiah-pacheco-on-ir-lions-hope-jacob-saylors-preseason-success-carries-over-into-regular-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/after-placing-rb-isiah-pacheco-on-ir-lions-hope-jacob-saylors-preseason-success-carries-over-into-regular-season\/","title":{"rendered":"After placing RB Isiah Pacheco on IR, Lions hope Jacob Saylors&#8217; preseason success carries over into regular season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/detroit_lions\/52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Lions\u00a0<\/a>hope running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/players\/jacob_saylors\/907119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacob Saylors<\/a> can play the Knuckles to Jahmyr Gibbs&#8217; Sonic for the time being.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: initial;\">This offseason, the Lions signed former\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/kansas_city_chiefs\/39\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: initial;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> RB<span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: initial;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/players\/isiah_pacheco\/631829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: initial;\">Isiah Pacheco<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: initial;\">\u00a0to a one-year deal to replace Gibbs&#8217; longtime backfield sidekick, David Montgomery, whom Detroit traded to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/houston_texans\/36\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: initial;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston Texans.<\/a> Saylors will now have to fill that role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Lions place Isiah Pacheco on IR, which will increase Jacob Saylors&#8217; workload<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Lions placed two-time Super Bowl champion Pacheco on injured reserve because of a back injury. He will miss a minimum of four games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saylors, who went undrafted in 2023, is expected to replace Pacheco. Lions head coach Dan Campbell expressed confidence in the 26-year-old RB after the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/teams\/east_tennessee_state_buccaneers\/17680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Tennessee State Buccaneers\u00a0<\/a>star rushed for 100 yards on 17 carries in a 25-16 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis_colts\/37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indianapolis Colts\u00a0<\/a>on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/after_placing_rb_isiah_pacheco_on_ir_lions_hope_jacob_saylors_preseason_success_carries_over_into_regular_season\/s1_13132_44248169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions\u00a0hope running back Jacob Saylors can play the Knuckles to Jahmyr Gibbs&#8217; Sonic for the time being.\u00a0 This offseason, the Lions signed former\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs RB\u00a0Isiah Pacheco\u00a0to a one-year deal to replace Gibbs&#8217; longtime backfield sidekick, David Montgomery, whom Detroit traded to the\u00a0Houston Texans. 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