Josh Jacobs Meme Goes Viral as NFL Fans Roast a Wildly Confusing Post

Not again, Internet.

An Josh Jacobs meme is taking over NFL Twitter and Instagram following a strange tweet about the Green Bay Packers running back that had fans confused, entertained, and racing to the replies.

There’s a lot happening here, but it all comes down to a single word:

“Attested.”

The image of Josh Jacobs was shared with the text “Packers RB Josh Jacobs was attested for strangling and suffocating his girlfriend” (emphasis ours) and “he said, ‘Hey Donald.'”

However, there was a major issue: “attested” doesn’t mean what the majority of people reading this thought it meant.

That wording slip-up alone made what could’ve just been another NFL meme go viral.

And fans of the NFL weren’t taking long to join in.

Here’s the reason behind this Josh Jacobs meme.

The reason this Josh Jacobs meme is blowing up online is partly about what we as a sports fan base think is funny, but a bigger part is about the meme itself.

Initially, people thought Josh Jacobs had either been charged with strangling and suffocating his girlfriend, as the meme stated. Or they thought he was simply being confirmed to have done this thing.

NFL Fans Turned the Comments Into Comedy Gold

Instead, “attested” usually means to verify, to certify, or to confirm.

Which is the unintentional punchline.

For a moment or two, people thought they were looking at news, then they looked at the grammar. They were confused. It was funny.

Someone put this thought on the page:

“Whew, you got me. For a second there I thought he had been arrested.”

Others said:

“I’m just here to admit I didn’t know what attested meant til I Googled it.”

Because it was most of the internet.

People weren’t just responding to the image itself, as NFL memes go. They were responding to the words being used in the tweet that made it funny in the first place, not to mention the words in the image itself.

NFL fans have already turned the replies to the Josh Jacobs meme into a comedy special.

NFL memes rarely just stop at one, so there’s been a lot of content about Josh Jacobs’ past team as well as some political posts about the NFL.

The most-liked response had been to the Raiders:

“You can take him out of the Raiders, but you can’t take the Raiders out of him.”

And the typo:

“Remember when teachers used to tell you to proofread your work? This must’ve been what they were talking about.”

Because the punchline of the meme, and the reason it went viral, was the accidental typo itself.

And because the tweet is from a political account, there’s been a few political jokes:

“Had he introduced President Trump… he’d have the 2nd highest selling jersey.”

Or:

“Ok, if Dart was introducing Biden or Obama, then life would be so grand. I get it!” That comment transformed a typical football meme into a chaotic arena where football, politics, and humor merge all at once.

Josh Jacobs Is No Stranger to Headlines

Josh Jacobs Is No Stranger to Drama

Those who follow the NFL know Josh Jacobs.

A former standout with the Raiders, Jacobs entered the Packers organization with high hopes. He has since solidified himself as a go-to back with his style, toughness, and production in recent years.

That, no doubt, fueled the speed in which this meme began to take hold.

When the online community pulls the name of someone recognizable into a meme, even in error, attention is usually quick to pick it up.

In the NFL, the same can be said for sports fans.

The Internet Loves a Good NFL Meme

The Josh Jacobs meme taught us a lesson. Social media culture in sports travels fast, and it moves even faster than you.

A typo becomes the story.

An ambiguous sentence becomes a viral joke.

A football player becomes the center of a joke that most sports fans didn’t even know to be involved.

It’s sports media today.

It goes from nothing but a comment to a screenshot, and then to a discussion. It turns the comment section into a virtual fan hangout.

And, in some cases, the comments became better than the meme itself.

One person shared,

“That was bold, Cotton.”

One commented,

“I tripped, and now I’m going to the comments…”

Which is a true and proper reflection of our current social media.

Why the Josh Jacobs Meme Worked

The best memes are usually a combination of:

Confusion

Timing

and

Comment-section hilarity.

The post nailed all three of these requirements.

The fans thought that was the actual story.

They looked closer.

They looked at the wording.

They looked into the comments.

By the end of the comment-section scroll, the joke became larger than the post itself.

It was a moment in time.

Whether it was through a laugh at the typo, a commentary about football politics, or a critique of the Raiders franchise, everyone did one thing, the same:

Look into the comment.

The Take on the Josh Jacobs Meme

The Josh Jacobs post showed us yet another reason why NFL fans will always be NFL fans.

It showed us how sports fans will remain interested in football.

Regardless of the season and where it is on the calendar.

Because one single comment will turn a day into a social media experience.

All we need is a single typo, a single confused audience, and a bunch of sports fans willing to turn the internet into the punchline.

It’s no secret, after all, that football fans love doing the one thing second-best they love doing more than football…

Bashing a confusing post in the comments section.

How are readers responding?