It is much more possible that Green Bay Packers working again Josh Jacobs will not be within the lineup in Week 1 towards the Minnesota Vikings (CBS, 4:25 p.m. ET).
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported Sunday that the league is inserting Jacobs on the commissioner’s exempt checklist. A participant who’s on this checklist is on paid depart indefinitely and should not follow or attend video games. He additionally would not rely towards the 53-man roster restrict. The league typically does this when it is reviewing a participant’s authorized points.
On Thursday, Jacobs was formally charged with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor prison harm to property stemming from his Could arrest in Wisconsin.
Earlier than that information broke, the Packers traded a 2028 sixth-round choose to the Pittsburgh Steelers for second-year working again Kaleb Johnson (by way of Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). He might now play a good larger function within the wake of the Jacobs information.
