Jacobs to return to Packers practice Wednesday, might play Sunday — SkimNews
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- Josh Jacobs will return to Packers practice Wednesday and could play Sunday vs. Detroit after missing the first six games on the NFL's commissioner exempt list stemming from a May 23 incident near Green Bay.
- Coach Matt LaFleur said Jacobs has been training, lifting, and attending meetings but was barred from team practices or activities while on the exempt list.
- Micah Parsons will not return to practice this week and could need "a couple more weeks" before playing, still rehabbing from last year's ACL surgery and facing a Thursday game the following week.
- The Packers' rushing offense ranks last in the NFL at 59.8 yards per game—more than 16 yards behind the next-worst team and the third-lowest by any team through six games in the past 20 years—while the team has still gone 4-2.
- Jacobs pleaded no contest Sept. 10 to battery and criminal destruction of property, was convicted, fined $1,000, and agreed to a deferred judgment on the property charge; the original complaint cites surveillance video of part of the incident.
- Jacobs and the victim filed suit last week to permanently seal evidence in the case, even as the NFL is still investigating and hoping to view that video before ruling on any suspension.
- LaFleur noted that if Jacobs' eventual suspension is only six games, his time on the exempt list would cover it; any longer suspension would cost him additional games later.
Why it matters: The Packers have scraped out a 4-2 record despite the NFL's worst rushing attack by a wide margin (59.8 yards per game, never reaching 100 as a team), so Jacobs' return could plug the clearest hole in their offense—but the unresolved NFL investigation and a potential further suspension mean his availability remains contingent on a ruling not yet made.
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