It is much more doubtless that Green Bay Packers operating 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 record. A participant who’s on this record is on paid go away indefinitely and should not apply or attend video games. He additionally does not rely towards the 53-man roster restrict. The league usually does this when it is reviewing a participant’s authorized points.
On Thursday, Jacobs was formally charged with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor legal harm to property stemming from his Might arrest in Wisconsin.
Earlier than that information broke, the Packers traded a 2028 sixth-round choose to the Pittsburgh Steelers for second-year operating again Kaleb Johnson (by way of Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). He might now play an excellent greater position within the wake of the Jacobs information.
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