It is much more seemingly that Green Bay Packers working again Josh Jacobs will not be within the lineup in Week 1 in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings (CBS, 4:25 p.m. ET).
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported Sunday that the league is putting Jacobs on the commissioner’s exempt checklist. A participant who’s on this checklist is on paid go away indefinitely and will not apply or attend video games. He additionally would not rely in opposition to 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 felony injury 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 working again Kaleb Johnson (through Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). He might now play an excellent larger function within the wake of the Jacobs information.
