The Green Bay Packers are currently gearing up for their upcoming game at home against the Minnesota Vikings. The Packers are coming off a dominant win over the New England Patriots on the road, although they did get a tough injury update when running back Josh Jacobs was forced to undergo finger surgery following that victory.
Now, the Packers have gotten the latest update on when a decision might be made regarding a potential move for Jacobs to the injured reserve list.
“#Packers RB Josh Jacobs, who will have surgery later this week on his broken ring finger, could return as quickly as 2-3 weeks, sources say. Green Bay will decide Saturday if IR is necessary but it’s not guaranteed. Jacobs is out vs the #Vikings before the bye. After that, he’s got a shot,” reported NFL insider Ian Rapoport on X, formerly Twitter.
Jacobs spent the first several weeks of this season on the Commissioner's Exempt list due to his pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges stemming from an offseason arrest, and it's still possible that the NFL could exact more punishment on him depending on the conclusion to their investigation, although the time he spent on the exempt list would be counted toward any suspension.
Jacobs has given the Packers' suspect running game a shot in the arm since returning, and Green Bay will hope not to fall back into running back purgatory in the upcoming time that Jacobs misses with the finger issue.
Green Bay's game vs the Vikings is set to kick off on Sunday at 1:00 pm ET.