Overview
- Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said Wednesday the front office has been preparing for the possibility that Josh Jacobs could be suspended by the NFL and that the team feels confident in its current running‑back room.
- Jacobs was arrested on May 26 on five counts, including an alleged strangulation charge, was released the next day and has not been formally charged while he and his attorneys deny the allegations.
- NFL insiders, including Adam Schefter, have reported the league could act before Week 1 and the collective bargaining agreement and personal conduct policy set a common baseline of a six‑game suspension for a first domestic‑violence violation.
- Green Bay may keep an extra running back on the 53‑man roster or elevate a practice‑squad player, with MarShawn Lloyd, Chris Brooks and Pierre Strong Jr. identified as the primary candidates to absorb Jacobs’s carries if he misses time.
- A lingering groin issue has limited Jacobs’ practice work and could reduce his preseason availability, which compounds the immediate roster pressure and could materially weaken the Packers’ offense in the season’s early games.