Josh Jacobs To Undergo Finger Surgery, Will Miss Time

Finger surgery is on tap for the embattled Packers running back, CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz tweets. Jacobs left the Patriots matchup in the first half Sunday and did not return. After missing the first six Green Bay games while on the commissioner’s exempt list, Jacobs could be facing a multi-game absence.

Though, IR does not look to be in play here. Jacobs is not expected to miss more than three games because this procedure, Zenitz adds. Green Bay has a Week 11 bye, potentially opening the door to Jacobs missing just one game. Still, this is turning into a wildly disappointing season for the $12MM-per-year back, who has finished just two games in his third Packers campaign.

After Jacobs came off the exempt list, he reprised his role as Green Bay’s starter. The eighth-year back scored three touchdowns between Weeks 7 and 8 but is averaging a paltry 2.2 yards per carry. The Packers have struggled for most of the season to generate run-game production, and this obviously deals a blow to the team. The Packers have Chris Brooks in the IR-return window, while trade pickup Kaleb Johnson (172 yards) leads the team in rushing. Expected Jacobs fill-in MarShawn Lloyd, who missed 33 games over his first two seasons, has not played well. He is averaging 2.6 yards per tote.

While it is worth wondering if this will increase the Packers’ interest in Jonathan Taylor, the Colts have set a high asking price — to the point a Giants offer of second- and fifth-rounders did not close the deal. A recent report indicated the Vikings and Broncos were unlikely to make big offers for Taylor, a Wisconsin alum, but the Packers do not have a first-round pick in 2027.

Packers connections to Taylor emerged when more women accused Jacobs of domestic violence, introducing a prospect of a suspension entering the equation. Green Bay was still viewed as being on the Taylor radar as of Saturday, but considering the team traded two first-rounders for Micah Parsons last year, parting with the equivalent of a first — the Colts’ long-rumored goal for the veteran RB — appears hard to envision.

Jacobs’ attorneys called the women’s accusations “unsupported,” and while the Packers have planned to stick by their starter, the productive player may be in his final stretch with the team. On what is now a pay-as-you-go contract, Jacobs is due a nonguaranteed $12.2MM in 2027.