Packers' Josh Jacobs gets perfect Matt LaFleur reaction after Week 6 ‘flu game’ vs. Bengals 1 Sep 28, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; LaFleur motions from the sidelines during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

Packers’ Josh Jacobs gets perfect Matt LaFleur reaction after Week 6 ‘flu game’ vs. Bengals

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Robin M Adams | Last updated Oct 14, 2025 8:22 AM ET

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs was not at 100 percent when he stepped on the field last Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. He reportedly vomited before and even during the game.

“It was a couple times I was on the field, I was coughing, everybody like, ‘Man, are you all right?’” Jacobs said, per Matt Schneidman of The Athletic . “I’m like, ‘We’ll figure it out’ … I still feel bad right now. Yeah, yeah, I’m ready to go lay down.”

Despite feeling under the weather, the former Alabama Crimson Tide star running back still led Green Bay with 93 rushing yards and scored two touchdowns on 18 carries. He averaged 5.2 yards per carry, which was the best he’s had in a game, so far in the 2025 NFL regular season. Additionally, the 27-year-old Jacobs recorded 57 receiving yards on five catches and five targets.

LaFleur reacts to Jacobs playing through illness in Packers-Bengals

Head coach Matt LaFleur apparently had no idea that Green Bay’s top running back was in such a condition, which only made him more impressed with Jacobs’ performance.

Via Ryan Wood of USA Today:

Matt LaFleur says he was unaware Josh Jacobs played through illness against Bengals. Awfully impressed with his two-touchdown, 150-yard performance: “It was his flu game.”

On the season, Jacobs has 359 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 98 carries. He also has 176 reeeiving yards on 15 receptions and 19 targets.

As for the game, Jacobs and company scored a 27-18 win over the Bengals, as Green Bay successfully ended its two-game losing skid.

Packers' Josh Jacobs admits feeling bad for take on new teammate after Week 6 win against Bengals 1 Jacobs (8) stiff-arms Cincinnati cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt (29) on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won the game, 27-18.Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

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