Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs says he does not expect the latest allegations against him to cost him any more time on the field.
Three women have recently come forward with fresh accusations accusing Jacobs of physical and verbal abuse, but the Packers back said he is leaning on his legal team and the evidence they have gathered. The off-field situation has become a major storyline around his season, but Jacobs made it clear he is not spending his time wondering whether he’ll be available each week.
“No, not at all. Like I said, with all the evidence that we have and that they have, it’s like at this point, it’s not one of those things where I’m sitting back on my hands like, ‘Okay, am I gonna play this week?’” Jacobs commented via NBC 26 News’ Kelly Hallinan.
Jacobs also said he believes the six games he already missed to open the 2026 season should be enough, and that he expects to keep playing as long as he stays healthy.
“It’s like, I kind of already know what it is. So it’s really just up to them to make their final decision,” added the Packers running back. “But I’m not worried about feeling like I’m [going to miss] any more time than I already have.”
He spent the first six weeks of the 2026 season on the NFL commissioner-exempt list after his May arrest tied to an alleged incident involving his then-girlfriend. That designation kept him out of all six Packers games during that stretch.
The league took Jacobs off the commissioner-exempt list before Week 7, clearing him to make his season debut against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. The NFL’s investigation is still ongoing, though any suspension that comes later would reportedly be credited against the six games he already sat out while on the exempt list.
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