Josh Jacobs Says He Doesn't Expect to Miss More Games Despite New Allegations
The Packers running back called the newly released accounts an attack on his character and said the NFL's final decision is up to the league
Josh Jacobs isn't bracing for another absence. The Packers running back said Wednesday he's operating under the assumption that he won't sit out any more games beyond the six he already missed on the commissioner exempt list, despite the newly released abuse allegations against him, per ESPN's Rob Demovsky.
Police records released last week by the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department showed three other women had accused Jacobs of abuse in incidents dating to April 2021. They came forward after learning of his May arrest. His attorneys called the claims "unsupported and stale," and the NFL said it would review them as part of its still-open investigation.
Jacobs went further Wednesday.
"It really feels like an attack on me and who I am and my character. And at the end of the day, there's a lot of stuff being said about me that's completely false -- like, completely made up, and it's like people just run with it. And I can't change that."
Jacobs pleaded no contest Sept. 10 to battery and criminal destruction of property stemming from the May 23 incident with a woman at his home near Green Bay. He was convicted of battery and fined $1,000, with a deferred judgment on the property charge. The league cleared him to play in Week 7 without closing its personal conduct investigation, and the six games he missed would count toward any suspension that eventually comes down.
"It's really just up to them to make their final decision. But like I'm not worried about feeling like I'm going to miss any more time than I already have."
The Packers are standing by him. Matt LaFleur said Monday the team will let the NFL run its process, but "I would anticipate him being a member of us moving forward."
Until the league rules, Jacobs remains eligible and in the lineup.