Packers running back Josh Jacobs is set to miss more time after leaving Sunday’s win over the Patriots in the first quarter.
Head coach Matt LaFleur said after the game that Jacobs fractured his finger and gave an update during his Monday press conference. LaFleur said that Jacobs needs surgery to repair the injury and that he will not be able to play through it.
LaFleur said that the length of Jacobs’s absence is still to be determined and did not rule out the possibility of Jacobs being placed on injured reserve. That would require Jacobs to miss at least four games.
Jacobs missed the first six games of the season while on the Commissioner Exempt list. He had 32 carries for 75 yards and a touchdown, along with 11 catches for 68 yards and two scores, in his first two games back in the lineup. Jacobs had four carries for five yards before leaving Sunday’s game.
Kaleb Johnson took on the lead back role with Pierre Strong also seeing time. MarShawn Lloyd missed the game with a knee injury, and Chris Brooks can be activated from injured reserve after returning to practice last week.