The Green Bay Packers could reportedly be without running back Josh Jacobs for multiple games.
According to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz, Jacobs is set to undergo surgery on his injured finger and is expected to miss three weeks, at most.
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“Packers standout running back Josh Jacobs is set to undergo surgery on his injured finger this week and is expected to miss a maximum of three weeks, sources tell CBS Sports,” he reported.
Jacobs suffered his finger injury in the Week 9 win over the New England Patriots. It happened when Jacobs was stiff-arming a Patriots defender and got his finger caught in the player’s face mask.
After the game, head coach Matt LaFleur revealed that Jacobs had suffered a fractured finger and the hope was that he could play through it, but clearly that won’t be the case.
“He fractured a finger,” LaFleur said. “Hopefully we can do something to allow him to go out there, but he was just having a hard time gripping the ball.”
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Jacobs isn’t the only injury the Packers have at the position, as MarShawn Lloyd sat out on Sunday with a knee injury and Chris Brooks is on injured reserve with an ankle injury, but Brooks has since been designated to return.
The only fully healthy backs on the roster currently are Pierre Strong and Kaleb Johnson.
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