The Green Bay Packers said Thursday afternoon they are aware of the charges brought against Josh Jacobs and will keep cooperating with the NFL as the matter moves forward. The team said it had no further comment.
That statement landed on a day when the Packers were already moving through a busy stretch of preparation, with joint practices against the Cardinals and no starters set to play Friday night. For readers searching Packers Score now, the immediate issue is not only the off-field response around Jacobs, but how Green Bay is handling football work at the same time.
The timing matters because the Packers are also closing in on final roster decisions. Three specialists are already locked in for the 53-man roster, and of the 50 non-specialist spots, 44 are basically settled. That leaves a small group of players fighting for the final places, with difficult choices expected to come down to 6 to 10 players.
On the field, Green Bay and the Cardinals split their work during joint practices. The Packers were on Nitschke Field while Arizona started on Hinkle, then walked through the Hutson Center and over to Nitschke for two special teams periods before 11-on-11 work. The setup fit a week in which the Packers are managing preseason reps carefully, especially with starters staying out of Friday night’s game.
There is also a football wrinkle inside the defensive front. Barryn Sorrell is most likely to start opposite Lukas Van Ness, but Edgerrin Cooper has also been used as an outside pass rusher even though he is still being treated as a linebacker and a rotational piece. That sort of cross-training can help a team cover for injuries and late roster changes, but it also shows how little is fully settled behind the top names.
Until Sunday’s final cuts, the Packers are working against a different calendar than they would have if the deadline had stayed on Tuesday. A Tuesday cutoff would have given them a long weekend, but the move to Sunday means they will practice in some fashion next week before the first regular-season game. For now, the biggest unanswered question is not whether Green Bay will keep moving with the NFL. It is what, exactly, the charges against Jacobs are and whether the team decides any roster action is needed once that process develops.
