GREEN BAY \u2014 Josh Jacobs knows his knee is still bothering him. He knows that he\u2019s off the Green Bay Packers\u2019 injury report, meaning he will play in Saturday night\u2019s matchup with the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n
What the Packers veteran running back doesn\u2019t know is why he never played another snap after losing a fumble in last Saturday\u2019s overtime loss to the Chicago Bears \u2014 other than being on the onside kick \u201chands\u201d team when Romeo Doubs couldn\u2019t corral the ball late in the fourth quarter, leading to the game-tying touchdown and a 22-16 loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really know, to be honest,\u201d Jacobs said in advance of the Packers (9-5-1) facing the Ravens (7-8) at Lambeau Field. \u201cJust kind of a collective decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear exactly who was part of that collective, however.<\/p>\n
Jacobs, who has been battling a bone bruise in his left knee since mid-November, fumbled on a first-and-goal at the Chicago 4-yard line with 6 minutes, 57 seconds left in the third quarter. It was one of the Packers\u2019 five touchdown-less trips inside the Bears\u2019 20-yard line in the game.<\/p>\n
Of the Packers\u2019 72 offensive snaps, Jacobs played only 28 (39%) while No. 2 running back Emanuel Wilson played 33 (46%) and Chris Brooks played 15 (21%).<\/p>\n
Jacobs finished the night having run 12 times for 36 yards (3.0-yard average) and without a carry for longer than 7 yards. Wilson ran 14 times for 82 yards (5.9-yard average) and his longest run was a 14-yarder.<\/p>\n
Jacobs said he banged his knee earlier in the game and that it was \u201cstiffening up\u201d at that point in the game. But when asked directly if he was upset or annoyed that he didn\u2019t play again after the fumble, Jacobs acknowledged that he was \u2014 particularly since it meant he never got a chance to atone for his mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course. I mean, especially once you have a play like that, that you want to obviously make up for, you want to play,\u201d Jacobs replied. \u201cBut at the end of the day, too, you\u2019ve got to do what\u2019s best for the team and [Wilson] was playing good at that time, too, so I wasn\u2019t too much worried about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later, Jacobs pointed out that he\u2019d been listed as questionable going into the game on a shortened week, saying, \u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of football left. We\u2019ve still got a lot of football to play. I wasn\u2019t even 100% supposed to play in the game, so it\u2019s just like, I already knew what it was going to be just in general for my day, especially once I got hit on the knee. And so it just is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
That said, it\u2019s unclear exactly who decided to hold Jacobs out for the remainder of the game, since offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich certainly didn\u2019t sound like it was his idea, and head coach Matt LaFleur delivered no clarity on the decision, either.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019s really upset that he fumbled down there, for sure,\u201d Stenavich said. \u201c[But] I\u2019m never not going to want Josh Jacobs in the game. Ever. If that answers your question.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked what that meant, and whether Jacobs\u2019 absence was injury-related, Stenavich repeated, \u201cI\u2019m just saying I\u2019m never going to not want Josh Jacobs in the game running the ball for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
LaFleur, speaking the day after the loss to the Bears, suggested Jacobs\u2019 knee injury was part of the equation and said the fumble was not the reason he did not play thereafter.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of it was just, we all know what this guy’s been dealing with and he’s been fighting to go back in there,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cI think a little bit of it was, I thought \u2018E\u2019 was running pretty well, so we kind of were rolling with that.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut certainly Josh\u00a0is competitive\u00a0as anybody I’ve been around [with] his ability to get himself ready to play, to go out there and be effective. Unfortunately, [the fumble] was a tough play, but it had nothing to do with why he wasn’t in there later in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whatever the case, because he was able to practice more during the week than he had been leading into previous games, the Packers removed Jacobs from the injury report entirely, meaning he will play against the Ravens.<\/p>\n
How much he\u2019ll play, and how effective he\u2019ll be, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really know. I\u2019m practicing a little bit more this week, so that\u2019s a positive. But I don\u2019t know. We\u2019re going to see,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, it\u2019s always a thin line, but it\u2019s their job to protect me from me, too, at the same time. Regardless of [the injury], I feel like I can do certain things. But you\u2019ve got to be realistic with yourself, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
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