On Sunday afternoon, Josh Jacobs’s lawyers issued a lengthy and detailed statement responding to the additional allegations of violence contained in documents released by local police on Friday, in connection with the battery charge to which Jacobs previously pleaded no contest.
In the statement, Jacobs’s lawyers claim that one of the three new allegations was previously communicated to, and investigated by, the NFL.
Both the NFL and the Packers declined comment regarding the new statement, in response to inquiries from PFT.
Regardless of the comments from the people who are representing Jacobs, the league will do its due diligence. The Packers surely will, too. And they could, potentially, decide to move on from Jacobs — especially if any of the new information is inconsistent with anything he has previously told the team.
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Here’s the best evidence that the three allegations against Packers running back Josh Jacobs have raised serious concerns about Jacobs’s future in Green Bay specifically, and in the NFL generally.
Jacobs’s lawyers have issued a lengthy statement addressing the allegations that were not previously known, until the authorities released the information to the media on Friday.
Here’s the full text of the statement:
“Last week the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department released its case file to media. The file includes summaries of three telephone interviews describing events in 2021 and 2022. Josh Jacobs denies all three accounts and has a substantial body of tangible evidence to back up his assertions.
“The police department’s released file contains only phone interviews, taken years after the fact, with no additional investigation, save for an acknowledgement that Josh did nothing wrong. Josh was not given an opportunity to present evidence to Hobart-Lawrence in response to the uncorroborated report, primarily because Hobart-Lawrence took no action related to the unsupported and stale allegations.
“One of these three women made a claim to the NFL, which reviewed it and decided no action was warranted. Josh has kept evidence that supports his accounts and the NFL’s decision. Nothing in the released file indicates that any such evidence was used or even sought. Indeed, the police report did not even present any of this information.
“Another woman made a claim in 2021, but only after Josh called the Las Vegas police to his home to report the woman for misconduct. A police report was written that day, which effectively undermined her claims. No further action was taken by any authority after she was removed from Josh’s home.
“Josh denies any physical altercation with the third woman. She first contacted Josh and asked to visit. She came to Las Vegas and stayed at his home. Another person was present in the house during part of her stay. She stayed there overnight and left the following evening — on her own, in a car she ordered herself. The receipt for that ride is in the police file the department released, and it is consistent with Josh’s account of how the visit ended, not hers.
“Josh took responsibility for what happened in May. He entered into an agreement with prosecutors for two misdemeanors, and he is meeting the court’s requirements.
“The three accounts are old, are hearsay, and easily disproven, yet released to the media by police without any investigation to determine whether they were accurate or contradicted by evidence. Josh is answering them in detail because of the character assassination that is occurring, unfairly threatening his career.”
Based on the statement, only one of the three women contacted the NFL. The other two, as to the NFL, are apparently new.
All three of them could be new to the Packers, who have said nothing since the three additional allegations came to light. And that’s an important dynamic to remember. Even if the NFL doesn’t take action against Jacobs based on these additional allegations, the Packers could decide to move on from him.
It’s unclear where it will go from here. The statement makes it clear that Jacobs has serious concerns about the impact of the allegations on his career — and that’s without the league or the public seeing the video from the May 2026 incident. If/when the league and the Packers see that video, there’s a chance the other allegations won’t matter.
Friday’s release of police records in the Josh Jacobs case brought to light allegations made by three other women against the Packers running back.
It also creates a problem for Jacobs, based on the things he may have said to the league.
Although there has been no indication that the league has summoned Jacobs to Manhattan for a formal interview in advance of the potential imposition of discipline (that’s often the final step in the investigation), it’s possible — if not likely — that the NFL has had conversations with Jacobs before and/or during his six-game stint on paid leave.
One obvious question to ask Jacobs is whether the incident for which he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery charges was a one-time thing, or whether it has happened before. If the question was asked, and if Jacobs said there are no other incidents, the emergence of new allegations will impact his credibility in the eyes of the league.
Even if the NFL’s effort to explore the new allegations goes nowhere (the league has no subpoena power to compel cooperation by the others who spoke to the authorities in Wisconsin), the mere existence of three additional claims will make the league view anything Jacobs has told them more skeptically.
Regardless of how it plays out, the evidence of the other claims against Jacobs reshuffles the deck, both for the league and for the Packers. The fact that they’ve been linked to trade talks for Colts running back Jonathan Taylor suggests that the team is already considering whether to move on from Jacobs.
If they do, he could have a hard time finding a landing spot, given the new allegations.
So, yes, it’s a real problem for Jacobs. Even though his lawyers have issued a statement downplaying the development, it complicates his standing with the league, with the Packers, and possibly with any other team that could eventually be considering whether to offer him a roster spot, if/when he’s no longer a member of the Green Bay organization.
The NFL’s injury report places no obligation on teams to disclose that a player will be a healthy scratch. The world finds out if a player who is able to play otherwise won’t be playing roughly 90 minutes before kickoff, when the team supplies its list of inactive players.
For the Colts, there’s a decision to be made later this morning. Will running back Jonathan Taylor play at Jacksonville, as they continue to engage in talks aimed at trading him? (The Giants are definitely making a play to get him, and others presumably are, too.)
By all indications, Taylor will play. But if the phone rings before 11:30 a.m. ET and the Colts get an offer they choose not to refuse, the plan could quickly change. (And since the Giants don’t have a game this weekend, they can focus their efforts exclusively on trying to get it done, even if it takes a call from coach John Harbaugh to owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon.)
Three weeks ago, the Cardinals knew on Friday that they’d be trading receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. after Sunday’s game. Harrison didn’t play. It’s possible that one of the teams interested in Taylor will put the right terms on the table in order to persuade the Colts to put Taylor in bubble wrap for Sunday pending a post-game announcement that Taylor will be changing teams.
Without a deal in place imminently, the Colts will be taking a calculated risk if Taylor is active. If he gets injured, the trade market will evaporate.
Like it did on Friday for the Commanders and defensive tackle Daron Payne. There were trade talks regarding Payne, until he suffered a season-ending foot injury in practice.
So even though the trade deadline doesn’t arrive until November 10, there are various other deadlines that could drive a trade decision. For the Colts, the most immediate deadline arrives very soon, when they have to decide whether to let Taylor play and risk an injury that would necessarily close the door on a potential trade.
The NFL was already reviewing the case of Packers running back Josh Jacobs following a no-contest plea to misdemeanor battery arising from an incident that happened in May 2026. The league is now investigating additional allegations that have recently come to light.
“We will review these allegations as part of the investigation which has remained open,” the NFL said Saturday in a statement.
Police records released on Friday revealed that three other women made allegations of violence against Jacobs, after the first incident came to light. The league likely will need to identify the individuals and then attempt to persuade them to cooperate.
It significantly raises the potential discipline that may eventually be imposed on Jacobs. He’ll get credit for the six games he missed on paid leave, with a requirement to forfeit the salary he received.
With the Personal Conduct Policy creating a baseline suspension of six games without pay for each incident of domestic violence, along with enhanced penalties for repeat offenses, Jacobs could be facing a lengthy suspension.
More immediately, the question remains whether the Packers will move on from Jacobs. The team had no comment on Saturday morning, in response to the news that three other women have made allegations against Jacobs.
Through it all, the video of the May 2026 incident remains hidden from public view. The NFL wants to see it before finalizing his punishment for the incident that sparked a no-contest plea.
Throughout his off-field incident that resulted in a no-contest plea to misdemeanor battery, the Packers have remained steadfast in their support of running back Josh Jacobs.
That could now be changing.
The persistent presence of the Packers as one of the teams that have expressed some degree of interest in trading for Colts running back Jonathan Taylor suggests that they’ve at least pondered the possibility of swapping out Jacobs for Taylor.
Recent developments don’t help Jacobs’s cause.
Beyond the handcuff celebration that Jacobs tried to say wasn’t a handcuff celebration (but that video of the full celebration suggests was a handcuff celebration), Friday’s release of police records indicating that at least three other women have accused Jacobs of domestic violence could shake the team’s apparent resolve to keep him.
Throw in the fact that Jacobs is averaging 2.3 yards per carry in his two games back from a six-game stint on paid leave — including 1.9 yards per carry against the worst run defense in the league entering Thursday night’s game — and it’s possible that the Packers will realize that Jacobs is no longer good enough to justify a stubborn circling of the wagons.
Cutting Jacobs would raise the issue of termination pay as to the balance of his $10.2 million salary, and it would short-circuit the team’s ability to seek partial repayment of signing-bonus money if/when (when) he’s eventually suspended under the Personal Conduct Policy. For now, we won’t delve into the full extent of the niceties of Article 30 of the CBA; at a minimum, the Packers would have some potential arguments aimed at cutting off his right to any termination pay.
Even if the Packers ultimately are on the hook for termination pay, it’s a sunk cost. The question is whether they want to keep him on the team, in light of recent developments.
Again, they’ve been linked in multiple reports from ESPNFL to a trade for Jonathan Taylor. That alone is substantial evidence that they’re considering a future without Jacobs that could begin sooner rather than later.
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said this week that he hopes defensive end Micah Parsons starts practicing with the team next week and the team reportedly has a goal in mind for Parsons’s return to game action.
According to multiple reports, the team is targeting Week 12 for Parsons to play his first game since tearing his ACL last season. The Packers will be in Los Angeles to face the Rams in the NFL’s first Thanksgiving Eve game on Wednesday, November 25.
If Parsons does return to practice next week, it would open a 21-day window for him to work with the team ahead of being activated. The Packers, who beat the Panthers on Thursday night this week, face the Patriots and Vikings before a bye week in Week 11.
That timeline would have Parsons back for the final seven games of the regular season and his presence should boost the chances of the Packers following up those games with playoff action.
There are two ways to handle the trade of a cornerstone player. One, talk quietly to a minimal number of teams. Like the Titans did with defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons. Two, throw the doors open and try to get the best possible package of draft picks and/or players in return. Like the Colts are now doing with running back Jonathan Taylor.
Indianapolis has officially declared that Taylor is available, via a selective and strategic leak to ESPNFL. Trade talks are “active and ongoing,” per the report.
The teams that have “expressed at least some level of interest” are the Broncos, Packers, Vikings, Giants, and Seahawks.
Last weekend’s Sunday Splash! report that operated as the “everything must go” sign for the Colts pegged the Broncos, Packers, Vikings, and Seahawks as potentially interested teams in Taylor. The Giants (who are believed, we’re told by multiple sources, to have been pursuing Simmons) are a new arrival. Which would possibly be bad news for second-year running back Cam Skattebo, who emerged from the doghouse last week with 124 rushing yards. (It wouldn’t be a surprise if the Giants offered Skattebo to the Colts as part of the trade package, frankly.)
To the extent that tying four teams to the trade talks doesn’t get the Colts maximum compensation, the new report notes that the Colts “would prefer” that Taylor stick around for their “rebuild.”
If they really wanted Taylor, they wouldn’t be fielding trade offers fo him.
The Colts reportedly are looking for a package similar to what the 49ers sent to the Panthers in 2022 for running back Christian McCaffrey: a second-round pick, a third-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in the 2023 draft and a fifth-round pick in the 2024 draft.
The next question is whether Taylor will play on Sunday. It’s possible, in our view, the Colts will hold Taylor out of action on Sunday at Jacksonville, like the Cardinals did three weeks ago when they had a deal in place to trade receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. to the Texans. Even without a deal, keeping Taylor out of the game would ensure that he won’t get injured.
If that happens, rookie Seth McGowan would be the likely starter in Week 8. Last Sunday, the seventh-rounder who played for Kentucky last year had 11 carries for 48 yards in a 16-10 loss to the Vikings.
And the Vikings continue to make the most sense for Taylor. Especially since they had the best possible opportunity to scout him six days ago, when he had 18 carries for 95 yards and an Adrian Peterson-style 38-yard touchdown run.
If the Vikings add Taylor in the coming days, he’d likely make his debut as soon as next Monday night, when the Vikings host the Bills. And when they put Peterson in the team’s Ring of Honor.
While police were investigating Josh Jacobs following a domestic violence accusation in May, multiple other women reported similar incidents of Jacobs abusing them.
NBC 26 in Green Bay received previously unreleased files in connection with the Jacobs case from the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department late Friday, and those files showed that officers heard from at least three other women who said they had been victims of violence at the hands of Jacobs.
One woman contacted police in June after hearing of Jacobs’ May arrest, saying she had been the victim of a similar incident with Jacobs years earlier and was reporting it to police for the first time because she wanted people to believe the woman accusing him in May. That woman said that in January of 2022, Jacobs slapped her across the face, grabbed her by the hair, threw her onto a bed, pinned her down, threw her onto the floor, spit on her and grabbed her by the throat. She also said Jacobs took her phone as she attempted to leave his home.
Another woman also contacted police later in June and said that in April of 2021, Jacobs grabbed her by the arms, pushed her against a wall near a window and threw her belongings outside the home. She said she suffered bruising to her arms and pain and swelling in her rib area. She said she had reported it to the police in a different municipality, and the records released by Hobart-Lawrence Police to NBC 26 indicate that they confirmed with another police department that it did receive that report, but Jacobs apparently was not arrested because the woman had no visible signs of injury.
A third woman told Hobart/Lawrence Police in July that in May of 2022, Jacobs placed his hands on her head and neck, dragged her, scratched her chest, and took her phone. She said she suffered bruising to her arm and scratches to her chest. She said she did not report the incident to police or seek medical attention because Jacobs had told her she could be deported if she had any contact with the authorities.
Jacobs eventually pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property in connection with the May arrest. The NFL placed him on paid leave for the first six games of the season, then allowed him to play starting in Week 7. Jacobs remains subject to a potential NFL suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, and the accusations brought by the three other women could be considered by the NFL in determining league discipline.
The Packers have had three starting quarterbacks since Brett Favre replaced Don Majkowski in Week 3 of the 1992 season. Favre is in the Hall of Fame, Aaron Rodgers will get in on the first ballot, and Jordan Love is still crafting his legacy.
Love has had some special performances, and some solid runs. His three-touchdown performance on Thursday night gives him the second-longest streak of games with two or more touchdowns to start a season in Packers history, with eight.
Rodgers set the Packers record in 2011, with 15 straight games of two or more touchdowns. Favre had seven straight to start the 1995 season. Both won the NFL MVP in those seasons.
Love is currently at 25-1 to win the 2026 MVP award. On Thursday night, he completed 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception.
For the year, Love currently leads the league in attempts (312), completions (192), yards (2,246), and touchdown passes (16).
