Packers' Jacobs addresses latest allegations, not worried about missing more games

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs said he's operating under the assumption that he won't have to sit out any more games than the six he already missed while on the NFL commissioner's exempt list, despite the release of additional allegations of physical and verbal abuse against him. Those accounts were included in evidence regarding Jacobs' battery case that the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department released last week in response to a public records request. The records show that three women alleged abuse by Jacobs to the department in incidents dating back to April 2021. The women came forward after learning of Jacobs' arrest in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident in May. Three days after Jacobs' attorneys dismissed the claims as "unsupported and stale allegations," Jacobs on Wednesday further defended himself. "It's one of those things for me where it's like, it really feels like an attack on me and who I am and my character," Jacobs said. "And at the end of the day, there's a lot of stuff being said about me that's completely false -- like, completely made up, and it's like people just run with it. And I can't change that. "It's just one of those things where it's like, OK, all I can do is try to be who I am and try not to let the negative moments change who I am. And that was the biggest thing for me, throughout this whole process. I didn't want to go to a place where I felt like I was closed off and I'm angry all the time because of what's going on in my life." Jacobs pleaded no contest Sept. 10 to charges of battery and criminal destruction of property resulting from the May 23 incident with a woman at his home near Green Bay. He was convicted of battery and fined $1,000 and reached a deferred judgment agreement on a charge of damage to property. Jacobs missed the first six games of the season while on the commissioner's exempt list. He was cleared to play in Week 7, even though the NFL said it had not completed its investigation into violations of the personal conduct policy. Additionally, the NFL said over the weekend it would look into the previous allegations that came to light with the release of those records. The six games Jacobs missed while on the exempt list would count toward any suspension that might be forthcoming, but Jacobs does not think he will miss any more games. "With all the evidence that we have and that they have at this point, it's not one of those things where I'm sitting back on my hands like, 'OK, am I going to play this week?'" Jacobs said. "It's like, I kind of already know what it is, so it's like ... it's really just up to them to make their final decision. But like I'm not worried about feeling like I'm going to miss any more time than I already have." The Packers have continued to support Jacobs. "We're going to allow the NFL to do its process, but I would anticipate him being a member of us moving forward," Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Monday. "That's really all I have to speak on."