The team has traded for Kaleb Johnson and prepared MarShawn Lloyd as contingencies while awaiting the legal process.
免除リスト入りと法的手続きの行方
Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst is waiting for the legal process to conclude before deciding on Josh Jacobs’ future with the team. Jacobs on Sunday was placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List while his legal situation plays out. Jacobs was placed on the exempt list Aug. 30, two days after the Brown County District Attorney’s office levied two misdemeanor charges resulting from a late May arrest. Jacobs in May was arrested and booked on five charges, including felony strangulation. Jacobs’ charges included one count of battery and another of criminal damage to property. The District Attorney’s report referenced video surveillance from Jacobs’ home showing him throwing a woman to the ground, which resulted in a bump on the women’s head. It also stated Jacobs destroyed the woman’s phone. Gutekunst said he has not seen the video evidence. Brian Gutekunst（パッカーズGM）は、そうしたことは現在進行形の法的問題であり、その推移を見守ると述べて、自分たちの管轄外であるとし、適切な時期に状況証拠などが利用可能になれば、その時に判断を下していくと語った。ESPN’s Adam Schefter said Monday that Jacobs’ time on the exempt list was, for now, indefinite, and hinged entirely on how his legal situation unfolds. If damning video evidence is released, Jacobs could miss most or all of the regular season. Jacobs’ immediate future is dependent on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who holds sole authority in determining the indefinite timeline of a players’ stint on the exempt list. If the Packers have any hints at how long that will be, they aren’t sharing. Gutekunst said he’s uncertain if Jacobs will play for the Packers this season after he was placed on the exempt list over the weekend, though he remains hopeful the running back will return to the field. Asked if there’s a scenario in which the Packers release Jacobs, Gutekunst says he wants to let the process play out. Brian Gutekunstは、ジョシュ・ジェイコブズが放出される可能性があるかとの質問に対し、そうした決断を下す前にまずは事態の推移を見守りたいと思うが、様子を見ていくと語った。
チームの期待とヘッドコーチの支持
Brian Gutekunst（パッカーズGM）は、当然ながらそうなることを期待しているが、この件の推移を静観し、どちらの状況にも対応できるよう準備を整えておくと述べた。
Matt LaFleur（パッカーズ・コーチ）は、あまり深く立ち入りたくはないが、皆がこの男の姿を目にしてきているはずだと話し、一人の人間として、またチームメイトとして彼の人柄に深く愛情と関心を抱いていると語り、明らかに非常に遺憾な状況ではあるが、チームとして向き合わなければならない問題であるとの見解を示した。
The exempt list allows for players to be in team facilities for meetings. Coach Matt LaFleur said Jacobs still will be around the team, and the team has not changed how it feels about its running back. LaFleur said he doesn’t know all the details of what happened, but he has had many conversations
with Jacobs. The coach said he “believes” in Jacobs and “trusts him.” Matt LaFleurは、そうでないことが証明されるまではその姿勢を貫き通すつもりであると語った。
Kaleb Johnsonの獲得とMarShawn Lloydの準備
In the three months since Jacobs’ arrest, Gutekunst said, he’s closely monitored the Packers running back position, ready to augment the depth chart if necessary. On the same day Jacobs was placed on the exempt list, Gutekunst traded for Pittsburgh Steelers running back Kaleb Johnson. A third-round draft pick in 2025, Johnson rushed for 1,537 yards and 21 touchdowns as a college junior at Iowa. He quickly found himself buried behind veterans on the Steelers depth chart. Gutekunst is hopeful a change of scenery can benefit both sides. Brian Gutekunstは、この事態が最初に持ち上がったごく初期の段階から、様々な選択肢を検討し、いくつかの可能性について調査を進めてきたと述べ、それがこの夏の時期であれ、トレーニングキャンプの開始時であれ、数多くの話し合いを重ねてきたと明かした上で、事態がこうなる可能性についてもあらかじめ予測はついており、入手した情報をもとにその時点での選択肢を把握し、下すべき決断を下したと説明し、カレブ・ジェイコブズをチームに迎え入れられることに非常に期待しており、明らかに将来性の高い若い選手である彼をチームの環境に迎え入れてその実力を確かめるのが楽しみだと語った。
Gutekunst acknowledged it will take time for Johnson to acclimate to coach Matt LaFleur’s scheme, but he said Iowa runs a similar outside-zone system. He hopes that will accelerate Johnson’s transition. In the meantime, the Packers also will rely heavily on young tailback MarShawn Lloyd. MarShawn Lloyd would start the year as Green Bay’s lead back and has a chance to be one of fantasy’s best running back values. A 2024 third-round draft pick, Lloyd has played only 10 snaps in his first two NFL seasons because of injuries, but he exited training camp healthy. Part of the process of keeping him healthy was light work in the preseason. Lloyd had just 10 carries for 30 yards in a pair of preseason games before being shut down for the finale against Arizona. He added an 11-yard touchdown catch on the opening drive at the Denver Broncos. Brian Gutekunstは、彼はチームに加入して以来、これまでで最も万全の状態に仕上がっており、見た目も非常に良いと語った。