When asked if running back Josh Jacobs, who was injured against the New York Giants on Sunday, would be going on the injured reserve during his Monday press conference, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur made the team’s stance clear: “No.” Previously, it had been reported that the Packers didn’t believe that Jacobs’ knee injury was going to be a season-ender, but Jacobs was going to have more testing done when the team arrived back in Green Bay.

LaFleur was then asked if Jacobs was going to play this weekend against the Minnesota Vikings. LaFleur was much less committed to his answer on that one.

“Potentially, but we’ll see where he’s at. It’s a contusion, so it’s just, more or less, trying to get the swelling down. Unfortunately, that’s a pretty hard surface over there, sometimes

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