{"id":260370,"date":"2026-08-30T23:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/kaleb-johnson-trade-becomes-more-significant-for-packers-after-josh-jacobs-placed-on-commissioners-exempt-list\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T23:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:06:58","slug":"kaleb-johnson-trade-becomes-more-significant-for-packers-after-josh-jacobs-placed-on-commissioners-exempt-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/kaleb-johnson-trade-becomes-more-significant-for-packers-after-josh-jacobs-placed-on-commissioners-exempt-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaleb Johnson trade becomes more significant for Packers after Josh Jacobs placed on commissioner&#8217;s exempt list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It&#8217;s even more likely that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/green_bay_packers\/53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Bay Packers<\/a> running back Josh Jacobs won&#8217;t be in the lineup in Week 1 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/minnesota_vikings\/54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> (CBS, 4:25 p.m. ET).<\/p>\n<p>ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL\u00a0<\/a>insider Adam Schefter reported Sunday that the league is placing Jacobs on the commissioner&#8217;s exempt list. A player who is on this list is on paid leave indefinitely and may not practice or attend games. He also doesn&#8217;t count against the 53-man roster limit. The league often does this when it&#8217;s reviewing a player&#8217;s legal issues. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/packers_rb_josh_jacobs_formally_charged_in_connection_with_may_arrest\/s1_17049_44227639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Thursday<\/a>, Jacobs was formally charged with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal damage to property stemming from his May arrest in Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before that news broke, the Packers traded a 2028 sixth-round pick to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh_steelers\/44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0<\/a>for second-year running back Kaleb Johnson (via Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). He could now play an even bigger role in the wake of the Jacobs news.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/kaleb_johnson_trade_becomes_more_significant_for_packers_after_josh_jacobs_placed_on_commissioners_exempt_list\/s1_13132_44238605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s even more likely that Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs won&#8217;t be in the lineup in Week 1 against the Minnesota Vikings (CBS, 4:25 p.m. ET). 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