Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs still has the support of his coach and general manager, who remain optimistic the three-time Pro Bowl selection will come off the commissioner\u2019s exempt list, where he was placed after being charged with two misdemeanors, and play sometime this season. “There were many conversations obviously and certainly don\u2019t know all the details, but what he tells me, I believe him and I trust him,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday. “I\u2019m going to do that until proven otherwise.” General manager Brian Gutekunst said he is hopeful the running back will return before the end of the season. “But we\u2019re going to let this process play out, and we\u2019ll be prepared either way,” Gutekunst said. Gutekunst said he hasn\u2019t seen the video that the Brown County (Wisconsin) District Attorney\u2019s office says it has as evidence corroborating statements made by Jacobs\u2019 girlfriend regarding their May 23 altercation. Jacobs, who was arrested May 26, faces misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property in that incident. District Attorney David Lasee announced last Thursday that the charges were being filed. Three days later, the NFL put Jacobs on the commissioner\u2019s list, which prevents him from playing or practicing but allows him to keep receiving a paycheck. Upon request and with the club\u2019s permission, Jacobs may be allowed at the club\u2019s facility for meetings, individual workouts, therapy and rehabilitation and other permitted non-football activities. Jacobs is on the list while the NFL investigates his situation and he could face a suspension by the league. Any games he misses while on the exempt list would count toward his suspension, but he would also have to repay the money he earned while on the exempt list LaFleur said the Packers were prepared for the possibility Jacobs might get placed on the list. “I\u2019ve seen this guy,” LaFleur said. “I\u2019ve got a love and care and respect for how he is as a person, who he is as a teammate. Obviously a very unfortunate situation, but one that we have to deal with.” Jacobs\u2019 lawyers \u2014 David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld, and Clarence F. Duchac III \u2014 have noted that the move to the commissioner\u2019s exempt list is an administrative decision made while a matter is under review and “is not a final determination.” They added that Jacobs “looks forward to his return to the team and the NFL.” Hobart-Lawrence police officers who responded to the May 23 call said Jacobs\u2019 girlfriend told them she had a lump on her head as a result of Jacobs\u2019 actions. Police said the woman said she had been looking through Jacobs\u2019 phone and saw he was talking to other women, and that she threw the phone in anger without breaking it. She told police that Jacobs had her phone and she told him he could look through it. According to police, the woman indicated she tried to retrieve her phone from Jacobs, but he didn\u2019t return it and instead grabbed her arm and began a struggle that lasted several minutes. They then left the home in separate vehicles before eventually returning. Police said the woman was trying to exit a garage door to get outside when Jacobs grabbed her and threw her to the ground, causing her to hit her head. Police said Jacobs also took the phone from her while she was on the ground. According to the criminal complaint filed last week, surveillance footage from the camera system in the garage backed up the woman\u2019s statement. “We have not seen the video,” Gutekunst said. “Those are legal things going on right now, so we\u2019ll let those play out. … But in the appropriate times, if those things become available, we\u2019ll figure that stuff out when that time comes.” Reporting by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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