Wait. There is more coming and nothing proven. More has to come out soon and all ranges of outcome are plausible at this point.

Time to find the next Ryan Grant or James Starks.

How hard can it be?

Realistically the only solution is for Lloyd to stay healthy and step up big time.
We can't sugar coat this. It is a major disaster. The rest of the league is giving high fives!

Best options?
Promote from within.
Marshawn Lloyd-can't be counted on as a fix until he can stay available.

Strong or Martinez, or both. Celebrated college RBs who are as ready as they will ever be.

Make a trade. Trey Benson and Braelon Allen look like tremendous options. Both were highly rated but haven't shown "It" yet. Both should be available for late round picks but has that "cost" gone up as teams realize the Packers predicament? Maybe trade player for player? An article today says Musgrave, Valentine, McDuffie, & Havrisik could be trade candidates for GB.

Worst options?
Wait to 30-45 days to see who gets cut. Emmanuel Wilson is just insurance now in Seattle and could be waived.
Do nothing. This is the absolute worst. GB should be proactive now and find insurance thru a trade.

Given the charges against Jacobs, it would be really tone deaf to sign Mixon. JMO.

By no means am I condemning Jacobs until this whole thing plays out, but protecting the team against him not being there is a must.

Getting Allen for a 5th or 6th would be a good add regardless of the Jacobs outcome. 2 years under contract that he would only be 24 at the end of, while having a hopefully healthy Lloyd would make for a fun backfield.

Good article, realistic known rb’s out there as a possibility. Very believable. Thanks

Remember that if the Packers end up parting ways with Jacobs, it opens up significant cap space--depending on who you read, it could be about $4.5M or it could be $9M (depending on Jun-1 designation). There's room there to absorb the cap hit of a signing or trade.

If Najee Harris's medicals are good, he might be the most cost-effective and least disruptive way to go. An achilles doesn't heal overnight, and players often struggle to get back up to speed very quickly, but he's an accomplished guy whose run style mimics Jacobs and he can catch and block.

I thought Allgeier would be a great off-season get to back up Jacobs and then take over in 2027. Remember that the bonus/guarantee structure in Allgeier's Cardinals contract stay with AZ as dead money if he's dealt, so he's actually quite affordable to the Packers.

That said, I think Allgeier stays in AZ and that James Conner and Trey Benson would be more accessible from the Cardinals. Conner just redid his deal to stay put. I think Benson wants out...Gannon knows him, so if he's a locker room problem, Gannon would be able to warn the Packers off. I think he wouldn't cost much in trade if the Packers are interested.

The first thing I did last night was check depth charts and of course the Cardinals stick out. Maybe MLF can put his brother in a headlock and give him nuggies until he gives us a RB.

I like the Allen but I would worry about him pass blocking at the NFL level. Alvin Kamara is a veteran back that could be looking for a change of scenery. Not sure I love that option at his age but he is experienced and great in the passing game.

Let’s see. Wilson went to Seattle.

How about Amar Johnson.

The kid ripped it up last pre season.

From yahoo news

Chargers Roster Spotlights: Amar Johnson, An Overlooked Explosive Weapon

Another mistake Gutey let go

SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIM

The NFL has become and getting worse as a league of Thugs! Sad to see!

This will be resolved. Most likely is that this won't interfere with Jacobs' availability in the second half of the season, including the stretch run and the playoffs.

I was a little surprised/disappointed that the Packers didn't use their pick at #52 on an offensive guy, particularly since we'd used our #1...and next year's #1...on a defensive player. The departure of Wilson and the questionable reliability of Lloyd has left us kind of thin after Jacobs. If he were to miss time,injury or otherwise,we'd be in a tough spot. I'd feel better right now if we had drafted Mike Washington.

We had 1010 offensive snaps. On 464 of those, the ball was given, or thrown to, an RB. That's pretty close to 45% of the plays. It's the bread and butter of the offense.

"The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry"
Which is why Gute will never win a SB in GB.
Elliot Wolf took Jam Miller RB with his 7th.
We give are extra picks away

So I would pump the brakes a little on the Jacobs replacement plan. While the current outlook looks grim for Jacobs - research indicates that only about 36% of domestic violence arrests involving professional football players lead to a formal conviction. While nearly all of these arrests result in initial charges - many are ultimately dropped - resolved through pre-trial diversion programs, or result in lesser, non-violent plea deals. If so - this still might not give Jacobs immunity from some level of penalties by the NFL and/Packers .

I like the Braelin Allen idea no matter how the Jacobs situation progresses.
Go Packers!!!

It's possible the NFL will hit Jacobs for six games regardless of the legal outcome. If a felony charge is filed, and he's found guilty, he's likely to spend some time in the Brown county jail. If not guilty, of course, he would be free to return to the team.

In two of those three scenarios the Packers would not have him available. The current crop of back ups likely will not compete to be the 'beast of burden'. Finding another back makes sense. I think you might see a couple of new names emerge after June 1.

If domestic violence (strangulation and soffocation) will be confirmed the packers will release jakobs immediately.

it's disturbing to read all these hopes on a return after a suspension.

The Packers had a big decision to make before this Jacobs incident, who the #2/3 RBs would be. And now it's magnified 10 times because of this situation. Now our projected #1 RB, if he remains a Green Bay Packer, at the very least, probably misses the first 6-8 games of 2026. That is unacceptable. The Packers will not allow this to hang over their heads and risk the teams reputation and 2026 season on Jacobs now.

Even if this is settled out of court, or charges are dropped, the damage is done. Guilty or not guilty, Jacobs has become a huge problem in GB. And he probably was done anyway in 2027 anyway because of $$$. This just moves the timeline up.

Next man up usually is caused by injury or losing a player, this is much worse.

Inspired by dobber, I did some digging over at Spotrac.com

Jacobs is 28, and is under contract to the Packers for two more seasons, with cap hits of $14.5 and $16.5. Both years are heavily loaded towards salary, meaning he'd have to be on the team. If we just released him,we'd have a dead cap hit of a little over $6M, which is the pro-rated portion of his signing bonus.

If Jacobs misses some games because of this, if the NFL suspends him for .....six games?....then basically unless he's 100% for the other 11, we're paying $14.5M this year for a part-time player

In 2016, the Packers running attack was Montgomery, Lacy, Rodgers, Rodgers and Stark, combining for about 280 carries. The next year, rookies Williams and Jones accounted for 235 carries, and when you added Montgomery, that was 300+carries by our top 3 guys. In 2018, Jones-Williams-Rodgers had 297 carries, and about the same the next year.

The Jones/Williams 1-2 punch was very good for the Packers. They both stayed healthy and protected the ball and got into the end zone. But when their 4 year deals expired, they kept Jones and Williams left in FA. Anticipating this would happen, they drafted AJ Dillon, and when Williams left, Jones/Dillon remained a solid combo on the field. Then, we replaced Jones/Dillon with Jacobs and Wilson for two years.

The POINT of all this rambling is that we change our backfield up all the time. We've had 4 different leading rushers in the 9 years since Gutekunst started driving the bus. Good ones. And I think that the Packers personnel department has a pretty good record of identifying the kind of guys we want at RB.

The more I think about it, the more it starts to make sense that the Packers could move on and TRADE for somebody who can carry the rock. Perhaps Brooks/Lloyd/Strong/everybody else can be a good answer at #2, but we need a better guy if we're not going to have Jacobs.

If we will trade two #1s for Parsons, how much is a RB worth who can get 240 touches, protect the ball, and get his man blocked? And who would that player be?

Because I'm feeling crazy, let me give you a name : Rico Dowdle. Compared to Jacobs, he's about the same age and in 2025, they had pretty similar production in terms of yards, touches, etc. Where they are different is that Dowdle has a $3.75M cap hit this year. He's gone over 1000 yards rushing the last two seasons....one in Dallas, one in Carolina. Now he's in Pittsburgh. We should make a run at trading for this guy.