The Green Bay Packers reportedly won’t know if running back Josh Jacobs can play Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals until shortly before kickoff.
Jacobs is being considered a “true game-time decision” ahead of the Week 7 matchup, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday.
The running back was listed as “questionable” due to illness and a calf injury on Saturday’s injury report.
The Packers and Cardinals are set to kick off in Arizona at 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday.
Schefter previously reported Saturday afternoon that running back Pierre Strong Jr. had been elevated from the practice squad to the active roster ahead of Sunday’s game.
Jacobs vomited before and during the Packers’ Week 6 win over the Cincinnati Bengals despite contributing 93 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns to the victory.
“I really don’t know where it came from. I just kind of woke up this morning just not feeling my best,” Jacobs said after last Sunday’s win.
Jacobs was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday but returned as a full participant Friday, according to the Packers’ injury report.
The Packers then adjusted the report to add cornerback Keisean Nixon as questionable due to illness on Saturday.
Having multiple sick players on the roster may have made it even worse news when the Packers’ plane was delayed by almost six hours on the tarmac ahead of a Saturday night flight to Phoenix.
The Packers will have less than 18 hours on the ground before it’s time to kick off on Sunday afternoon against the Cardinals.
After Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor dominated against Arizona’s offense in a Week 6 win over the visiting Cardinals, the Packers may have been hoping to stick to a similar script with Jacobs.
If illness, injury or the short turnaround keeps their star running back on the sideline this weekend, wideouts like Romeo Doubs could get more usage as the Packers turn lean away from their run game in Week 7.
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