{"id":2217,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2217","headline":"Packers RB Josh Jacobs expected to miss up to three weeks with fractured finger","dek":"Jacobs will need surgery after breaking his finger in Green Bay's 45-27 win over New England, with a possible return as soon as Week 11 against the Rams.","body":"Josh Jacobs will go under the knife this week after fracturing his finger during the Packers' 45-27 blowout of the Patriots on Sunday. The injury knocked him out early, limiting him to just four carries for 5 yards before he exited for good.\n\nCBS Sports' Matt Zenitz reports Jacobs is expected to miss no more than three weeks following surgery. That timeline puts his Week 10 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings in serious doubt, but leaves open the possibility he suits up for Green Bay's Week 11 game against the Los Angeles Rams.\n\nThe good news for the Packers is they barely needed him Sunday. Reserve running back Kaleb Johnson stepped into the void and played well, helping Green Bay cruise to a comfortable win in New England despite losing its lead back for most of the afternoon.\n\nAt 28, Jacobs remains the Packers' featured back when healthy, but Johnson's performance gives Green Bay a credible fallback option while Jacobs recovers from surgery and works his way back into the lineup.","published_at":"2026-11-11T00:18:23.830842+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Packers get Josh Jacobs injury timeline after finger surgery update","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/packers-josh-jacobs-injury-timeline-110857767.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Josh Jacobs fractures finger in Packers' blowout win over Patriots","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7766345/2026/11/08/josh-jacobs-finger-injury-packers-nfl/"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Josh Jacobs fractured his finger in Sunday's win","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/josh-jacobs-fractured-his-finger-in-sundays-win"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Josh Jacobs fractured his finger in Sunday's win","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/josh-jacobs-fractured-finger-sundays-015902770.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Josh Jacobs fractures finger in Week 9","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/josh-jacobs-fractures-finger-week-044504991.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Packers get bad news as Josh Jacobs set to have surgery on broken finger","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/packers-bad-news-josh-jacobs-201403984.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Packers RB Josh Jacobs needs surgery on finger, to miss up to 3 games","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/packers-rb-josh-jacobs-needs-203852374.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Packers’ Matt LaFleur shares Josh Jacobs injury details after 45-27 win","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/packers-matt-lafleur-shares-josh-210018974.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Packers Get Concerning Josh Jacobs Injury News Despite Dominant Victory","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/packers-concerning-josh-jacobs-injury-223615085.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Packers RB Josh Jacobs Needs Surgery On Finger, Could Go On IR","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/packers-josh-jacobs-finger-injury-update"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c46d256/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F837%2F207%2Fnbc_pft_tombrady_261106.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}