The Green Bay Packers have a big game coming up in the late afternoon window on Sunday when they take on the Denver Broncos in Week 15.
They've got one major question mark: Is Josh Jacobs playing? His injury status is in question heading into Sunday.
Officially, Jacobs is questionable on the Packers' injury report due to a knee injury.
On Saturday, the Packers sent a signal that they might be at least a little bit concerned. They elevated Pierre Strong Jr., another RB, from the practice squad.
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If Jacobs is active, it feels like slight overkill. Strong is a useful special teams player, so maybe that's what the Packers have in mind.
But it would make a lot of sense to elevate Strong if the Packers were uncertain whether Jacobs would be available to play at all.
Also of note, though, was an addition to the injury report: Emmanuel Wilson is now listed with an illness. So this elevation could be connected to either back.
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If Jacobs were to sit, Emmanuel Wilson (if healthy) would get the bulk of the RB touches for the Packers.
Behind Wilson they'd have Chris Brooks, and then Strong if they needed the former Browns RB to play a role.
The Packers would of course prefer Jacobs to be out there and do his thing, but they also can't risk his chances of contributing the rest of the season if they aren't totally sure about his injury status.
Inactives won't come out until about 2:55 p.m. ET (1:55 p.m. CT) on Sunday, so until then, it won't be confirmed what's happening with Jacobs. But this move isn't a great sign.
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