Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs has missed back-to-back practices with a knee injury, which stems from him going down against the New York Giants about a month ago. This week, for the first time since his injury, Jacobs is being asked to make a seven-day turnaround between games, a pivotal test of how much wear he’ll have left in his tires going into the last stretch of the season.

Initially, Jacobs’ injury was called a bone bruise. Still, after practice on Thursday, Jacobs stated that his “knee stiffened” against the Chicago Bears last week, according to The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman. He claims it’s the “same thing” he’s been dealing with for multiple weeks, and that he passed medical scans taken on Monday.

Jacobs said that he’s “taking things day by day” but that he “feels

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