Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs will undergo finger surgery and is expected to miss two to three weeks, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
The Packers are expected to decide Saturday whether to place Jacobs on injured reserve, which would sideline Jacobs for at least four games.
Head coach Matt LaFleur said Monday that he didn't think Jacobs could play through the injury, which occurred when the star halfback broke his right ring finger in the first quarter of the Packers' Week 9 win against the New England Patriots.
"I don't think he could," LaFleur said, according to ESPN's Rob Demovsky. "He tried last night. He tried to go back in, and he had no grip strength."
Jacobs sustained the injury when his hand was caught in the helmet of Patriots defensive back Craig Woodson during a stiff-arm attempt.
The Packers host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, then have a bye in Week 11. Green Bay will play the Los Angeles Rams before Thanksgiving Day and the New Orleans Saints in Week 13.
Jacobs has already missed six games this season while on the NFL's commissioner-exempt list for violating the league's personal conduct policy. Since returning to the active roster, he's rushed for 80 yards on 36 carries and scored a touchdown in three games.
