Broncos' Jonathon Cooper, Packers' Josh Jacobs placed on Commissioner’s Exempt List

[p]Neither player will be able to practice or play for their respective teams while on the list, which opens up a roster spot for both teams. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cooper-jonathon/ruAvXFgl/"]Cooper[/a], 28, is facing five charges, including second-degree assault (felony),  after being arrested twice over the summer in domestic incidents involving his former girlfriend. [/p][embed guid="36a01be2-0b19-4b7f-8408-1b7081cbc543" url="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/2094133880957644802?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Cooper is owed $12 million this season as he's still under a three-year, $30 million contract, and will still be paid while he's on leave. [/p][p]He's coming off three straight seasons with at least eight sacks, setting a career-high in 2024 (10.5), while playing in all 17 regular season games in each. [/p][p]Meanwhile, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jacobs-joshua/Ya2CBDYl/"]Jacobs[/a], who was charged just last week with two misdemeanors, including battery and criminal damage to property, was formerly arrested in May on five counts that included: battery/domestic abuse, criminal damage to property/domestic abuse, disorderly conduct/domestic abuse, strangulation and suffocation, and intimidation of a victim.[/p][embed guid="b0a86616-eda2-4465-8fcc-3563b30ffa39" url="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/2094130841576157389?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Jacobs, 28, has spent the past two seasons with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/green-bay-packers/O6ksuA72/"]Packers[/a] after playing the first five years of his career with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/las-vegas-raiders/Ei4Qg76E/"]Las Vegas Raiders[/a]. After rushing for 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2024, Jacobs posted his third-lowest rushing total (929) of his career last season, but found the end zone on the ground 13 times, second-most of his career. [/p][p]The veteran running back is in the third year of his four-year, $48 million contract and is set to make $14.5 million this season.[/p][p]Like Cooper, Jacobs will also be barred from practicing or playing in games until legal matters off the field and with the NFL are fully resolved. [/p][p]Green Bay kicks off their 2026 regular season on September 13th against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-vikings/IsfjpsbD/"]Minnesota Vikings[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/denver-broncos/l22ZmPbl/"]Denver[/a] start their season in primetime against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kansas-city-chiefs/vienoNr7/"]Kansas City Chiefs[/a] on Monday, September 14th.[/p][infobox id="20b251ad-200b-415c-a27c-559697b10377" /]