The new, longer video of Josh Jacobs’s touchdown celebration just surfaced, and if he was hoping it would back up his story, well, that’s not what happened. After the Packers running back scored his first of two touchdowns on Thursday night, he seemed to celebrate by pretending to be in handcuffs. That sparked immediate, widespread criticism, and for good reason: it looked like he was trivializing his May 2026 arrest, an altercation that resulted in a no-contest plea to battery of a female.
The “Elaborate Display” That Wasn’t
After the game, Jacobs tried to explain away the whole thing. He claimed it was part of a “more elaborate display” that the TV cameras just didn’t fully capture, and that it supposedly had “nothing to do” with his prior arrest. You know, just a regular, spontaneous, totally unrelated mime act. But come on, did anyone really buy that explanation? It felt thin at the time, and now, with this new footage, it feels even thinner.
Video Doesn’t Lie: The Handcuff Motion
This “more lengthy video” of the celebration has now surfaced, and it absolutely does not support Jacobs’s explanation. Not even a little bit. The footage shows Jacobs starting with his hands behind his back. Then, he moves his hands to the front, in exactly the way you’d expect someone to do if they were simulating being cuffed. To cap it all off, his teammate, Savion Williams, then clearly seems to unlock those “handcuffs” that Jacobs claims weren’t handcuffs at all. The evidence is right there.
A Stunning Lack of Awareness
Honestly, even if you try to give Jacobs the benefit of the doubt and believe he was telling the truth, this whole situation screams a “stunning lack of awareness” as to how such a celebration would be perceived. And his reaction post-game? When asked about it, he complained that Prime Video only showed “fuckin’ one second” of the celebration and that the media was “gonna make it something that it wasn’t.” That’s hardly the kind of contrition he should be displaying. This isn’t just about a bad look; it’s about owning what you put out there. And right now, Jacobs is just digging a deeper hole.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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