FOX6's Brandon Cruz has the latest on the Green Bay Packers, including wide receiver Romeo Doubs' anticipated return from his Week 5 suspension.
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Green Bay Packers wide receiver Romeo Doubs didn't go into specifics Friday about his absence from two practices last week and a subsequent one-game suspension, but he acknowledged he needed to communicate better.
"I absolutely wish I would’ve handled things differently," Doubs said while speaking to reporters for the first time since returning to practice this week.
Doubs didn’t attend the Packers’ practices on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4. The Packers announced Oct. 5 that Doubs would be serving a one-game suspension for what they described as conduct detrimental to the team. The Packers defeated the Los Angeles Rams 24-19 without Doubs the next day.
Romeo Doubs (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
"There’s just some things I have going on off the field," Doubs said. "I just had to make sure that I had that under control."
Doubs said he did address the team after returning to practice this week.
The 2022 fourth-round pick from Nevada said his absence from two practices didn’t have anything to do with wanting a bigger role in the offense. He also said that he hadn’t requested a trade.
LaFleur said he likes the way Doubs has responded since returning to practice.
"He’s done a nice job," LaFleur said. "He’s gone in, worked, just done a great job.
Doubs’ teammates expressed support for him this week and said they didn’t expect this incident to cause a distraction.
"I think everybody handled it good," running back Josh Jacobs said. "We don’t really know what he’s got going on. We just know that he wasn’t here. So we all support him, we’re all here for him. We let things play out how they did."
