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NFL Week 8 Bettors Guide (Thursday Edition): Aaron Rodgers too much for shorthanded Niners

HANK’S HONEYS: Both teams are on a short week with decimated backfields. The Packers just placed A.J. Dillon on the COVID list while the 49ers, already without All-Pro TE George Kittle and QB Jimmy Garoppolo, could be down to Jerrick McKinnon and undrafted rookie JaMycal Hasty as their RBs. Nick Mullens isn’t that much of a downgrade, if at all, at QB, but the most important healthy players on the field are Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams. Rodgers, who generally enjoys his returns to the Bay Area, will be working against an injury-ravaged defense, including a pass rush that will be without Nick Bosa and Dee Ford.