The Green Bay Packers will potentially enter Thursday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers without their top three running backs, and the only two runners available have 79 combined career rushing yards.
They are unquestionably the better positioned team.
Whereas the Packers are extremely lacking in one position group, the Niners have further reinforced their position as the NFL’s most injury-ravaged team on Wednesday after a positive COVID-19 case and contact tracing all but wiped out their wide receiver depth chart.
Niners’ Kendrick Bourne tests positive for COVID-19
Niners wide receiver Kendrick Bourne was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday, and his agent confirmed reports that he had tested positive for the virus.