It’s hard to have a statement game against an opponent playing backups, but the Green Bay Packers at least reassured their fan base Thursday night.
If the Packers wanted reasons to fold on a short-week trip to the West Coast, they had plenty. They were four days removed from a bad home loss against the Minnesota Vikings. The morning after presented their first positive COVID-19 test. Two more key players were unavailable after being deemed high-risk exposures.
None of that mattered against a 49ers team that had all its best players on injured reserve or the COVID-19/Reserve list.