The final time these two groups met, the San Francisco 49ers rolled into the Tremendous Bowl with a 37-20 win within the NFC championship recreation.

Thursday’s rematch with the Inexperienced Bay Packers will look very completely different.

An injury-ravaged season in San Francisco obtained worse in Week eight because the 49ers added quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and All-Professional tight finish George Kittle to their long-term damage checklist. Neither participant can be on the sphere for a recreation in San Francisco that may be live-streamed on the Yahoo Sports activities app.

Strolling wounded in San Francisco

Garoppolo (ankle) and Kittle (foot) be a part of Nick Bosa, Raheem Mostert, Richard Sherman, Solomon Thomas and Deebo Samuel — amongst others — who can be lacking from final season’s dominant title recreation victory.

In Kittle’s stead will presumably be Ross Dwelley — a largely blocking tight finish with 23 profession catches — and oft-injured veteran Jordan Reed, whom head coach Kyle Shanahan is hopeful can be able to play after recovering from a knee damage.

At quarterback, Nick Mullens will begin. Mullens already has a pair of begins this season after Garoppolo initially sprained his ankle — a Week three win over New York Giants and a disastrous Week Four outing towards the Philadelphia Eagles that noticed three Mullens turnovers result in a 25-20 loss.

C.J. Beathard changed Mullens in that recreation however stays behind him on the depth chart for Week 9’s tilt towards the Packers.

Aaron Rodgers and the Packers look to get again on observe towards a 49ers workforce ravaged by accidents. (AP Picture/Jeffrey Phelps)Extra

COVID issues in Inexperienced Bay

Don’t anticipate the Packers to shed tears for the 49ers after stumbling in current weeks following a 4-Zero begin. Inexperienced Bay has misplaced two of its final three video games — a dominant 38-10 Week 5 win by the guy NFC contending Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a loss final week to the beforehand 1-5 Minnesota Vikings.

And whereas they’re not coping with almost the damage toll because the 49ers, the Packers have vital well being issues of their very own. Inexperienced Bay positioned operating again A.J. Dillon on the Reserve/COVID checklist on Monday. On Tuesday, operating again Jamaal Williams and linebacker Kamal Martin had been dominated out for Thursday after the NFL deemed each as excessive danger after having shut contact with Dillon.

Sport nonetheless on

As of Tuesday, the NFL didn’t deem the COVID danger as a menace to Thursday’s recreation being performed.

“We’ve had a lot of conditions the place we’ve had one constructive take a look at, a small variety of high-risk contacts and golf equipment have been in a position to safely proceed operations by means of that point,” NFL chief medical officer Allen Sills mentioned Tuesday, per PackersNews.com.

“It’s one thing that we proceed to observe on a day-by-day foundation based mostly on the take a look at outcomes however that’s the place we’re.”

Assuming the sport does go on as scheduled, the Packers may very well be very skinny at operating again with starter Aaron Jones’ standing nonetheless up within the air with a lingering calf damage.

However Inexperienced Bay’s damage issues pale compared to San Francisco’s. Add in quarterback Aaron Rodgers returning to All-Professional kind following a comparatively down 2019, and a repeat of final season’s 49ers dominance must be off the desk on Thursday.

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