None of MLB, the NFL, the NBA, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Bears, or the Chicago Bulls have endorsed, supported, directed, or participated in the creation of the content at this site, or in the creation of the site itself. Dillon, a rookie second-round pick from Boston College, had five carries for 21 yards and a 16-yard reception Sunday in a 28-22 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Teams that play on TNF after a Sunday game don’t practice. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 3, 2020. Dillon and Jamaal Williams plus linebacker Kamal Martin on the COVID-19 reserve list over the past two days. Green Bay’s only other running backs are Tyler Ervin and Dexter Williams, who isn’t related to Jamaal Williams.
Thus, making Green Bay’s running backs room that much thinner. Dillon are out Thursday night against SF due to COVID protocols, Green Bay’s lone remaining healthy RBs are Dexter Williams and Tyler Ervin. Because of the quick turnaround, neither will play against the 49ers on Thursday Night Football. The Packers will potentially be forced to rely on some combination of Tyler Ervin and Dexter Williams to make up for backfield absences. It's just a media site that happens to cover MLB, the NFL, the NBA, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Bears, and the Chicago Bulls. Dexter Williams doesn’t back down pic.twitter.com/uuyC44LagE. Williams and Martin were added to the COVID-19 reserve list Tuesday because the league determined they had high-risk close contacts with someone who was infected. [CDATA[ He's more of a bruising runner than Ervin, measuring 5-11 and 212 pounds. Bleacher Nation Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. With the Packers playing Thursday and Williams' isolation beginning Monday, the turnaround was too short for him to keep returning negative tests and rejoin Green Bay in time for the game. “You want all your guys and you want to be going as good as you can. And at a very important position group no less. Jones was listed as a “limited” participant in the Packers’ first estimated injury report of the week. “He prepares as hard as anybody we have.”. The 2019 sixth-round pick from Notre Dame had five carries for 11 yards last year. Matt LaFleur might ask Aaron Rodgers to throw the ball 60 times against the 49ers, but when the Packers run it, Ervin and Williams' combined 15 NFL carries could be put to the test. And instead, provide estimated practice and injury reports after walk-throughs based on how things would’ve been rolling in a hypothetical real practice. Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-1");Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-2");Insticator.load("em",{id : "dc46d525-685c-4981-b628-8b792980b67b"}) When the positive test came back, Dillon was placed on the COVID-19/reserve list, which made him ineligible to return before Thursday's game. The Packers’ leading rusher is Aaron Jones, whose status remains uncertain for this week after he missed Green Bay’s past two games with a calf injury. // ]]> //