Dillon played a secondary role behind Jamaal Williams in Week 8 against the Vikings. The new protocols implemented by the league in October require any high-risk close contacts to an individual who tests positive for COVID-19 to isolate for five days. Packers remain unsure if RB Aaron Jones will return from his calf injury vs. 49ers. Dillon is out because of a positive COVID-19 test, while Williams was a close-contact trace to Dillon and has to miss out, too. He missed two games because of an injury. Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. And instead, provide estimated practice and injury reports after walk-throughs based on how things would’ve been rolling in a hypothetical real practice. If the backs ahead of Ervin and Williams were to miss extended time, it'd likely be Williams getting much of the between-the-tackles running work, since his body seems more likely to hold up in the long run than Ervin's. Information on Bleacher Nation may contain errors or inaccuracies, though we try to avoid them. He's more of a bruising runner than Ervin, measuring 5-11 and 212 pounds. As a rookie, Williams played in five games, rushing four times for 11 yards. [CDATA[ But in a one-off appearance before the other backs get healthy, it's harder to predict such a thing. Green Bay's running back depth chart featured three solid names only days ago, but now it's just one giant question mark. You’ve got to embrace everything. The Packers will be without star running back Aaron Jones who is dealing with a calf issue. In Green Bay's case, Williams and linebacker Kamal Martin were the two players that fell in that category. Bleacher Nation is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. (function (a, c, s, u){'Insticator'in a || (a.Insticator={ad:{loadAd: function (b){Insticator.ad.q.push(b)}, q: []}, helper:{}, embed:{}, version: "4.0", q: [], load: function (t, o){Insticator.q.push({t: t, o: o})}}); var b=c.createElement(s); b.src=u; b.async=!0; var d=c.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; d.parentNode.insertBefore(b, d)})(window, document, 'script', '//d3lcz8vpax4lo2.cloudfront.net/ads-code/63380477-3580-45ff-89e9-9da3f1958f59.js') If not, there are a few candidates to stand alongside or behind Rodgers and maybe get a carry or two: https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/9/1/ervin-williams-110420-getty-ftr_s257u6szg3mr1mpz5g7j9563l.jpg?t=-1746861035&w=500&quality=80, Packers' inaction at trade deadline fails Aaron Rodgers yet again. // ]]> Help | Press | Advertise With Us | Jobs | FOX Cincy | RSS | Site Map Dillon … “He prepares as hard as anybody we have.”. He’s obviously coming back from his hand injury, which has kept him out of a lot of return stuff. But he’s versatile guy.”, Dexter Williams, currently on Green Bay’s practice squad, has played one game this season without any carries. FS1 | FOX | FOX News | Fox Corporation | FOX Supports | FOX Deportes. As a senior, he ran 294 times for 1,601 yards and 13 touchdowns to go with 45 catches. The game’s too hard that if you go in thinking any other way, I mean, then you give yourself no chance.”. Links to content and the quotation of material from other news sources are not the responsibility of Bleacher Nation. Right at your fingertips. Dillon, a 22-year-old rookie, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, while Williams came up as a close contact after contact tracing. Here's what you need to know about Ervin and Williams, who have two very different running styles, along with speculation on who else could slide into the backfield in an absolute emergency. Green Bay’s only other running backs are Tyler Ervin and Dexter Williams, who isn’t related to Jamaal Williams. Give me more Tyler Ervin pic.twitter.com/wJ3FioBrvq. But to hammer home the point that the running-back label is misleading, Ervin's four carries this season are already a season-high for a player who's been in the league since 2016. If things all fall apart Thursday night, Green Bay could legitimately choose to operate mostly out of empty sets with Rodgers alone in the backfield. In addition to news, Bleacher Nation publishes both rumor and opinion, as well as information reported by other sources. Rodgers said Williams has a “really good attitude” and has “done a nice job of growing up in the offense and feeling more comfortable with the checks and his responsibilities in pass-blocking and route-running.”, “The one thing I’ll tell you about Dexter Williams is he has worked his tail off, and he does that on a daily basis,” LaFleur said. [CDATA[ Dexter Williams doesn’t back down pic.twitter.com/uuyC44LagE. Luis Medina is a Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at@lcm1986. Thus, making Green Bay’s running backs room that much thinner. “You want all your guys and you want to be going as good as you can. We’ll see come game time if Aaron Jones can go or not.”. Dillon and Jamaal Williams plus linebacker Kamal Martin on the COVID-19 reserve list over the past two days. Ervin has run the ball four times for 43 yards in 2020, so it's obvious that when the Packers can get him in space, he can make plays. Can We Add Japanese Utility Man Haruki Nishikawa to the Cubs Wish List? Williams didn't test positive for COVID-19, but in recent weeks, the NFL has been trying to account for better contact tracing after a player (like Dillon) does test positive. The Green Bay Packers could be missing their top three running backs when they visit the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night. Complicated, I admit. Even with all their issues at running back, the Packers are much closer to full strength than the 49ers (4-4) heading into Thursday’s game. “We’ll see.”. MORE: Packers' inaction at trade deadline fails Aaron Rodgers yet again. That makes all three players unavailable for Thursday’s game according to NFL protocols. Regardless of carries, the Packers will likely have Ervin in the backfield on their passing downs. “I think it’s important we don’t put too much on his plate. The Green Bay Packers are headed into Thursday night's clash with the San Francisco 49ers without several running backs after rookie A.J. The NFL's gameday testing protocols don't have a way of preventing what happened to Dillon, so he played while already positive for the virus — it's just that no one knew it yet. The latter reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week and Williams maintained … Bleacher Nation is a private media site, and it is not affiliated in any way with Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Bears, or the Chicago Bulls. But still … it’s something to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday’s game that has all sorts of NFC North and wild card implications. The Chicago Bears are dealing with injury issues of their own. 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. Williams had rushed for 152 yards and caught 10 passes over the past two games while Jones was sidelined. The Packers will potentially be forced to rely on some combination of Tyler Ervin and Dexter Williams to make up for backfield absences. The 2019 sixth-round pick from Notre Dame had five carries for 11 yards last year. Bleacher Nation is supported in part by affiliate advertising programs, which you can learn more about here. Photos used are the property of Bleacher Nation, are used under a license with Getty Images, are used with permission, are fair use, or are believed to be in the public domain. The league's protocols can lead to a player being termed a "high-risk close contact" to the player that tested positive. Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-1");Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-2");Insticator.load("em",{id : "dc46d525-685c-4981-b628-8b792980b67b"}) The Packers took Williams in the sixth round in 2019, a developmental pick at the RB position. He’s been a great returner for us. “Those guys work hard, and they’ve been a part of our system now for over a year and they know what the expectations and standards are,” LaFleur said. Ervin, who also returns kicks and lines up at receiver, has rushed four times for 43 yards and caught six passes for 33 yards this season. 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. Jones was listed as a “limited” participant in the Packers’ first estimated injury report of the week. Running back Aaron Jones missed the team’s Week 8 loss to the Vikings because of a calf injury. 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. It'll likely be Ervin getting the early crack at early-down carries Thursday if Jones is limited, and whether he gets them the whole game could come back to how he does on his first few touches. It's not that Ervin can't run or won't run with the backs ahead of him out, but he's certainly not equivalent stylistically to the three RBs ahead of him on the usual Green Bay depth chart. FOX and FOX SPORTS are trademarks of FOX Media LLC. And offensively, Ervin has operated in a wide receiver role since the onset of 2020 training camp, so his position on the roster and his No.

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