XANDAMERE’S SHOWDOWN SLANT ::

Week 9 starts with the Packers visiting the 49ers in a 50.5 total game with Green Bay favored by 5. Both teams have some major injury (or illness) situations to evaluate, so this is going to be a weird one. 

The Packers’ AJ Dillon tested positive for Covid, and Jamaal Williams was also ruled out due to close exposure. Aaron Jones is officially questionable but the Tuesday report said the Packers are pessimistic about him playing. Green Bay’s medical staff is notoriously conservative with injuries, so in all likelihood, Jones is out, which . . .