Packers vs. 49ers: Both teams are healthy for NFC Championship Game

The Green Bay Packers could be fully healthy for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.

The Green Bay Packers have had good luck with injuries for most of the season, and that has continued into the NFC Championship Game. They don’t have many injury concerns ahead of Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Fullback Danny Vitale is the only player with an injury designation. He is dealing with a knee injury and is listed as questionable on the Packers’ injury report this week.

But that’s it.

Every other player on the injury report doesn’t carry an injury designation meaning they are ready to go this week, barring any setbacks. Right tackle Bryan Bulaga will make his return after missing last week’s game due to illness.

The same is true of the 49ers. All five players on their injury report are ready to go this weekend. Star tight end George Kittle missed practice on Wednesday but has since participated fully the rest of the week.

This is exactly how it should be. These two teams deserve to be in the NFC Championship Game, and they are both fully healthy with the prize of representing the NFC in the Super Bowl on the line.

While 13 players were on the Packers’ injury report this week, many weren’t due to injuries. Four players were on the injury report due to veteran rest, while wide receiver Ryan Grant missed Wednesday’s practice due to personal reasons but practiced fully the rest of the week.

Wide receiver Geronimo Allison was dealing with an illness earlier in the week but practiced on Thursday and Friday and is ready to go.

Edge rusher Preston Smith and Vitale were the only players limited on Friday due to injury. But Smith’s ankle injury isn’t a concern as he’s been taken off the injury report.

Hopefully, Vitale will be ready to go on Sunday, which would mean both teams would be fully healthy for their biggest game of the season.