The San Francisco 49ers worked hard to earn the no. 1 spot in the National Football league. In the nfc, there is only one seed. The green bay packers are getting a bye before hosting a team on a heater.
The packers defeated the dallas cowboys at home last week to advance to the nfc divisional round of the playoffs, led by jordan love and the league’s youngest roster. Green bay is one of the preseason favorites to make it to the super bowl in san francisco on saturday at 8:15 p.m. On fox sports (and the fox sports app), it airs on et. The 49ers also have an extra week to prepare for the packers at levi’s stadium, where they haven’t lost a playoff game since 2012, a streak of six straight postseason victories for the 49ers.
A win for San Francisco would place them in the nfc championship game for the fourth time in the last five seasons. “all we want to do is study the film and prepare for how those three and a half hours will go,” san francisco head coach kyle Shanahan said. “you just cut it loose and ride until it starts.” Eric d. Williams and Carmen Vitali of fox sports take a closer look at saturday’s matchup. Williams: carmen, one of the main storylines in this weekend’s tournament is the maturation and development of green bay quarterback jordan love.
I’m curious to see what has happened to love in the second half of the season? And what will it take for love to have another great playoff run against one of the NFL’s best defenses, the 49ers? Vitali: a lot of things have happened for love because a lot of things have happened for the people around him. The packers are the NFL’s youngest team, and almost all of love’s available weapons are first- and second-year players. Love had to get to grips with green bay’s offense at game speed against nfl foes, but he also had to master the fundamentals of his arsenal.
Green bay’s top receiver in the regular season was rookie jayden reed, which has led to the loss of the league. Both of the packers’ top tight ends, whom head coach Matt LA Fleur uses a lot, are rookies.
Green bay also started a rookie corner in carrington valentine in 12 of 17 games this season. Lukas van ness, a first-round pick, has sackped in his last two games. This is just the beginning of a decades-old team-building scheme at the packers. It doesn’t produce results immediately, but it does build long-term success.
What clicked for me? a long story short. It was time. And maybe finding your best starting five on the offensive line is key. teams that have won against san francisco this season have taken an early lead and played from behind, forcing the 49ers to lean on Purdy and the passing game to chase points. On early downs, green bay’s defense will need to be stout defensively against McCaffrey and san francisco’s run game.
Aaron jones has turned it on for the packers in the last four games, allowing them to run the ball. What has been the secret to green bay’s ability to effectively run the football of late?however, green bay is a young team with nothing to lose, led by a quarterback in love who is playing his best football at the end of the season. I give green bay a puncher’s chance to keep the game close. I like the 49ers, 30-24.
