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Eric Williams
NFC West Writer
Carmen Vitali
NFC North Reporter
The San Francisco 49ers worked hard to earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Their reward: a bye before hosting a team on a heater, the Green Bay Packers. Led by Jordan Love and the youngest roster in the league, the Packers smoked the Dallas Cowboys at home last week to advance to the NFC divisional round of the playoffs.
However, Green Bay faces one of the preseason favorites to make it to the Super Bowl in San Francisco (Saturday at 8:15 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app). And the 49ers are helped by having an extra week to prepare for the Packers at Levi’s Stadium, where San Francisco has not lost a playoff game since 2012 — a streak of six straight postseason wins for the 49ers.
A victory for San Francisco would place them in the NFC Championship game for the fourth time in the past five postseasons.
“All we try 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. “Once it starts you just cut it loose and you ride.”
FOX Sports NFL writers Eric D. Williams and Carmen Vitali take a closer look at Saturday’s matchup.
Williams: Carmen, one of the main storylines heading into this weekend’s contest is the maturation and development of Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love.
I’m curious — what has clicked for Love during the second half of the season? And what will it take for Love to have another huge playoff performance on the road against one of the best defenses in the NFL in the 49ers?
Vitali: A lot of things have clicked for Love because a lot of things have clicked for the players around him. The Packers are the NFL’s youngest team, and nearly all of Love’s available weapons are first- and second-year players. Not only did Love need to become fully comfortable in Green Bay’s offense at game speed against NFL opponents, but…
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Publish date : 2024-01-18 15:31:36
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