The Green Bay Packers own the Dallas Cowboys. They don’t own the San Francisco 49ers. The Packers will face the 49ers in the playoffs for the third time under coach Matt LaFleur. The NFC divisional round begins at 7 p.m. Saturday The match will be broadcast on Fox.
“I couldn’t be happier for our guys,” LaFleur said after Sunday’s 48-32 win over the Cowboys. “Obviously, I’m excited about the next opportunity to go to San Francisco and play one of the best teams in the NFL. We’ve got work to do. “I don’t know when I will play, but it will be a short week, so I think I will have to rest a bit,” he said.The 49ers are the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs with a 12-5 record.
They started the season with five wins, three in a row and six more to go. They lost at home to Baltimore on Christmas Day, took the field against Washington on New Year’s Eve and lost to the Rams in Week 18.The 49ers are loaded with star players. The 49ers, led by MVP candidate Brock Purdy, ranked third in scoring.
They ranked No. 2 in overall offense, No. 3 in rushing offense, No. 4 in passing offense, and No. 1 in red zone offense. Purdy ranked first with 113.0 and 9.64 yards per attempt. Unanimous All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey led the NFL with 1,459 rushing yards, 2,023 total yards and 21 total touchdowns. Receivers Brandon Ayuk and George Kittle both topped 1,000 receiving yards and receiver Deebo Samuel recorded more than 1,100 yards.
Defensively, the 49ers ranked third in scoring. They ranked 8th in total defense, 3rd against the run and 14th against the pass. San Francisco is holding opponents to a league-high 94.5 yards per game. Unanimous All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner led the team with 132 tackles, Nick Bosa had 10.5 sacks and Charvarius Ward had five of the Niners’ 22 interceptions.
“They’re a very talented team,” Packers quarterback Jordan Love said. cowboy. “It’s about going back to work this week, going to the film room, seeing what they’re talking about and then going back to work. They are a very good team. “We need to get our bodies back and start using them again.”
Along with McCaffrey and Warner, Kittle, left tackle Trent Williams and defensive end Kyle Juszczyk were All-Pro selections. Over the last decade, the Packers went 4-2 against the 49ers in the regular season, but 0-4 in the playoffs.In his debut season as coach in 2019, LaFleur led the Packers to the NFC Championship Game, where they lost 37–20 at Levi’s Stadium.
The Packers left the field. Raheem Mostert had 29 carries for 220 yards and Jimmy Garoppolo caught just eight passes.In 2021, ranking no. 1, the Packers, picked up a straight loss, losing 13-10 on a cold and snowy Lambeau field. The Packers scored first on AJ Dillon’s touchdown run and were on their way to another score when Marcedes hit Lewis.
In the second half of the first half,2 Aaron Rodgers hit Aaron Jones with a 75-pointer, but Mason Crosby hit a field goal. The 49ers tied the game on a deadlock with 4:41 left and won on a field goal.Colin Kaepernick led the 49ers to a 23-20 playoff victory over the Packers at Lambeau Field in 2013 and a 45-31 win at San Francisco in 2012.
