Near the end of the first half, the 49ers were within striking range of scoring the tying points. The first half was one marked by frustration for the 49ers’ offense. Rodgers finished the game with 20 completions of 29 pass attempts for 225 yards with zero touchdowns and zero interceptions. Nick Bosa, who was cleared off concussion protocol on Friday, registered two sacks of Rodgers. The 49ers got after Aaron Rodgers and threw him for five sacks. It was a game of missed opportunities for the 49ers (see below), but the 49ers’ defense did more than its share of hard work. The 49ers’ defense did about all it could to keep the team in the game against one of the game’s all-time best quarterbacks.ĭefensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans certainly did nothing to damage his stock as a head coaching candidate.Īfter surrendering a first-drive touchdown, the 49ers’ defense did about all it could do: forced fumble/recovery, punt, punt, punt, blocked field goal and punt.īut during that time, the 49ers’ offense could not take advantage of the Packers’ prolonged scoring drought. PUNT IS BLOCKED, GAME IS TIED ð± /1zj05F27oY Rookie Talanoa Hufanga scooped it up and took in the remaining 6 yards into the end zone for a game-tying touchdown with less than five minutes remaining in regulation. Jordan Willis, who was questionable entering the game with an ankle sprain, got through to block Corey Bojorquez’s punt in the fourth quarter. Then, special teams came through at the absolute perfect time. The 49ers were slogging around on the offensive side for most of the game. Here is a look at three takeaways from the 49ers-Packers game: Special teams rise to the occasionĪnd, for a change, the 49ers’ special teams were downright special. The 49ers now move on to the NFC Championship game next Sunday to face the winner of the other NFC divisional playoff, Tampa Bay or the Los Angeles Rams. The teams were tied 4-4 entering the game. The organizations have now met nine times in the playoffs. No quarterback has ever previously lost four playoff games to the same team before the 49ers tore out Rodgers’ heart. In the process, the 49ers beat Aaron Rodgers for a fourth time in the playoffs.

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