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Zach Kruse

Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers NFC Divisional Round preview

The Green Bay Packers (13-4) will host the San Francisco 49ers (11-7) in the NFC Divisional Round at Lambeau Field on Saturday night.

The Packers had a first-round bye as the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs, while the sixth-seeded 49ers advanced by upsetting the third-seeded Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium during the wild-card round.

The Packers previously beat the 49ers this season, using a late drive engineered by Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams to set up Mason Crosby’s game-winning 51-yard field goal as time expired in Santa Clara in Week 3.

With a win on Saturday night, the Packers would advance to the NFC Championship Game for the third straight season. No team since the 49ers in 2011-13 has been to three-straight NFC title games. This 49ers team is attempting to get back to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since beating the Packers there in 2019.

Here’s a quick preview of the matchup between Matt LaFleur’s Packers and Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers:

Capsule, NFL Communications
PACKERS 49ERS
Points per game 26.5 (10th) 25.0 (13th)
Points allowed per game 21.8 (13th) 21.1 (8th)
Average scoring margin +4.6 (9th) +3.8 (13th)
Turnover differential +13 (3rd) -4 (22nd)
Yards per play 5.8 (9th) 6.1 (1st)
Penalties per game 4.1 (1st) 5.1 (4th)
PFF grade 89.8 (6th) 92.3 (3rd)
DVOA 9th 6th

All-Pros

Packers: QB Aaron Rodgers, WR Davante Adams, LB De’Vondre Campbell

49ers: WR Deebo Samuel, LT Trent Williams

QB COMP Aaron Rodgers Jimmy Garoppolo
Cmp/Att 366/531 301/441
Cmp% 68.9 68.3
Yards 4,115 3,810
Yards/att 7.7 8.6
TD/INT 37/4 20/1
Passer rating 111.9 98.7
Big time throws 36 10
Turnover worthy plays 12 25
QBR 68.9 52.7
PFF grade 90.0 74.2

From the team: Packers Dope Sheet

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