49ers had 2+ turnovers in 4 games, 1-3 record. Pack D can bend but has to take.
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49ers had 2+ turnovers in 4 games, 1-3 record. Pack D can bend but has to take.
If I remember correctly, Ravens at Niners in week 16 was wet and raining? If so, try to fit some of what the Ravens did on D into your game plan. GB has to be able to score more TD's than FG's this game to win it. Niners are going to get theirs.
Turnovers will probably decide the outcome.
I really do not see how the Pack can win this game. I enjoyed the extra win but it will be fun to see how we do against the class of the NFC.
Ryan Wood
@ByRyanWood
Jaire Alexander is not practicing today after dropping out of last week’s NFC wild card win in Dallas with an ankle injury.
AJ Dillon and Kingsley Enagbare are only other #Packers players not practicing.
A wet field usually hurts DBs more than receivers. Also, I would think that a QB throwing from weird platforms or none at all would have an advantage. Also more size up front on D should be an advantage.
I remember a rain game in Chicago long ago when the Bears were good and the Packers were not - Levens or Bennett, I forget which, ran wild. A slasher and a mudder is kinda what we have now. We ought to win this game.
Wednesday’s updated weather forecast for the game Saturday:
“The weather forecast has improved for the 49ers’ playoff game against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium.
The San Francisco Bay Area is expected to see two significant waves of rain over the weekend, and the latest forecast indicates the game, which is scheduled to kick off at 5:15 p.m., will likely fall during a dry period between the two systems, Roger Gass, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told SFGATE on Wednesday morning.
Of course, the forecast could change in coming days, but this morning, meteorologists said models that predict the weather several days out indicated that fans and players would likely not have to worry about wind and rain during the game.
Jaire expected to practice tomorrow.
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Let Jaire Alexander rest all week if he needs to, and rehab the living hell out of that ankle. Use wraps and electronic waves and voodoo and illegal drugs and magic spells.
I got a kick out of this quote from The Flower: "“They’ve got a lot of the same players they’ve had for a few years now, and they’ve added some other freak shows over there."
For some reason, that just cracked me up.
It reminded me that when I went to the Bears game a couple weeks ago, one of the honorary captains was Najeh Davenport, and all I could think about as he trotted out on the field was him shitting in a laundry basket. Now that's a freak show.
Maybe LaFleur was referring to how the Packers alway had the older team. He might be excited to bring some young horses to the track.
BTW Fuck Richard Sherman, Packers hating niners ball washer! He is talking a lot of shit and bring up how they owned the Packers during Rodgers MVP season. “Ran him out the stadium” and says it will happen again.
Rob Demovsky
@RobDemovsky
Game statuses for Saturday night at San Fran:
Questionable: Jaire Alexander, AJ Dillon, Isaiah McDuffie, Daniel Whelan.
Whelan, the Packers punter, has an illness but coach Matt LaFleur said he thinks he will be OK by game time.
The "questionable" designation these days reminds me of the "probable" designation in days of yore.
I hope that's the case here, anyway.
I've been wondering how playoff success affects draft order. So - Green Bay beat Dallas, but Dallas had a much better regular-season record. Does beating the Cowboys mean that Green Bay will draft AFTER Dallas, despite Dallas having a better regular-season record?
Hey Joe (btw great Jimi tune) you observed in another thread how this is beginning to mirror a past season. Can you please update?
1. Beat Bears
2. Beat #1 division seed.
3. Maybe…???
49ers starting ILB Dre Greenlaw listed as questionable with an achilles. 49ers don't take their ILB's off the field much. If Greenlaw plays, I would really look for MLF to try and isolate TE's and maybe even Jones on him.
We’ve been playing two months straight of back against the wall football. The 9ers haven’t played a meaningful game in almost a month. I think you want to take the ball first again. I think we might be able to get in a cheap shot with our sharpness vs them knocking off the rust. And then right away, you kind of have them and their crowd stunned.
It’s looking like off and on rain. Maybe if Purdy is in a rain drive you can take a couple risks with single safety and make him try to go over the top. He’s got small hands, a weak arm AND the receivers have a better chance of drops with a wet ball. I think there are enough factors making a long pass unlikely that you can get aggressive on underneath stuff.
Expect a lot of penalties Saturday. The officiating crew doing the game called the most penalties during the regular season, averaging 15.3. Packers and 49ers were both in the top third of most penalized teams.
They do not run whole crews in the playoffs. The NFL puts together new crews with the highest graded officials.
Christians dad, Tim Watson (drafted by Ron Wolf to the Packers in the early 90s) watched all of the 49ers tape. His analysis was really close to what I saw too.
The thing that stood out from Purdy that both of us saw was how regularly he completed those deep out routes. Deebo and Aiyuk both run those routes really well, especially aiyuk. And Purdy throws them with great anticipation. You know why they’re getting there, but still, when you see that ball hovering in the air off of his average arm strength, you’re thinking it’s a house call every time and instead it’s a freaking 20 yard gain.
23 and 37 are snappy guys who can really break on the ball. Don’t be surprised if they sit on one of those and make a house call. Purdys luck is going to run out on those.
https://x.com/interneth0f/status/174...Oxzq2_jOx_kBGw
This was a really bad matchup, but this is “pad level” coaching tape.
Oh shit! 30 hours away and the hourly is 85% chance of rain from 6pm-11pm. If there’s 85% chance in any given hour it’s gotta be over 99% over the course of the game.
It’s gonna be a mudder.
Love has huge hands, Purdy tiny. Passing isn’t going to be easy for anyone, but Purdy might fumble when his arm goes back. Dillon never fumbles.
This is a completely different game than it looks on paper. 49ers really are the favorite. If anything it evens the playing field.
Guys who rely less on changing direction and should excel on a slippery surface….
AJ Dillon
Christian Watson
Luke Musgrave
Jonathan Taylor
To a lesser degree
Tucker Kraft
49ers players
McCaffrey (he’s surprisingly a north/south guy at his size
Juan Jennings
To a lesser degree
Kittle
So bet accordingly, degenerates.
I just made a $25, 8-leg parlay bet to win $2,100
This is a mud game parlay (relying on a bunch of things that are more likely or less likely to happen in a mud game)
Under Purdy completions
Under Purdy attempts
Under Love completions
Under Love attempts
Over McCaffrey yards (he’s a north/south runner who should excel in a mud game. And has fresh legs)
Over Juan Jennings receptions (hes their only guy who’s not quick and doesn’t require this quick breaks that won’t happen in a mud game)
Under Aiyuk receptions (relys too much on change of direction)
Green Bay to +9.5 (shouldn’t be high scoring)
I fucking love my chances to hit this parlay. It’s obviously long odds when 8’freaking things ALL have to happen, but at +8700, I think the odds make it a good bet.
~0.5-1.0" rain between now and kickoff.
The 49'ers are our kryptonite or should I say LaFleur's kryptonite. Every single marker points to a SF win.
On defense, they have the best 7 man box in the conference. CBs and Safeties are better than ours.
On offense, they have a solid OL with the best RB in football, one of the best TEs in football, a QB who had a near MVP season, and excellent WRs.
Coaching has the root of the Shanahan coaching tree, Kyle Shanahan, with a great DC in Steve Wilks.
They're also playing at home.
The fan in me says we have a puncher's chance. A one in five chance.
The realist in me says 31-21 SF.
I hope the fan in me wins this time.
^ We have a puncher's chance+, IMO.
12 isn't on his revenge tour so that weirdness is gone.
10 is playing at an insane level.
Packers kids are loose. The pressure is on the Niners.
Track is going to be slow.
Shanny pulls his own share of brain farts in big games.
But Joe Barry.
So yeah, puncher's chance+.
I still say, our RBs are close if not as good, our receivers are as good or better, our O Line probably as good, and our QB way better. On D, our DBs are as good or better, our front seven also is as good or better - Gary cancelling out Bosa. Our ILBs are shaky, but supposedly their best ILB is either not playing or playing a little bit hurt.
It would not be as much of a stunner tomorrow night as it was last week IMO.