OFFICIAL 2022 PLAYOFF GAME DAY THREAD SAN FRANCISCO versus GREEN BAY

[Thirteen Below]

this is why the playoffs are so scary, anyone can win at any time now

Once you get down to the final 8, there are no more bad teams. Every team is dangerous at this point.

[Joemailman]

Is it just me, or is the buildup to this game bigger than usual for a divisional round game? This feels more like a NFCCG game to me.

[RashanGary]

this is why the playoffs are so scary, anyone can win at any time now

Yep. Anyone confident in a win should go throw some money down. And anyone confident in a loss, do the same.

But it’s either team right now. There is no way of knowing.

[RashanGary]

Is it just me, or is the buildup to this game bigger than usual for a divisional round game? This feels more like a NFCCG game to me.

I agree.

[George Cumby]

Is it just me, or is the buildup to this game bigger than usual for a divisional round game? This feels more like a NFCCG game to me.

Agreed.

I think it's losing the last two NFCCG's.

[Thirteen Below]

with rodgers as our QB i don't think the cold brings the home field advantage

i think the cold effects him just as much as any visiting QB

I think the cold will hurt San Francisco more than it hurts us. Garoppolo is going to have a hard time gripping that cold ball with his broken thumb and torn ligament; I've had that exact injury, and it's very painful trying to grip something hard. You just can't do it; your thumb won't let you do something that hurts that much. The ball also doesn't carry as well on long passes, so withn his bad shoulder, that may be a factor too.

I was eavesdropping on a couple of Niner boards yesterday, and there were more than a few fans saying they hope Shanahan is smart enough to pull Garoppolo as soon as he shows he can't do the job rather than wait too long. I was surprised by that. They're usually such shameless homers.

[Thirteen Below]

Yep. Anyone confident in a win should go throw some money down. And anyone confident in a loss, do the same.

But it’s either team right now. There is no way of knowing.

Oh, I'm confident. Nervous, yeah, but I am definitely confident that we're gonna win. I don't gamble on sports, though.

[Teamcheez1]

Bakhtiari has been a waste of money so far.

[kcpackman]

Is it just me, or is the buildup to this game bigger than usual for a divisional round game? This feels more like a NFCCG game to me.

I think it is because we all realize this may be the last best chance for a while. They went all in - so, now it is time to shoe for that!

[kcpackman]

Bakhtiari has been a waste of money so far.

You can not predict injuries.

[kcpackman]

Regarding Bak - lets remember, Yosh started in SF, against Bosa. Here is the situation - this will drive the Packers offense to throw short/mid route passes and run the ball more. This is what the game plan should be.

[Thirteen Below]

How many snaps were we going to get out of Bak anyway? It was highly likely he was only going to see limited duty. I wasn't counting on him for anything anyway, really. Just 15-20 snaps at the most. We're good enough to win without him, we've been doing it all year, and at least we have Cobb and Jaire back.

[Joemailman]

Packers going with experience on OL:

Tom Silverstein
@TomSilverstein

So, #Packers OL is:

LT - Billy Turner
LG -Jon Runyan
C - Josh Myers
RG - Lucas Patrick
RT - Dennis Kelly

[Teamcheez1]

Interesting on the OLine. I feel good about it though.

[kcpackman]

Regarding Bak - lets not forget, Yosh started in SF - against Bosa. Here is the positive - this will drive a short/middle level route passing game, AND a running game. This is what it needed to be.