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NFL playoffs: What We Learned from 49ers win over Packers in NFC Divisional Round

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• READ: Niners lose Deebo Samuel to shoulder injury; status TBD
• READ: LaFleur: Jordan Love’s 2-INT day in loss is ‘gonna hurt him
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1) Niners survive and advance.  This was in no way, shape or form a game for the 49ers, who lost Deebo Samuel in the main half and battled to make progress in the midst of his nonattendance. Brock Purdy had issues tossing the football in the downpour and never fully entered the beat that fueled quite a bit of his heavenly 2023 mission, while newbie kicker Jake Grumpy had a kick obstructed in the principal half. However, San Francisco merits recognition, since it conquered those early hiccups. Purdy got sufficiently comfortable to lead two key scoring drives in the final quarter, Ill humored bored a field objective and a vital additional point and the consistent Christian McCaffrey gave solid creation all through, covering one more solid day with the game-dominating score. That is development and determination, which takes care of in huge numbers during this season.

2) Jordan Love's self-destructive tendencies re-emerge at worst time.  In the primary portion of Adoration's most memorable full season as Green Narrows' beginning quarterback, he showed a propensity to attempt to be the legend in late-game circumstances. On various events, he'd toss petition like passes close to the end zone trying to pull off an impossible rebound, when the circumstance didn't yet require a distress toss. During his scorching final part of 2023, he'd apparently grown out of those propensities. Sadly for the Packers, they returned Saturday night, when Love endeavored a cross-body toss downfield on first down in the game's last moment that was caught, killing Green Narrows' possibilities of a rebound and finishing its season. It was genuinely a disgrace, since Adoration had played alright to win. Yet, that is the truth of existence with a youthful, skilled quarterback: In some cases, it requires a long time to get familiar with the best choice in such a circumstance is to simply toss the ball beyond the field of play.

3) Packers' kicking problem burns them.  Anders Carlson's youngster season was clearly flawed. Regardless, he'd been sufficiently conflicting to incite the Packers' sideline to hold its aggregate breath at whatever point he arranged to endeavor a kick. However, right off the bat in this game, Carlson had the option to drive two 29-yard field objectives through the uprights, including one that he changed over notwithstanding a dribbler of a snap to the holder. Carlson's greatest second, however, took him back to his sad reality when he missed a 41-yarder that would have given the Packers a 24-17 lead, rather opening the entryway for the 49ers to start to lead the pack. That miss demonstrated significant, and albeit a game isn't dominated or lost on one play, the missed final quarter endeavor will sting for a long time in Green Straight, where we'll watch to check whether Carlson continues in the strides of his more established sibling, Looters kicker Daniel Carlson, who was delivered by Minnesota under a month into his freshman season.

4) Niners' defense picks itself up off the mat.   San Francisco made some extreme memories noting what Green Straight introduced from the get-go in this game, winding up on the field for the vast majority of the principal quarter and essentially endeavoring to get by while the Packers mounted long, calculated drives. The 49ers held them to two field objectives - - the primary sign they'd battle as far as possible - - however got themselves submerged again in the second from last quarter, committing a fierce pass obstruction punishment to set up an Adoration score pass to Bo Melton, who was ridiculously completely open since every one of the three degrees of San Francisco bit on an air pocket screen counterfeit. San Francisco surrendered a monstrous hurry to Aaron Jones - - who turned into the principal rusher to break 100 yards against the 49ers in the last 50 games - - as well, in the final quarter. In any case, the Niners retaliated to restrict the Packers to a field objective endeavor, which Carlson missed, getting themselves an opportunity to start to lead the pack. Furthermore, whenever they'd procured the lead, they hammered the entryway, taking out Adoration and finishing one of the more stunningly steady exhibitions you'll see from a protection in a season finisher game. That degree of durability comes out on top for titles, and assuming the 49ers wind up arriving at the Super Bowl, they'll think back on this day with a lot of pride. Maybe this was the second where they figured out how to crush out a success, in any event, when everything doesn't turn out well for them. The truth will come out at some point.

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5) San Francisco exorcises demon on way to NFC Championship Game. For on par with what they've been under Kyle Shanahan, the 49ers had one enormous tragic flaw entering Saturday: Take a five or more point lead into the final quarter, and you're ensured to beat San Francisco. The Niners were 0-31 (counting the end of the season games) while following by at least five focuses entering the last time frame, embodying a group unfit to beat a final quarter shortage of relative importance. Be that as it may, similar as the whole subject of Saturday's success, interestingly, the 49ers figured out how to retaliate and dominate a match in the final quarter. It's just correct that McCaffrey was the one to get done with the task, conveying the 49ers to the NFC Title Game similarly as he's conveyed San Francisco throughout the season.

Next Gen stat of the game: Christian McCaffrey had a 0.2% possibility scoring a score on his 39-yard run, acquiring in addition to 34 hurrying yards over anticipated that on the run should the end zone.

NFL Research: With two surging scores Saturday, Christian McCaffrey tied Jerry Rice for the most scrimmage scores in a season (counting end of the season games) in 49ers establishment history with 23.