The 49ers remind me a lot of the Falcons last year. A game managing QB with limited range, a ball control running game and a pretty good D.

I think we match up extremely well against them. Much like the Falcons.

Their D is not as strong against the pass. They are strong against the run. We have played teams like that 4 times a year every year. The Vikings and Bears have been like that for a long time. Recently Detroit has kind of developed along that line.

Our league leading passing game will be attacking the weakest part of their D. The secondary. We don't rely on the running game until we are running out the clock. Then we seem to be hard to stop.

When playing from a huge lead, our D gives up yards. But they are still taking ball away and keeping the opponents Passing efficiency very low. We have the 7th ranked D in passer rating.

If we are playing with a big lead, it will force Smith to step up and try to go down field a lot. That is when he is at his weakest and the Packers can capitalize on him.

Originally Posted by: Dexter_Sinister 

Playing the 49ers in Green Bay's cold climate might help the 49ers more than hurt them.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

The Packers biggest weakness right now is their pass D. If the implication is that the cold might slow our passing game I'd argue it will do worse to that of any other team. I guarantee Rodgers and co are better at handling poor weather than Alex Smith and the 9ers passing game.

Originally Posted by: mi_keys 

This I agree with. Not dissing Gore, but AP > Gore by far. AP went nuts against us, and we still decimated the Vikings. I'm not scared of Smith at all. The Niners are an elite D, an almost elite RB, and a game managing QB. 🇲🇲 will figure out ways to get by their D and they'll be forced to rely on Smith to beat us, which, I laugh at those odds.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

The only thing that'd piss me off about this matchup is that Joe Buck will start talking about how McCarthy was the OC for the 49ers when they picked Smith and how Rodgers fell to the Packers and he'll finis it off with either "I bet McCarthy is glad he didn't pick Rodgers now!" or "Needless to say, those two had to work something out when McCarthy came to GB!" and Aikman will make some dumb remark and go "hahahahaha" and some fan will finally throw a brick at those two babbling idiots...

With the last part being wishful thinking, mostly.

Originally Posted by: Rockmolder