Youthful Packers Stumble: 49ers Seal 24-21 Victory.
The Packers looked poised to upset the 49erswith the No. 1 pick of Kyle Shanahan until it all fell apart. But after the quarterback transfer, Green Bay’s future looks bright.
Youth is wasted on youth, and the Green Bay Packers were the youngest playoff team in half a century. So naturally, the Packers’ season ended with a facepalm. Three points below the number. Packers quarterback Jordan Love had 67 seconds left in the 49ers’ fourth quarter Saturday night to try to lead Green Bay to a tying or game-winning field goal. Green Bay got neither.
On the 10th from the Packers’ 36-yard line, Love rolled right out of the pocket and threw the ball over his body and over the middle of the field, where 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw caught it. allowed San Francisco to escape with a 24-21 victory. After the game, Love called the throw a “deadly sin.” Love lets what could be one of the biggest upsets of the season slip through the fingers of the Green Bay Plums. It’s something of a warm-up coming from the 25-year-old first-year starter, who has thrown 21 passes and one interception. his last nine games. But that’s how the Packers got here in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs: by playing aggressively and fearlessly. It nearly put them in the NFC Championship game in what should have been a rebuilding season.
Green Bay beat the 49ers and shut down the 49ers for much of Saturday’s game. Given the youth of Green Bay and the popularity of the 49ers, you might come away from this game thinking the Packers look like a contender for years (again), while questioning whether the 49ers’ Super Bowl hopes will be dashed. . (again).Green Bay has done so much right.
The Packers fell short by 9.5 points. They took their first attack lead and held it for 50 of the final 53 minutes. Green Bay’s first three drives totaled 190 yards and took nearly 17 minutes less time. It was exactly the plan they needed to upset a San Francisco team that averaged 28.9 points per game during the regular season. The 49ers ran just five plays in the first quarter, their fewest since 2019..
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