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The Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers will square off in the NFC Championship Game, but the LaFleur household is torn on who to root for. Ahead of Sunday’s pivotal showdown, the LaFleur parents have “mixed emotions” with sons Matt and Mike facing each other. Per Rob Demovsky in ESPN: “It’s mixed emotions,” Matt […]

Based on how their regular-season clash went down, it’s easy to say that the San Francisco 49ers are heavy favorites to win the NFC Championship Game. However, Kyle Shanahan is wise enough to recognize that Aaron Rodgers has the talent and experience to take down overwhelming favorites. Shanahan extensively detailed Rodgers’ football talent and his […]

There’s a chance that the San Francisco 49ers could be without their top offensive weapon in Sunday’s NFC Championship game. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, 49ers tight end George Kittle did not practice on Wednesday due to an ankle injury. The 49er’s All-Pro tight end still has half the week to rest and […]

The NFC Championship is a matchup between the top two teams in the conference as the second seeded Green Bay Packers travel to Levi Stadium to face the first seeded San Francisco 49ers. While Green Bay’s team is respectable, the 49ers are on a different level. Even if the game is close in the end, […]

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is one of the best passers this game has ever seen, and San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is well aware of his greatness. Speaking to the media on Wednesday ahead of the 49ers’ NFC Championship Game matchup with the Packers this weekend, Shanahan paid a major compliment […]

It is not often that there is a silver lining in a franchise player suffering a devastating injury. Fortunately, that appears to have been the case for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. The 49ers landed the second overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft with a 4-12 record after Garoppolo’s 2018 campaign was cut […]

It is no secret where Jimmy Garoppolo comes from. The San Francisco 49ers quarterback started his career with the New England Patriots. That means he studied under Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Obviously, this is something that has made Garoppolo a rising star. A lot of people put a lot of stock in that. He […]

The Green Bay Packers are expected to have their work cut out as heavy underdogs against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. Fortunately, quarterback Aaron Rodgers does not seem to be too deterred by the odds. The Packers are 7.5-point underdogs heading into Levi’s Stadium, which does not bode well for Rodgers […]

The Green Bay Packers come in as heavy underdogs against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship. It appears the odds do not necessarily bode well for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. This will be the fourth time the Packers are a seven-point underdog with Rodgers under center. According to ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, he has lost […]

Earlier this season, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman ripped Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield for not shaking his hand before their Week 5 matchup. But it turned out that Sherman made the whole thing up, as video evidence showed that Mayfield did, in fact, dap Sherman up before the matchup, and Sherman later apologized […]

The Green Bay Packers are entering the NFC Championship Game as major underdogs against the San Francisco 49ers. Both teams have put together impressive seasons, but they matched up in the regular season and the 49ers were able to embarrass the Packers in a blowout win by a final score of 37-8. While the 49ers […]

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan unsurprisingly came to the defense of rookie pass rusher Nick Bosa this week after last week’s opponent in the Minnesota Vikings made some poignant comments regarding the first-year defensive end. Bosa was flagged for a 15-yard penalty for an illegal blindside block on Vikings offensive tackle Brian O’Neill […]

The New Orleans Saints have been fortunate enough to have Drew Brees and Sean Payton over the last decade or so. Despite having talented rosters over the years, the 2010s were a wasted decade for the Saints. When Payton and Brees joined forces in 2006, the duo immediately turned around the franchise. In their first […]

Rate, review, and subscribe to Establish the Pass on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Spotify. Apple Podcasts link: Episode 40 of the Establish the Pass Podcast Spotify Podcasts link: Episode 40 of the Establish the Pass Podcast Establish the Pass Podcast Episode 40 – Blake Lovell and Dillon Reagan go over their biggest takeaways from the divisional […]

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo didn’t have to do much against the Minnesota Vikings in the Divisional Round and the team still came away with a win. It’s not that he struggled, the team just jumped out to a big lead and ran the ball for success. So what should we expect from him […]

The San Francisco 49ers are prepared to host the Green Bay Packers for the NFC Championship Game next Sunday. Ahead of the pivotal matchup, Kyle Shanahan is informing his team to prevent themselves from underestimating the Packers. “Don’t be that stupid,” Shanahan said, via ESPN.com. “That’s not real. This is about Sunday’s game . . . […]

The San Francisco 49ers are still very much alive in the postseason and are just one game away from playing in their first Super Bowl since 2012. If the 49ers does advance to the Super Bowl, they are hoping for a different outcome than the team seven years ago In Kyle Shanahan’s third season as […]

Following their NFC Divisional Round win over the Minnesota Vikings this past weekend, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan shared a close look into his relationship with star tight end George Kittle. The two-time Pro-Bowler, in his third season in the NFL and with San Francisco, has reportedly never in his professional tenure asked […]

The Green Bay Packers were able to advance in the postseason after beating the Seattle Seahawks and Matt LaFleur is giving partial credit to the fans. A day after the team’s victory, LaFleur thanked Green Bay fans for creating a home-field advantage this season via Rob Demovsky. Matt LaFleur opened his press conference by thanking […]

The Cleveland Browns hired Kevin Stefanski as their next head coach which actually benefitted the San Francisco 49ers. Following Cleveland’s decision, Kyle Shanahan says that the 49ers are ‘fortunate’ that Robert Saleh didn’t leave. The Browns conducted plenty of interviews for head coaching candidates and apparently their final decision came down to Saleh and Stefanski. […]

The Cleveland Browns have revealed Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski is set to become their next head coach. It is safe to say that San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman is not a fan of the hiring. The vacancy had reportedly come down to a two-man race between Stefanski and 49ers defensive coordinator Robert […]

The San Francisco 49ers were able to advance in the playoffs after Saturday’s victory and Jimmy Garoppolo gained some fans after throwing an impressive block on Minnesota Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr. The 49ers’ quarterback called the pancake moment being a “football player.” “I had to get a pancake on the stat sheet, so I’m pretty […]

There was a time in Saturday’s game that the fans of the San Francisco 49ers showed their appreciation for Nick Bosa after he got up from an injury. After the game, Bosa called the crowd chanting his name a “cool moment.” Per Scott Bair in NBC Sports Bay Area: “I was just trying to get […]

Michael Thomas is watching the playoffs from home. The receiver for the New Orleans Saints suffered a season-ending loss to the Minnesota Vikings. The San Francisco 49ers then entered the picture. Thomas got revenge on Saturday, sort of. The 49ers curb-stomped the Vikings in a 27-10 win. The 49ers will face either the Green Bay […]

Kirk Cousins doesn’t like that. Richard Sherman likes that. Midway through third quarter of the San Francisco 49ers’ drubbing of the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round, Richard made his mark on the postseason again. Sherman intercepted Cousins third-and-9 while covering receiver Adam Thielen. After doing so, he pulled off Cousin’s signature “you like that!” […]

The San Francisco 49ers are moving on to the NFC Championship after beating the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 in the first game of the divisional round. They will face the winner of the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers. It wasn’t the quarterbacks — Jimmy Garoppolo and Kirk Cousins — that played catalyst for the 49ers. […]

As the San Francisco 49ers look to advance to the NFC Championship Game for the first time in six years, Richard Sherman just pulled off a throwback. That would be because the five-time Pro Bowler made Minnesota Vikings QB Kirk Cousins pay on this pass. As Cousins was looking for Adam Thielen, Sherman picked off […]

While Jimmy Garoppolo is known for throwing a football for the San Francisco 49ers, he proved he is a man of many talents on Saturday. After running a wide-receiver reverse, Garoppolo pancake blocked Anthony Barr against the Minnesota Vikings. JIMMY GOT A PANCAKE 🥞🥞 @JimmyG_10 pic.twitter.com/j8nycP59FN — The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) January 11, 2020 The play […]

Jimmy Garoppolo is making his first career playoff start with the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday and it looks like he’s already settling in. As the Niners took on the Minnesota Vikings in their playoff game, Garoppolo completed an insane throw as he was hit. .@JimmyG_10 is hit as he throws and still completes it […]

Jimmy Garoppolo’s much-anticipated postseason career is off to a great start. Playing in his first playoff game on Saturday, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback led his team to a touchdown on its opening drive in its Divisional Round playoff matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, finding wide receiver Kendrick Bourne for the three-yard score: .@JimmyG_10 is […]

Despite previous reports that Robert Saleh would stay with the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns sign him after all. The Browns have requested an interview with Indianapolis Colts assistant general manager Ed Dobbs for their general manager job. That connects with Saleh, as the 49ers defensive coordinator is said to be interested in Dobbs […]

Hopefully, Jimmy Garoppolo has a short memory. The last time the San Francisco 49ers quarterback faced the Minnesota Vikings, he felt a relentless pass rush get to him en route to a Week 1 loss. The Vikings got to Garoppolo three times. Minnesota’s stingy pass rush created a world of pain for the quarterback, who […]

Before the trade deadline, the Denver Broncos shipped wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for draft picks. Before the 49ers’ divisional round bout with the Minnesota Vikings, he joined a Denver radio show to talk about the differences between his old and current teams. “I feel like sometimes in the […]

The San Francisco 49ers defense just got a massive boost. On Friday, the team announced that Kwon Alexander is no longer on the injured reserve. The fifth-year linebacker will indeed play on Saturday against the Minnesota Vikings. Alexander tore his pectoral on Oct. 31. Like the Houston Texans’ J.J. Watt, he returned from an injury […]

There are a number of San Francisco 49ers who are coming back from injury for their home divisional round game against the Minnesota Vikings. One of them is pass rusher Dee Ford, who is coming back from a hamstring injury that had him only playing four snaps for the 49ers in their December 6th game […]

San Francisco 49ers star edge rusher Dee Ford will be questionable to play against the Minnesota Vikings as he’s still recovering from a hamstring injury. Ford aggravated his hamstring back in Week 12 against the New Orleans Saints. After signing a five-year $85 million contract in the offseason, Ford has only played in 10 games […]

The Minnesota Vikings beat the New Orleans Saints in the Wild Card round last week. That put them in the Divisional Round of the playoffs where they will face off with the San Francisco 49ers. However, there is a chance they are missing one of their best players in that game. Superstar wide receiver Adam […]

The San Francisco 49ers are favorites to win against the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional rounds as they have one of the best defenses in the league. Their already-strong defense gets stronger with the return of Kwon Alexander, but he won’t be available for every snap. According to Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports, the linebacker […]

The Minnesota Vikings witnessed Adam Thielen sustain another injury during Wednesday’s practice. Despite his latest injury, Thielen stated that he will do “whatever it takes” to suit up against the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, via NFL Network’s Tom Pelisserro. On @gmfb this morning, Thielen said he got tangled up in practice and will do […]