For those who ask any San Francisco 49ers fan, their season shall be a failure with no Tremendous Bowl.
They had been nearly 60 seconds away from their season being lower brief, however in crucial a part of their season, their quarterback, as soon as Mr. Irrelevant, stepped up.
The 49ers fought again from a fourth quarter deficit to take down the Inexperienced Bay Packers, 24-21, to earn a visit to the NFC championship.
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Brock Purdy #13 of the San Francisco 49ers throws a move through the first half towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers within the NFC Divisional Playoffs at Levi’s Stadium on January 20, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Pictures)
Inexperienced Bay missed a discipline purpose for an opportunity to go up seven, giving the Niners the ball from their very own 31 with 6:18 to go. That was greater than sufficient time, as Brock Purdy, who had missed throws all evening, had a heck of a drive, finishing six of his seven passes (the one incompletion was a George Kittle drop) that ended with a Christian McCaffrey rating from six yards out – his second of the evening – giving San Fran a 24-21 lead with 1:07 to go.
The Packers, the youngest group within the league, had all three timeouts, however after utilizing their first, Jordan Love threw on the run throughout his physique – an enormous no-no. It was picked off by Dre Greenlaw, which all however ended it. Purdy took a knee to ship the clock to triple zeroes, and his group to their fourth NFC championship recreation in 5 years.
Christian McCaffrey #23 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates with teammates after scoring a 6-yard dashing landing through the fourth quarter towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers within the NFC Divisional Playoffs at Levi’s Stadium on January 20, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Pictures)
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Inexperienced Bay opened up the scoring with a discipline purpose, they usually had been this near a pick-six to go up double-digits, however it was dropped by Darnell Savage. To make issues worse, the Packers didn’t convert on a fourth down (on a questionable spot), and the Niners answered with a 12-play drive that ended with Purdy discovering Kittle for a 32-yard rating. Inexperienced Bay settled for an additional discipline purpose within the second quarter, and San Fran tried to match it, however their discipline purpose was tipped on the line and no good, so the sport remained 7-6 at half.
Deebo Samuel was dominated out for the sport with a shoulder damage at halftime, and the Niners felt his lack of presence with a three-and-out to open the half. A expensive third-and-long penalty put the Packers contained in the pink zone, they usually took benefit with Love discovering Bo Melton in the long run zone to take a 13-7 lead. The Niners answered with, fittingly, a 39-yard dashing landing by McCaffrey, however the Pack returned the decision.
Inexperienced Bay took the following kickoff to the opposing 20 (after recovering their very own fumble), after which Love discovered Tucker Kraft for a landing – their two-point conversion was good, so it was 21-14 late within the third.
However that was the final time Inexperienced Bay would rating, as San Fran would outscore the Pack, 10-0, within the fourth quarter to come back away with the comeback victory.
Christian McCaffrey #23 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates after scoring a 6-yard dashing landing through the fourth quarter towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers within the NFC Divisional Playoffs at Levi’s Stadium on January 20, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Pictures)
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Purdy, together with his ups and downs, completed with 252 passing yards on 23-for-39 passing – McCaffrey rushed for 98 yards on 17 carries, two of which had been touchdowns.
The magic carpet trip is over for Inexperienced Bay, however their future is actually shiny after making the playoffs a No. 7 seed and being oh so near an NFC championship recreation.
In the meantime, the Niners will host the winner of Sunday’s Lions-Buccaneers recreation within the NFC championship subsequent Sunday.
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