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For a week, Dallas Cowboys fans had to endure the media telling them that the San Francisco 49ers were a bad matchup for the self-appointed America’s Team. That ended up being true. On Sunday, the 49ers went into AT&T Stadium and knocked the NFC East champions out of the playoffs.
Now, it’s Green Bay Packers fans’ turn to hear about a bad upcoming matchup. The Packers will host the 49ers at Lambeau Field on Saturday night, and ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky broke down why this is a poor matchup for the home team.
“It’s the worst matchup the Packers could have gotten,” Orlovsky said Monday on ESPN’s Get Up. “It’s a bad seven-day stretch for the Packers, knowing that San Francisco comes back, beats the [Rams], then they go on the road [to beat the Cowboys]. And truthfully … they should have hammered Dallas. Just because they kicked field goals is what kept the game close, and then the Jimmy [Garoppolo] interception.
“This is a football team. If you had to sit down … and write a script of how to beat the Green Bay Packers right now, every detail that would be on that list is who the San Francisco 49ers are. … They can run the football. That’s the weakness of the Green Bay defense. They’ve got a front that can rush. They’ve got a disciplined coverage unit. They’ve got a really speedy, athletic linebacker unit, and are really good at the defensive tackle [position].
“And the last thing I’d say is this: It’s the teacher versus the mentor. It’s Kyle Shanahan versus Matt LaFleur, and Matt LaFleur knows a lot of what he knows because of learning under Kyle Shanahan.”
Rex Ryan noted that a storyline worth watching this week is the health of defensive end Nick Bosa and linebacker Fred Warner. Bosa exited the first half with a concussion, while Warner excited the second with an ankle injury.
Ryan Clark argues that people should stop referring to the 49ers as a bad matchup and just call them what they are.
“Let’s just say they’re a good football team,” Clark declared. “They’re a good football team that plays a physical brand of football in a time where nobody else does it, and that’s why they’re hell on wheels to play against.”
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