SF 49ERS vs Cardinals pregame thread - 2022 Week 18

Brock already beat Brady, might as well takeout Rodgers too and take the mantle

I don't want to see the Pack moving Christian Watson around all day trying to get matched up with Huff.

Go 49ers!

I have nothing against Watt but anyone who signs a contract with Arizona deserves to go out a loser.

edit: Nothing against him aside from the fact he chose to play for the Cardinals.

Anyone know if shanahan is talking to media today?

Phew!

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Phew!

49ers injury updates
McCaffrey mild ankle sprain, day to day
Deebo & Elijah will practice this week
Greenlaw (back) still TBD, may be OK
Banks (knee, ankle sprain) out this week
*Shanahan says Greenlaw, Banks not lost for season

— Cam Inman (@CamInman) January 2, 2023

Sounds like everything may be ok.

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Phew!

49ers injury updates
McCaffrey mild ankle sprain, day to day
Deebo & Elijah will practice this week
Greenlaw (back) still TBD, may be OK
Banks (knee, ankle sprain) out this week
*Shanahan says Greenlaw, Banks not lost for season

— Cam Inman (@CamInman) January 2, 2023

Or maybe not on Greenlaw 🤔

Eagles and cowboys are playing at the same time as the 49ers

Originally posted by SlipAndSlideBosa:

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Phew!

49ers injury updates
McCaffrey mild ankle sprain, day to day
Deebo & Elijah will practice this week
Greenlaw (back) still TBD, may be OK
Banks (knee, ankle sprain) out this week
*Shanahan says Greenlaw, Banks not lost for season

— Cam Inman (@CamInman) January 2, 2023

Sounds like everything may be ok.

More incentive now to get that #1 seed and the BYE

Originally posted by JaggedJ:

Originally posted by SLCNiner:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by SLCNiner:

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:

Originally posted by DrEll:
Methinks it's better we lose and get the 3 seed if Philly is beating NY. Stray away from GB in the first round

Imagine being scared of a mediocre Packers team lol

It's really not hard, considering some dude I've never heard of beat our defense down so hard they aren't even #1 anymore. You don't think Rodgers could do that to us?

Were fans this scared when they had a shootout with the Saints in 2019 late in the season? Fans are so fickle.

Again, our rookie QB just won a shootout with some random guy playing his first game. I find it stranger that people want to compare that guy to Rodgers or Brees. If our D doesn't show up, you like Brock Purdy's chances at out dueling Aaron Rodgers? That's a bit crazier.

Who has Rodgers really "out dueled" in their 4 game win streak? 4-2 TD to INT ratio, hasn't passed for over 250 yards in any of those games.

Beating the Packers in 2023 is about stopping the run and avoiding turnovers.

It's not about Rodgers

This, the Packers' winning identity this year is not about Rodgers airing it out. His receivers are young and inexperienced.
They're winning their games with the run game and Aaron Rodgers working off play action. Aaron Jones has 1073 rushing yards, and A.J. Dillon has 737. That's a nice one-two punch.

If they can run the ball on us and field a balanced attack, and Aaron Rodgers plays methodically... yeah, they have a chance to make things tricky. I don't see us losing to them, but that's certainly a route they can try.

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Phew!

49ers injury updates
McCaffrey mild ankle sprain, day to day
Deebo & Elijah will practice this week
Greenlaw (back) still TBD, may be OK
Banks (knee, ankle sprain) out this week
*Shanahan says Greenlaw, Banks not lost for season

— Cam Inman (@CamInman) January 2, 2023

dodged some bullets once again!

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Or maybe not on Greenlaw 🤔

Shanahan said there's still no precise diagnosis on Dre Greenlaw's back. Christian McCaffrey, meanwhile, is dealing with an ankle sprain and is day to day.

— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) January 2, 2023

they are optimistic on greenlaw. lombardi said there might be a chance greenlaw plays on sunday

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Or maybe not on Greenlaw 🤔

Shanahan said there's still no precise diagnosis on Dre Greenlaw's back. Christian McCaffrey, meanwhile, is dealing with an ankle sprain and is day to day.

— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) January 2, 2023

they are optimistic on greenlaw. lombardi said there might be a chance greenlaw plays on sunday

This is great news if true. The drop off from Greenlaw to Al Shaair is large, mainly as it pertains to pass coverage. Don't need him Sunday but just the fact he might be available means the injury isn't too bad.

I'm not at all saying Green Bay will/would be an easy game, because it's the playoffs and literally any #7 seed is going to be at least a little hot and playing with house money.

But unless the Raiders are giving the Packers Devante Adams back, I don't see why yesterday would be any indication we will lose to Green Bay. If we lose to Green Bay, it'll be because we play poorly that day, the end.