Honestly? I'd take playing Ponder over Rodgers every single day.

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It's more Adrian Peterson's impact than Rodgers.

Bengals offensive line looking paper thin in this one.

Ponder possibly out for our game.

I'm really looking forward to the Vikings @ Packers, we get to see the best back in the game against the best quarterback.

In other news. Matt Schaub stinks.

Was just reading the official NFL media guide for the 49ers and it's packed full of stats. Pulled these out for relevance in the postseason.

THE 49ERS PLAYOFF RECORD WHEN...

49ERS PLAYOFF RECORD VS. OPPONENT
19-1 Winning the turnover battle
3-17 Losing the turnover battle
3-0 Tying the turnover battle
6-0 Committing no turnovers
21-3 Leading at halftime
4-11 Trailing at halftime
1-3 Tied at halftime
24-4 Leading after three quarters
2-14 Trailing after three quarters
16-5 Scoring first
24-7 Scoring 20-or-more points
16-2 Holding opponents under 17 points
8-3 Passing for 300 yards-or-more
15-10 Passing for 250 yards-or-less
23-5 Rushing for 100 yards-or-more
8-1 Rushing for 150 yards-or-more
2-12 Rushing for less than 100 yards
19-2 Rushing 30 times-or-more
9-2 Opponents pass for 300 yards-or-more
13-10 Opponents pass for 250 yards-or-less
7-16 Opponents rush for 100 yards-or-more
18-2 Opponents rush for less than 100 yards
5-14 Opponents rush 30 times-or-more
23-13 Playing on grass
3-5 Playing on turf
20-10 Playing at home
2-9 Playing on the road
10-6 Decided by touchdown-or-less
0-1 Game goes into overtime

That 2-9 on the road is a killer. Think it's interesting to look at the impact rushing has had in the past. Be interesting to see how it compares to a team whose postseason appearances have been since the passing game was opened up i.e. 23-5 when rushing over 100yds and 18-2 when opponent rushing is less than 100yds. If anyone wants to look through their own team, the other media guides available rlhererl

Good win for us.

This will now be the first game at Candlestick for California born, San Francisco fan Aaron Rodgers. Finally time to get some revenge for when they humiliated him and let him slide to 24 (thankfully) to pick the bust that is Alex Smith....show them what they are missing.

I'm a Rodgers fan, great player, but they didn't let him slide to 24 there were many other teams that passed on him also. The Packers are a great example of how draft and develop can give your franchise long term stability but they have got things wrong before.

Many other teams were wrong too, as we have been before (that wasn't the intention of my comment). However if you've seen our America's game, and know anything about Rodgers, he takes it up another notch when he is annoyed or feels slighted. He felt slighted by the 49ers not taking him and this is his first chance to rectify that situation.

As well as being the best in the league he is also the most sensitive. I think the winner will represent the nfc in the superbowl.

Well last year's coach of the year disagrees with you, as a desire to run such an offense was on of the reasons behind the switch to Kaepernick. The owners of those teams clamoring for Chip Kelly disagree with you.

Also, the style of offence we've been running has helped us to have the league's best rushing attack, 4th best points scoring offence and the 5th best offence in terms of yards. It's worked very well in the pros.

Besides, I'm not concerned as RGIII is perfectly capable of running a conservative traditional style offense if needs be.

Anyway, here's hoping the finale of the Wildcard weekend is a more entertaining game than has been served up so far.

This is like watching Hull v Huddersfield a week before the big boys step in. I like the pistol offence, like most things in the NFL though it will only be effective for so long, coaches are so good nowadays. Like G1 said though, he could easily run a traditional offence.

Oh, and Joe Flacco is terrible.

3 for 3 on my predictions so far, barring a miracle here.

Looking forward to the next game. Definitely the pick of the bunch.

Embarrassing flop from Griffin. The hit was late but not enough to force him to the floor that hard.

That's good at the moment but I wonder how long it will last once a QB or two gets properly clattered. In college you only have the players for a couple of years and they're playing against young men. Playing in the NFL is against the best of the best and everybody is huge so I would question how sustainable that style is in the NFL. In college the investment in a QB isn't the same as it is in financially in the NFL. The new QBs are brave no doubt but everytime I see one not slide into a tackle I cringe at one of them getting layed flat out for the sake of that extra yard. That's part of the magic sure but when you've put $10m into your QB that's risky behaviour.