Its a road win in a tough place but the Niner's had no running game to speak of which played in the Packers favor.

Game: the awareness the team had on the last pass to line up without penalty nor the time expiring. No one has done it better.

Lame: the lack of ILB depth exposes the blind spot of the FO and the Achilles heel of the D.

"Had Green Bay lost this game, I was prepared to criticize him for forcing the ball to Davante too much. "

They had no one who could keep up with him. He was eating SF's lunch all night, and on the penultimate drive, who -- if you're SF -- are you going to be damn sure doesn't beat you? OH, SHIT! There he goes running wide open 20 yards deep across the middle!

Even when he came back on the field after getting his bell rung, and during that ugly 3-and-out possession, he was open down the right sideline and ARod missed him. I had no problem with his usage last night, but I'm sure there will be plenty of discussion this week over whether the Packers short-circuited the concussion protocols.

LAME CALL: Packers go up 17-0 and can't find a way to kick the ball through the end zone. Big return was almost the play of the game, and gave SF a short field to score and a chance to get back-to-back TDs around halftime. If the Packers lose 28-27, we're all shitting a brick over that play. It lit the fire under SF.

Great piece, Ken. All of it spot on. The performance of that starting OL yesterday was impressive as hell. Amazing, effective play, against one of the top DLs in the NFL. The whole team aside from our coverage units performed well. Hats off to Matt LaFleur for having his guys ready to fly into SF for the win! That is no easy feat, coming off a MNF game.

The NFL Officials can suck it.

Game Balls:

Crosby - What can we say. When we see other teams like The Vikings continue to struggle to find kickers, we just keep sending out Crosby to make these incredible kicks.

Rodgers - He needs to get some criticism for going after Adams to much. i get Adams is the star. But he does have other good WR's, and including one that he basically said he had to get in order to come back to GB. Its time he spreads the ball around a bit.

The OL - I would love to single out Yosh for a minute. For his first start to be on the road against one of the best pass rushers in the league and to put in that kind of performance was really impressive. most people likely thought they were going to move Turner to LT and put Kelly in at RT. But this clearly was a great move, and made for less shuffling.
I would also like to say that Jon Runyan has been very good since starting. So good that I ask the question, what do we do with Jenkins once Bakhtiari comes back? Does he go back to LG or does he go to RT?
Myers was a great pick in the 2nd round and Wild Man #70 has been very good as well.

Kenny Clark - He was dominating last night. It was his pressure that caused Jimmy G to throw the ball backwards. That was a HUGE moment in the game.

Lame Calls:

The officials -
While the Packers benefitted from 3 DPI calls, all 3 you could legitimately say were PI. The 2 on Stokes were BAD! The first one in the end zone, was closer to being real then the 2nd. The 2nd one was just an absolute joke! Gave them a first down and 35 yards. That is a HUGE momentum change. Also, the tripping. Sure they call tripping, but you can't call holding on the guy that they called tripping on?
Jimmy G got a roughing the Passer penalty, which was not a hard hit, wasn't to the head or legs, and wasn't late.
Somehow the ball that hit the ground was ruled a catch.
Ohh and lets not forget about the non Grounding call at the end of the half, which would have ended the half, instead allowed them one more chance to score, which they did.

Notes:
The Packers started out with a lot more energy in this game. The energy you could feel and see especially with the defense. Was the defense more energized because the Packers had the ball first?

The game plan was VERY good! Get the ball out fast!

Don't be surprised if we start to see Amari getting more involved in the offense in the next few games. While he only made it on the field 2 times on offense, he has started to get reps on offense in meaningful time. I would not be surprised to see him used on some Jet sweeps or something very soon.

Joe Barry seems to be figuring things out with the defense. One big thing that helps is having Stokes as the other starting CB. I like the mixing up the blitzes more and not just playing coverage down in and down out.

Great Team win!

Game Ball:
Obviously Rodgers played well, Davante Was absolutely dominant and you can easily make the argument Adams is the MVP of this game. But Adams was destroying backup corners. My game ball goes to Yosh Nijman. To have to come in for you first start and go against the Niners best player, one of the premier pass rushers in the game and hold up as well as he did? Wow Bravo. We do not win this game without his performance. Rodgers held onto the ball too on several occasions. But Yosh showed up. He was steady. He got some help in situations yes but had to be on an island at times too. Also he was solid in the run game. 2 penalties which, I am fine with. He had by far the toughest assignment of anyone and played well and steady. These are types of contributions you need from backups to be successful.

Honorable mention, Adams, Kenny Clark, Jaire, Rodgers (Aaron) and Tyler Lancaster had a good bounce back after 2 dreadful performances

Lame call-All the lame calls...and non calls....That was a poorly officiated game...

Game Ball:
Obviously Rodgers played well, Davante Was absolutely dominant and you can easily make the argument Adams is the MVP of this game. But Adams was destroying backup corners. My game ball goes to Yosh Nijman. To have to come in for your first start and go against the Niners best player, one of the premier pass rushers in the game and hold up as well as he did? Wow Bravo. We do not win this game without his performance. Rodgers held onto the ball too long on several occasions. But Yosh showed up. He was steady. Yosh got some help in situations yes but had to be on an island at times too. Also he was solid in the run game. 2 penalties which, I am fine with. He had by far the toughest assignment of anyone and played well and steady. These are types of contributions you need from backups to be successful.

Honorable mention, Adams, Kenny Clark, Jaire, Rodgers (Aaron) and Tyler Lancaster had a good bounce back after 2 dreadful performances, Gary and Smith created solid pressure

Lame call-All the lame calls...and non calls....That was a poorly officiated game...

I was finally able to get to bed last night after a seesaw battle of conflicting emotions, but what sweet dreams afterwards ! I was a bit concerned about this team and game, but no more. Great win in their stadium and with a slew of injuries to key players. The way Jones influences the LBs and cuts in a different direction is poetry in motion and I've also noticed that he has put on some more muscle and is able to stiff arm some tacklers away. I'll be honest, while giving great effort and being put in a very difficult position Nijman was being destroyed, but he kept at it and I noticed that Bosa was a bit spent by the end of the game. In my opinion, Garopollo was hit when releasing the ball so I don't think that was a bad call. However, Stokes interference, hit on Adams( I thought for sure that he was concussed, double whew ) and the Alexander roughing the passer were ridiculous, I mean the arm was still coming down and he didn't even knock the QB down.

We went for it on 4th and 1 in the first half on the road and against a good defense. I thought it would come back and bite our asses, it almost did. Next time take the points Matt.

Although I'm thrilled with the outcome of the game, I have a growing concern over the refereeing in the NFL. Why? The onset of (legitimate) gambling on NFL games. Of course it's not true (I hope), but it's the appearance! At least 3, maybe 4 calls were made ( or not called) that had a bearing on the outcome of the game. Fortunately, the Packers overcame the officiating. NFL fandom is going to start associating some of these blatantly bad calls and asked whether the games they are watching may have some "influence" over the outcome. When I watched that game last night I really started to wonder.

Game Balls: Crosby, Rodgers, Adams. A. Jones, OL, Kenny Clark, Campbell, Stokes, Gary, Alexander, P. Smith

Lame Calls: Officials, KO coverage which gave the momentum to SF for 2 TDs.

Packers played aggressively from the opening kickoff. Finally saw a sense of urgency by the defense plus some good solid tackling.
Still need to tighten up the STs.

Excellent 60 minute effort for a great team win. Go Pack Go! Thanks, Since '61

Are we in the bigger picture over looking Andre Campbell, he was all over the field last nite like horse shit! Up to this point one hell of a pickup!

Great effort and win in a tough environment. I admit, when I heard that Jenkins was out, I thought our goose was cooked. Big tip of the cap to that O-line for putting on the big boy pants. Defense played well enough. It was the result that you should expect considering Garappolo and no run game.

More than anything, our team showed heart and potential. After the quick start, the 49ers should have been in our dust. We made enough mistakes to give this game back so there is a lot to work on. I know that it would be popular but this offense alone could be so much more than Rodgers and Adams clicking on a given night. A lot to look forward to.

ie No Grounding Call on Garoppolo: If I recall correctly, if they would have called the grounding there, the half would have ended being there was under 10 seconds left and the 9ers were out of timeouts.

"Take the damn points!"
That's me shouting at the TV when MLF decided to go for it on 4th down inside the five.
It's a good thing the coach couldn't hear me and kept it exciting to the end.

1. No grounding on Jimmy
2. Roughing the passer that didnt happen
3. Missing an obvious helmit to helmit hit
4. Calling a leg tackle that really wasnt
5. Calling a pass interference on Stokes for what was really a great play on his part
* wife kept saying she thought the head ref was trying to get 9ers into game before it became a blow out and people changed channels
Seemed like head ref had a hard on against the Packers from the start of the game.

Game balls to the whole dam team for overcoming adversity from the refs. They had to beat them and the niners

I know one thing I will remember for a long time after the game was that wry smile on Garoppolos face after the Cosby kick. Like saying what do you have to do to beat this guy? {Rodgers}

When you go to bed replaying the game. Wake up in the middle of the night thinking about the game. Then not to be out done you wake up in the morning thinking about the GAME, and then you read everything you can about the game everywhere over the next 90 minutes....it says....IT WAS ONE HELL OF A GAME!

Over the years I have learned for the most part to not get emotional win or lose. Last night's game changed that! Going into the game I thought it was going to be a beat down and embarrassing loss. Those last 2 or 3 minutes of the game were emotional. Holy Hanna! Great Game!

I'd like to add one more "Good" to your list, Ken: Chicago Sports Radio this morning...!!!!

L fucking OL!!!

Someone help me understand the deep balls in the second half.

NBC flashes a stat around halftime, something like Rodgers is 16/16 when getting the ball out under two seconds. MLF designing great plays, Rodgers reading the defense and executing brilliantly.

Momentum starts to swing, some key injuries emerge for GB's defense and it's clear they need to regroup.

On 3rd and 2 when it's 17-14, Rodgers throws deep. Incomplete. 3 and out.

in the 4th, after surrendering a 90 yard TD drive, Rodgers throws deep three times in a row. 3 and out, 30 seconds of clock burned.

I don't care whether Adams was open, and whether it was a good or bad pass from Rodgers. Why are these plays even being run? They weren't designed plays, they were just throws down the sideline hoping that our guy would beat theirs. And maybe we had better than even odds of hitting the big 30 yard play. But we had even better odds of staying within the system and grinding out first downs. That was working. It wasn't like SF showed they could adjust and suddenly stop the run or guard the short pass. And even if the deep pass is there for the taking, why not give the defense more than 30 seconds of rest before attempting.

Great win last night, and without the help of GB special teams and the officials it would have been a dominant win. Just seems like Rodgers continues to struggle to execute when he's got a small lead and the ball, and I don't understand why that's such a problem for him.

Absolutely spot-on Ken!
I am still nervous however about our Special Teams; punt returner especially—-Amari Rogers appears shaky…Darius Shepard-like. Kick-Off coverage remains a hand-wringing event. Thank heavens for Mason and our new punter.
As for the officiating: I became an opioid abuser after watching last nights dreadful crew. The targeting hit on Davante and the ignored intentional grounding were the most egregious. It was most gratifying to overcome their insane list of bad calls.

"JOB WELL DONE"

I've spewed my share of criticism this season, but this was one of the most satisfying games I've seen in many years.

1)Rodgers proved he wants to win.
2) The Packers depth is extraordinary, especially along the offensive line.
3) The coaches put together a great game plan.
4) Stokes proved he can play.
5) The d-line made some plays!
6) The linebackers played above themselves.
7) Mason Crosby should be a Pro and Packer Hall of Famer.

The improvement between week one and week three is extraordinary.

Now they face a Steelers team with its back to the wall.

Game Ball: to the 49er's for giving the ball to Aaron Rodgers with 37 seconds left and no time outs while being down by one point. Will opposing teams ever learn? I knew we would win when the 49ers FB scored too early. It's almost unfair to give Aaron Rodgers the ball with time left on the clock with a chance to win the game. Our O Line played very well and they deserve a game ball for fighting off the 49ers pass rush, all game long. Jaire gets a game ball for his outstanding INT. Aaron Jones gashed the 49er's Defense for huge gains. TAE! gets a game ball for being TAE! Mason Freaking Crosby gets a game ball for being so clutch! Campbell is playing really well at LB.

Lame calls: The Officiating really stunk. Two, IMO, bad PI calls on Stokes and no flag on the Ward helmet to helmet on TAE! No Intentional grounding call on Garrapolo, inside the 10 yard line, with no receivers in sight, cost the Packers 4 points and gave the 49ers momentum. Our STs on the 49er kick return gave them momentum.

Question for someone that knows the rules well.

Adams catches that final pass, getting GB into field goal position. When he catches the ball, there's something like 10 seconds left and he immediately falls to the ground. He isn't trying to extend the play.

A safety comes in and puts his hand on Adams pretty quickly, making him down. GB runs up and spikes the ball with 2 seconds or something.

What would have happened if the safety didn't touch Adams? Wouldn't the play still be alive? Adams was down on the ground holding the football. If SF's DBs just stood there, the clock would have continued to roll, and Adams wouldn't have been able to get up and run in for a touchdown. Even if they just delayed for a second or two, it might have prevented GB from getting the ball spiked in time for the field goal.

Just seemed like that Safety did GB a favor by rushing in to 'down' adams as quickly as he could. But maybe I'm wrong and giving yourself up like that automatically ends the play.

They pick the highest rated officials at each position during the season to be the referees during the Super Bowl. Based upon the missed and incorrect calls we all saw during this game, I think the guys who worked the Packers/49s game will be watching the Super Bowl on TV.

Y'all forgetting the most important game ball of all: Kevin King's (supposed) illness. Was refreshing not to carry that baggage on to the field yesterday.

Spot on. But I want to add something. It's about seeing a Face Mask penalty that was never called. Jones left the game. Near the end of the 4th. They never replayed it. Yet his head got twisted. And went down. Game changing? Also did you see the look on Adams Face when he didn't come up with the catch for the TD. He looked like he was ready to cry. Such a great player with a lot of emotion to succeed. I can see why Rodger's kept throwing to him.

This game practically wrote this article.

Game Balls: Pretty much the whole team, headed by Rodgers, Adams and Crosby.

Lame Calls: Plenty of lame calls and non-calls by the refs!

I read a comment made by someone earlier today on a different sight which said

"Who missed Kevin King other than the 49ers?"

That poster hit the nail on the head with that one. I wished I had thought of it first.

Great work, Ken. After viewing again last night, this was a very well played game against a high quality opponent on their home turf. Good confidence builder going into another tough game v. PIT.

All those young OL proved they belong. Great to see, especially v. that SF DL/Front7. Yosh had a shaky start, but really collected himself well throughout the remainder of the game. Who wouldn't going against Bosa in your first start at LT, protecting AR? Runyan, Myers and Newman were impressive as hell. They all punched SF in the mouth through all four quarters.

How about that quiet guy no one is talking about in Billy Turner? Didn't hear his name once, and that's a mark of solid OL play. I'm sure AR appreciates his veteran leadership there at RT.

DL had its best showing of the season, as did our entire LB corps. Another confidence builder. I cannot wait to see more of Slaton and Clark paired together. THAT is going to be special. Good to see Burks and Summers getting positive reps and results. Maybe Barry is a true LB guru after all. Spent a good portion of my review asking myself again and again, "who is 42?" Something good to build on, for sure.

Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon combined for 25 carries. That was effective, but, I'd like to see that more as a minimum number of carries between our RBs moving forward. They really didn't get many, if any short yardage opps. I'd like to see that become more of a strength of this Packers team the rest of the way, but we are facing a high number of opponents with top Run D abilities through our first 9 or 10 games. I get it. All the more reason, IMO, to work to improve there with more 3rd and short reps. A surprising, solid showing by this Packers team overall. They fought through adversity on a number of levels and brought home the W.

GPG