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Saturday night wrap-up: Rodgers, Packers cruise

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

When the Packers played the 49ers in the opener, quarterback Aaron Rodgers was quiet for three quarters. And because he didn’t wait that long Saturday night, Rodgers will have a chance to settle the score. In a performance even Greg Jennings‘ sister w…

ESPN.com

Five things to know about the San Francisco 49ers' divisional-round playoff game against the Green Bay Packers at Candlestick Park next week: 1. Full circle. The 49ers opened their regular season with a 30-22 victory over the Packers at Lambeau Field. T…

sfgate.com

49ers can still utilize tight end Davis Can defensive tackle Justin Smith approach something approximating his All-Pro level if he plays with a partially torn triceps? In his final 11 regular-season games, Davis had 21 receptions and scored as many touc…

Sam Eifling, deadspin.com

For a summer in college I interned for the sports department of the Columbus Dispatch, which sent me for a few days to cover Cincinnati Bengals training camp. The 1990s had just come to a close—a dismal era even by the Bengals' standards—and the beat …