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The NFC and AFC champions will be decided Sunday, with the 49ers facing the Falcons in Atlanta and the Ravens meeting the Patriots in Foxborough. Which two teams will advance to the Super Bowl?"
When the New York Giants beat San Francisco last year in the NFC Championship Game, it was the 49ers' inability to make a big play offensively that was a big reason for the loss. The team used the off season to address this problem, and as they find themselves one win away from the Super Bowl, the offense looks nothing like the one that let them down in this very game a year ago.
The San Francisco 49ers are one win from the place they've planned to be all along: the Super Bowl.
As the Packers did with the 49ers in their loss to San Francisco Saturday, teams are struggling to defend the read option offense. How will defenses adjust to Colin Kaepernick and other running QBs?
The 49ers are favored in Sunday's NFC Championship game in Atlanta after quarterback Colin Kaepernick led the team to a 45-31 win over the Green Bay Packers.
Remember the old days--oh, about two months ago, when there was a raging debate in the Bay Area about who should be playing quarterback for the 49ers?
After dismantling the Green Bay Packers on Saturday, the 49ers find themselves back in the NFC Championship Game. With the Falcons holding serve against the Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco will travel to Atlanta with one win standing in the way of both teams of a trip to the Super Bowl. By playing a Falcons team who ended the season as the number 1 seed, in the Georgia Dome, the 49ers will be the underdogs, but have to like their chances of pulling off the upset and moving on to the Super Bowl.
At one of the most important games, the 49ers face-off against the Atlanta Falcons this Sunday! Vote now for your favorite team & see who wins the Throwdown!
This year's AFC all-pro offense includes Brady and Manning, two of the best quarterbacks ever. See who else made the team.
In the wake of San Francisco's 45-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers in Saturday night's NFC divisional playoff, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's touchdown celebration of flexing his right arm and kissing his bicep has taken off on social media.
AFC defensive all-pro selections are in. Defensive line, led by J.J. Watt, looks like a brick wall. See who else made the list.
The NFC's all-pro offense features Packers QB Aaron Rodgers handing the ball to AP and tossing it to Megatron. Who else?
Defense wins championships. But these days it's a certain kind of defense. Check out our NFC all-pro defense to see who excels.
Matt Bryant kicked a 49-yard field goal with 8 seconds left and the Atlanta Falcons defeated the Seattle Seahawks 30-28 in an NFC divisional playoff game Sunday.
The game was close on the scoreboard for the first half, but in the second half, San Francisco dominated the Packers to set up their return to the NFC Championship Game to face either the Falcons or Seahawkss. It was a complete team effort, but in his first playoff game, Colin Kaepernick again proved that he is up to any challenge and lead the charge in an performance that may be the best ever by a quarterback.
Colin Kaepernick ran for a quarterback playoff record 181 yards and two touchdowns and threw two scoring passes to Michael Crabtree in leading the San Francisco 49ers back to the NFC championship game with a 45-31 victory against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night.
Kicker Billy Cundiff is inactive for the San Francisco 49ers playoff game against Green Bay after being brought in to challenge incumbent David Akers.
The 49ers' front seven is one of the most brutish in the NFL, and just the sight of Aldon Smith or Justin Smith is enough to make a quarterback wince.
The San Francisco 49ers had the most players - six in all - named to the Associated Press All-Pro team announced Saturday. The 49ers NFC divisional playoff foe for Saturday evening, the Green Bay Packers, had zero players selected.
The last three games of San Francisco's season made it tough to get a good read on them, leading into the playoffs.
The former Super Bowl champion Aaron Rodgers and the postseason newcomer Colin Kaepernick will be in the spotlight and can expect to face tough defenses Saturday night when the Packers visit the 49ers in a marquee NFC divisional playoff contest.
Aaron Rodgers will take the field in the very venue where he became a regular fan as a boy rooting for 49ers Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Steve Young.
