49ers rally to defeat Packers and advance to NFC championship game
LA TimesSan Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw celebrates with teammates after intercepting a pass during the second half of a 24-21 win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC divisional playoffs Saturday at Levi’s Stadium. Christian McCaffrey scored his second touchdown on a six-yard run with 1:07 to play, and the San Francisco 49ers mounted their first second-half comeback of the season to beat the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in a divisional-round playoff game on Saturday night. After spending all regular season as front-runners, the Niners needed to come from behind for a change, and Brock Purdy and McCaffrey did just enough on the last drive to send San Francisco to its third straight NFC championship game. McCaffrey finished it off with his run on third-and-short and the 49ers’ defense held on from there, with Dre Greenlaw intercepting Jordan Love for the second time to seal San Francisco’s fifth straight playoff win over Green Bay.