SAN FRANCISCO — This is the live blog for the third quarter of the 49ers divisional playoff game against the Packers. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from the press box.
7:13 Cobb returns the kickoff to the GB 26.
7:14 Harris gains three yards around the right side.
7:14 The Packers go with four wide receivers and hand off to Harris, who runs away from Justin Smith. Gain of three. Third and four.
7:15 Willis blitzes and sacks Rodgers for a nine-yard loss. That could be a definitive play in the game. Ted Ginn makes a fair catch at the SF 35.
7:18 Gore gains two yards up the middle on first down.
7:19 From the pistol, Kaepernick play fakes and throws deep for Moss. The pass was a little long. Incomplete. Third and eight. Here comes the 20-yard scramble.
7:20 Check that. Kaepernick throws to Vernon Davis and Woodson knocks the pass away. The 49ers go three-and-out and Andy Lee will punt.
7:20 Cobb catches the punt at the GB 11 and C.J. Spillman tackles him immediately.
7:21 Culliver has cramps. His return is probable. Tramaine Brock will take his spot for now.
7:23 The Packers come out with five wide receivers. Rodgers hits Jennings for a three yard gain.
7:23 Next play, Rodgers throws deep and hits Jennings. Gain of 30. First and 10 at the GB 43.
7:24 Rodgers scrambles right and hits Jordy Nelson for a gain of eight.
7:25 Rodgers hits Nelson again for eight yards.
7:25 First and 10 at the 41, Cobb takes the handoff and runs up the middle for 19 yards.
7:26 Rodgers hands off to Cobb again. He gains four.
7:26 Rodgers play fakes to Cobb, but Ahmad Brooks gets into the backfield so Rodgers throws it away. Third and six from the 18. Green Bay burns their first timeout of the second half.
7:27 Rodgers is going after Brock over and over again on this drive.
7:29 Marshall Newhouse is flagged for a false start. Third and 11 from the 23.
7:30 Rodgers hits Cobb underneath. He comes up a yard short of the first down, stretches out and fumbles, but he was ruled down. Fourth and 1 at the 13, and Crosby will attempt a 31-yard field goal. He makes it. 24-24 with 8:25 left in the third quarter.
7:32 I get the feeling the 49ers are about to have an easy touchdown drive.
7:33 Touchback.
7:34 Kaepernick throws a backshoulder pass to Crabtree who catches it for a 18-yard gain.
7:35 Kaepernick hits Crabtree at the line of scrimmage. He runs for a five-yard gain. Second and five at the 43.
7:35 Kaepernick fakes the read option and runs around the end zone for an easy touchdown. 57 yards. Kaepernick now has 163 rushing yards. That’s the most rushing yards by a QB in the playoffs ever. 31-24 49ers with 7:07 left in the third quarter.
7:38 Kaepernick also has the most rushing yards in a playoff game by a 49er ever, passing Roger Craig who had 135 on January 1st 1989.
7:39 Touchback.
7:40 Willis blitzes and Rodgers throws it away. Second and 10.
7:40 Tom Crabtree drops a pass. Third and 10. The game is slipping away from the Packers right here.
7:41 Not so fast. Rodgers scrambles to the left for 17 yards. First and 10 at the GB 37.
7:41 Rodgers completes a short pass to Cobb for a three-yard gain.
7:42 Rodgers completes a shovel pass to Cobb for a gain of one. Third and six.
7:43 Rodgers throws over the middle to Finley and Bowman knocks it away. Huge play.
7:43 And then Ginn makes a fair catch at the SF 7. Terrible play.
7:44 From the Diamond formation, Gore runs up the middle for three yards. Second and seven. Packers’ D-lineman Picket is injured on the play.
7:45 From the pistol, Gore runs up the middle and gains five. Third and two.
7:46 Kaepernick hits Crabtree for a 16-yard gain. Automatic.
7:47 Gore runs up the middle for three yards. Second and seven.
7:48 Vernon Davis lines up at wide receiver, runs a double move, fools Tramon Williams who has to hold him. He’s flagged. First and 10 at the SF 39.
7:48 Gore runs up the middle for two yards.
7:49 Vernon Davis gets A.J. Hawk one-on-one. Davis runs deep and Kaepernick hits him. First and 10 at the GB 15.
7:50 Gore runs up the middle for 13 yards. First and goal at the 2. That’s the end of the third quarter.
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Time for defense to set the tone.
Green Bay is going to spy Kaep in the second half. That has been our entire offense. Hopefully we make an ajustment to counter.
Grant, what’s up with Staley’s arm?
Ugh….what’s up with that defense? I know Justin Smith is hurt, but we got other Pro Bowl players on the team.
Giving up 14 points in the half to Rodgers and this Packers offense isn’t bad at all.
Hope they start feeding Gore and James this half.
I was wrong about James – that little guy has some chops.
LMAO! Akers trying to kick at halftime with dancers in his face. Great practice!
Look for us to pound the rock with frank and lmj, we’ve dominated t.o.p the packers D will be wearing down!!
What will they give up to contain Kap?
there’s some pass rush!!
Willis!!!
Tone set
Thats what I was talkin about!
Sack!
good coverage
Very timely on third down.
Patrick Willis goes om nom nom.
Nice long drive get seven
yup. gotta take control of this game.
Let’s go up by 10
Willisssssss……..
Damn! Like the shot!
VD needs to come to the ball better!
Nice play by Woodson on Vernon.
Kaep has a long release and Woodson is smart enough to read it
way to wrap up
Spillman is having a great game.
Great tackle Spielman
Great punt & tackle
Pass rush anybody? Where the hell is Aldon Smith or Ahmad Brooks?
Patrick Willis has our only sack in this game!
Randy’s clearly lost a step. Nobody could ever over throw him before.
The pass to VD was a little late.
Need a turnover.
Wow Rodgers has quite an arm.
News flash: Aaron Rodgers is good.
Joe Buck drives me nuts!
And here wo go again just like the NE game.
Need a stop now
does Aldon Smith have a wrap on his arm?
He looks winded
He looks alright to me. He’s getting a nice push up the middle.
Cobb getting looks out of the backfield now.
Man we’re getting stuck with a LB on a receiver way too often.
Big third down gotta keep it to a field goal.
I have run out of fingernails to chew. Starting on toenails now.
Turnover right here!
Time to stiffen up. Don’t let them have a lead.
They are going to go after Cox
We must hold them to a field goal here or the pressure mounts on the offense’s next possession.
False start! Crowd needs to up the noise level!
That was that turnover
They better check Cobb for a concussion.
Goldson needs to stop leading with the head. Penalty would have been costly there.
What’s good people we gotta make this next possession count and go up 7
Where is culliver!!
That was the personel we used in the first game alot!
Ok offense need some first downs need lot more points.
The coming drive is a huge
It’s Gore time. Keep Rodgers on the sideline & eat up some clock. Get Gore over 100 yrds and we win.
We need a long TD drive. The points are crucial, but keeping Rogers off the field is also important.
Thought we had a pick up after making dude drop the pill fu@$*rs and they got the field goal by a smidge
lol. Everytime i call for a run by Gore, Kap then hits Crabs for a huge gain.
Crabs is demonstratin them hands
you gotta love those long strides
WOW!!!!!!!! CK
How fast is that guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kapernick is awesome!
Good lord…
Hofer, I need wine. Lots of wine.
LMAO
We’ve moved on to the harder stuff in my house.
TD RUN KAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kap is unreal……………………
Kaepernick is just so fast
Linebackers got sucked in by the fake to James.
Kap strikes again!
So much for ball control huh?
Speechless
Go CK7 baby oooooooooooo war a run yeah we up 7 like I said
CK Let’s get it!!!!!
Okay. I’m man enough to admit it. Great game by Kaep so far.
we got ourselves a football player
OMFG! RGIII who? Cam who? Vick who?
absolutely :-)
RGIII has better short area burst but Kap has outstanding long distance break away speed.
Ribs you effing hater. One if two things is gonna happen. Either you’re gonna change your avatar to #7 or Kaepernick needs to change his jersey # to “1.”
You that proud? You sure you don’t wanna paste a #7 up there and give Kaepernick a little respect?
Lol
this long running tds are no longer a fluke, I am really luving this…..#7 is the man
Welcome aboard. Lets win this!
Playmaker!!!
KAP! Making Harbaugh look like a Genius!
Kap is doing it all with his legs.
That’s good enough for now.
2 TDs rushing & 2 TDs passing also……
Hofe – Kap is leggy! :)
172 yards passing, 163 yards rushing. Kaep is doing it with everything.
Come on D
Woohoo. Fcuk GB. They can Pack it and go home
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!!!!
I’ll take that!
Is there any question as to why Kap is starting?
Before the game if you told me the 49ers would score 31 I would have said it was a guaranteed win. Now? Might need 41. This is officially a shootout.
I was thinking 41 also
i think we still need at least 2 more tds
yes we need to change it up with the blitzes
I thought playing against Webb prepared them for Kaep, bwahahaha!
didn’t keep contain there
I think that’s the 1st time I’ve seen Bowman miss a tackle.
Big stop
Alright! Lets get some breathing room now. Please???!
Alright lets start to put this game away
Why fair catch it inside the 10?
Great stop. Good news: Packers have abandoned the run. they are now one dimensional. It’s a pretty darn good dimension however, so the 9ers need to keep scoring.
Let go for the jugular! Bomb it!
Big third down coming up
Crabs, my goodness
Kap to Crabs is really unstoppable right now.
Kap2Crab
I want this drive to go into the 4th quarter
Oohh That was a VD TD
VD with some ball awareness! :-)
VD finally
Awesome touch pass
Another ridiculous throw… wow
Like a long hand-off.
Vernon Davis!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kap drops it right in the bread basket!!!!
40 yrds reception to Davis and now a power run up the gut by Gore going into the 4th. Pack be afraid…..be very afraid.
Now that’s where you put air under the ball perfectly! Way to go Kap.
Kap2Davis
Finally got it to Davis
Yes! I feel so good for Vernon right now.
Looked like single coverage on Vernon – I wonder if Crabtree is starting to pull the safety off
Um, phrasing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLWrKh2fB0
haha!
I am getting pumped now
Pumped now? Bro, I’ve been pumped all day :)
Me too but before I was nervous I really love my 49ers football haven’t slept good in 3 days.
Hes a beast……7
Our beast feeds us.
I scared the sh!t outta my cat when VD caught that pass.
lol
I saw the 5 on the jersey and thought it was Crabs again!
Thats what im talkin about a davis sighting
Old warrior Gore bulls his way in.
Love me Niners
Gore! Lets go D.
Booya!
Gore is poetry in motion.
Gangsta rap haiku
15 minutes defense… hold on. C’mon guys, hold on.
Great!
now championship teams when they have the other team down they finish it. So they need to shut the Packers down.
Seriously I think Cobb isn’t the same after Dashon hit him.
Hows that for finesse Finley?
He better put another chin-strap on.
nice pressure by Aldon. I wanna see him eat though. Get home young man!
This is the final score I picked. Didn’t figure in that pick 6. I debated with putting us in the 40′s.
Lucky for the niners jennings couldn’t get that. Let’s go Kap! put this thing away!
Defense is starting to look like the 49ers defense. Packers have gone one-dimensional.
One long drive here… chew up 7 or 8 minutes and get some points.
You got it
So who did Grant pick anyway? I missed that somewhere.
Is it settled, then?