The Green Bay Packers (13-4) can book a third-straight trip to the NFC title game by beating the San Francisco 49ers (11-7) on Saturday night at Lambeau Field in the divisional round.
The top-seeded Packers and sixth-seeded 49ers are scheduled for a 7:15 p.m. CT kickoff.
Here’s how the staff at Packers Wire believes the divisional round showdown with the 49ers will go down:
Zach Kruse (10-7): Packers 24, 49ers 20
With a dominant run game, physical play at the line of scrimmage, a pass-rush capable of disrupting with four rushers and elite players on both sides of the football, the sixth-seeded 49ers present a formidable challenge for the Packers to open the postseason.