“The Packers won their division in Week 15, just as the 49ers did this season. And in the season finale against the Lions, they pulled Aaron Rodgers and other key starters before halftime and fell 37-30. Who cares, right? They still finished with the NFL’s best record, 13-4, secured the top seed and enjoyed a first-round bye....But while the Packers began the postseason like an old man easing into a warm bath, their first opponent entered the tub with an atomic cannonball. The 49ers won 13-10 and the Packers’ season was over.”
“I’ve always been able to understand pretty quickly that this is a business and that nobody owes you anything,” Williams said.