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Breakdown: There's no easing into the schedule for the 49ers, but that was the case to some degree last season as well. This time, the 49ers open at home against Green Bay before visiting Seattle in a Sunday night game. A home game against Indianapol...

Reports linking former Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins to Seattle and San Francisco invite a closer look at where the nine-year NFL veteran stands at age 32. Thanks for asking, @bmarleylives. Jenkins has ...

This just in from the NFL scouting combine: The Green Bay Packers have called off the search for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. They're now focusing on ways to stop Kaepernick and other fleet quarterbacks from replicating the 181-y...

ESPN's John Clayton is listing the Seattle Seahawks second to Green Bay among teams most likely to supplant San Francisco as the NFC team in the next Super Bowl. Separately, ESPN's Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith like the 49ers' chances for winn...

Blog temperatures rose last week when I produced a chart questioning the perceived gap between Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers and San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick heading into the Packers-49ers divisional playoff game. 2012 Ryan vs. Kaepernick: Wk....

Thoughts on the San Francisco 49ers' 45-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC divisional round Saturday night at Candlestick Park: What it means: The 49ers will play in the NFC Championship Game for a second consecutive season, and they...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Colin Kaepernick show had something for the quarterback's supporters and critics alike through two quarters of the San Francisco 49ers' divisional-round playoff game against the Green Bay Packers. The pick-six Kaepernick threw...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Green Bay Packers have six wide receivers active for their divisional-round playoff game against San Francisco, a high number that could foreshadow a more pass-oriented strategy against the 49ers. Green Bay has become more lik...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jerome Boger is the referee assigned to the San Francisco 49ers' divisional-round playoff game against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday. Boger is working with an all-star crew, customary for the playoffs. Regular-season crew tend...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Greetings from cool, sunny Northern California, where NFC North counterpart Kevin Seifert and I will be sharing a rental car and some divisional discourse on our way from an undisclosed location to Candlestick Park. The Green Bay ...

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree is coming off a career season with 1,105 yards on 85 receptions. Crabtree's emergence is notable heading into a playoff game against Green Bay given how poorly the 49ers' wideouts fared in the pos...

Five nuggets of knowledge about the San Francisco 49ers' divisional playoff game against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday at Candlestick Park: Season of change: These are not your 2011 49ers. The three players most instrumental in San Francisco's...

Merril Hoge, Chris Mortensen, Mark Schlereth, Seth Wickersham and Keyshawn Johnson are picking the Green Bay Packers to defeat the San Francisco 49ers in the teams' divisional playoff game Saturday. K.C. Joyner is calling the 49ers' offense overra...

The Atlanta Falcons have a 33-6 record at home with Matt Ryan as their starting quarterback. That counts the team's home playoff defeat to the Green Bay Packers following the 2010 regular season. It counts a 7-1 record at home this season heading ...

Good morning. We'll kick off this Thursday with a video discussion featuring Dan Graziano and me discussing where the San Francisco 49ers stand heading into their divisional-round playoff game against Green Bay. Around the NFC West: Jan. 10, 2...

NFC West playoff teams keep adding kickers. The Seattle Seahawks are adding former Green Bay and Minnesota kicker Ryan Longwell as insurance for the injured Steven Hauschka, ESPN's Ed Werder reports. 2011 Ryan Longwell With Vikings Yar...