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Patrick from Alameda, Calif., sees a parallel between the 2013 San Francisco 49ers and the 1995 Green Bay Packers. Both teams featured young, strong-armed quarterbacks. Both teams lost their leading receivers to injury. Packers Receptions by P...

A look at a player entering a contract year on each NFC West team who must deliver in 2013: Arizona Cardinals: O'Brien Schofield. An ankle injury against the Green Bay Packers last season ended Schofield's season prematurely after nine games and f...

ESPN's Fantasy Roundtable turns its focus to St. Louis Rams rookie receiver Tavon Austin. 2008-12 Rookie WRs: Most Fantasy Points Rank WR TD Pts. 1 Mike Williams 11 151 2 A.J. Green 7 144 3 Julio Jo...

Nik Bonaddio of numberFire expects relatively big things from St. Louis Rams rookie Tavon Austin based on similarities with other receivers. Bonaddio explains why here. His expectations for Austin in 2013: somewhere around 59 receptions for 961 ya...

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...

Richard Sherman baited opposing quarterbacks into interceptions last season. He has baited opposing receivers such as Steve Smith into lashing out during games. Now, the Seattle Seahawks' All-Pro cornerback is proving he can bait opposing defensiv...

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....

SAN FRANCISCO -- That settles that. Saturday night proved beyond any doubt that Colin Kaepernick is the best quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, and resoundingly so. Better than Alex Smith? Time to aim higher. Kaepernick was better than Green...

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 ...