This means that the 49ers first appearance in the NFC championship game in January 1998 will be at Candlestick Park on Sunday afternoon. San - Francisco Giants beat the 27-20 November 13 there. "It's great", cornerback Carlos Rogers said 49ers. "It's much better than a trip to Wisconsin. More importantly, we play a team that we have already met. It's not as hard as you prepare for the other team that we have not yet met."
Rogers said he watched the Giants-Packers game on Sunday in bed, after the wear protector Saints Drew Brees threw for 462 yards Saturday.
"I must weigh myself, I know I lost a little weight," he said.
In that game against New York two months ago, Rogers some extra weight, as he lifted two passes from Eli Manning - the first time cornerback has only one game in his career seven years. 49ers defensive lineman still needed Justin Smith at bat down pass from Manning on fourth and 2 10-yard line in the final seconds to secure the victory.
"We got turnovers and were able to get to Eli," said Rogers. "Our team has improved since we played against them. They are familiar with us, as we know them. " Yes, Manning lit up since. He threw for 953 yards, nine touchdowns and one interception in the last three games, and Sunday, and he managed to giant half (8 of 16) of their third down plays.
The Giants defense forced three fumbles and did not allow Aaron Rodgers to make big plays on Sunday. It does not hurt that seven of the Packers receivers dropped eight passes. "Our confidence is pretty high," defensive end Osi Umenyiora Giants told reporters. "We have a very good team, we're going to play in San Francisco, so we will not go in too confident but it's a team we think we can go out there and compete."
49ers are assured a group that likes to take the ball to people. They had five to win Saturday, this after a 38 during the regular season, they committed only 10 turnovers. Margin increased sales-28 was tied for second highest score in the NFL in 1941.
"We like to think we're playing defense the right way," defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said after the game on Saturday. "We play physical, we play with our hands. We run the ball. We do not do anything too fancy, even if we have changeups here and there. We are trying to play defense in the first case, how hard school." 49ers might even get a player back on Sunday. Tight end Walker Delane, which his jaw broken in two places in the past month, he tweeted "Just a lil workout I am so ready to be extended to Sunday."
Briefly: New York 4-0 all time in conference championship games, including 15-13 victory over the 49ers in January 1991. ... The Giants handed their most lopsided 49ers lost in the playoffs, 49-3 in January 1987. ... The duel between Manning and Smith will be the second time two quarters took the number 1 project starts in the league match of the conference, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. First, in January 1999, Vinny Testaverde between the aircraft and the Broncos John Elway.
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