Hero said:
I love all of your selections aside from SF.
Dallas game was their Super Bowl.
Doubts arose again about Jimmie G aside from additional injuries.
Questions about defensive line.
At Rams to at Cowboys to at frozen tundra with last leg being in 6 days after flight back home then flight across country.
How did you pick that leg?
obviously C&D can answer for himself, but this section of a piece on ActionNetwork.com makes a decent case for how SF could have some success:
"Green Bay’s defense ranked 22nd in Football Outsiders’ DVOA on the season, including 28th against the run. That’s a bottom-five unit that’s been a serious problem all season, but will be a massive one against a creative, run-centric offense like San Francisco.
The 49ers feature the best tight end in the world in George Kittle as well as the league’s finest offensive lineman in Trent Williams. Each has a case as the most valuable non-QB in the NFL. The rest of the O-line is terrific, too, as is do-everything fullback Kyle Juszczyk. The Niners win in the trenches, and they win with Kyle Shanahan’s scheme. Elijah Mitchell has been terrific as a one-cut rookie runner while Deebo Samuel is a dynamic weapon out of the backfield.
The 49ers are built for playoff football. They gash opposing defenses, especially bad run Ds like Green Bay, and they’re built to win in the trenches and play in the cold.
Sometimes, the best defense against Aaron Rodgers is simply keeping him on the sidelines. The Niners chew up clock and go on long, sustained drives. Green Bay ranked 24th in DVOA defensively on first down this season and 26th on second down. San Francisco’s offense ranked first on first and early downs. That is a ginormous problem for the Packers.
Kittle could also be a major issue. Green Bay ranks 28th in DVOA versus opposing tight ends, so he could have a monster game."