The Green Bay Packers went to San Francisco with hopes of delivering a statement win but left the West Coast with a blowout loss that exposed Matt LaFleur’s team and handed the 49ers the inside track at home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.

Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly from the Packers’ 37-8 loss in San Francisco:

The Good

OLB Za’Darius Smith: The Packers’ defensive captain delivered 1.5 sacks, two tackles for losses and three quarterback hits while winning several one-on-one matchups against backup left tackle Justin Skule. Both of his sacks ended drives on third down.

Adams in the end zone: For the first time since Week 16 of last season, Packers Pro Bowl receiver Davante Adams caught a touchdown pass – ending a six-game drought. His 2-yard score on a touch pass from Aaron Rodgers was the lone highlight of the Packers’ miserable night.

The Bad

Defending George Kittle: The 49ers’ All-Pro tight end returned after missing two games with an ankle injury and dominated the Packers in the middle of the field. He caught six passes for a game-high 129 yards and the game-sealing 61-yard touchdown. Three of his catches gained 20 or more yards, including a 22-yarder that set up a field goal before the half. The Packers had no answer. They’ve rarely had an answer for a good tight end this season.

JK Scott: The second-year punter has regressed in a significant way over the last month or so. On Sunday night, Scott hit six punts, and, despite perfect conditions at Levi’s Stadium, not a single one traveled further than 41 yards. He averaged 37.2 per punt. The struggling Packers offense desperately needed Scott to flip the field and help out the defense, especially early. Instead, he put Mike Pettine’s group in bad spots all night.

Third down: The Packers finished 1-for-15 on third down, with the lone conversion coming with backup quarterback Tim Boyle in the game late in the fourth quarter. Of the 15 third downs, 12 required eight or more yards to convert. That’s no way to live against one of the NFL’s best pass-rushing fronts.

Geronimo Allison: He caught three passes for only nine yards, dropped a third-down pass in the first quarter and short-circuited a drive with a block in the back penalty. After 11 games, Allison has 26 catches for 220 yards, with 12 catches of five yards or fewer.

Officiating: Games with significant officiating controversy are just becoming the norm in the NFL. Sunday night got off to an odd start when the side judge flagged Davante Adams for taunting after a first-down catch on the Packers’ first drive. It set a standard the rest of the crew didn’t uphold the rest of the game. Several other early calls were questionable at best, including a hold on David Bakhtiari and a hands to the face penalty on Kevin King. Later, the Packers’ lone touchdown drive was aided along by a handful of ridiculous calls against the 49ers.

Punt returns: Tremon Smith had two decent chances to return a punt and still managed to lose yards on both returns. He had -3 punt return yards total, pushing the Packers’ total to -11 yards after 11 games. The team’s longest punt return of the entire season is one yard. The incompetence of Shawn Mennenga’s return groups is staggering.

Negative yardage plays: The Packers have talked all season about eliminating negative yardage plays. On Sunday night, they had 13 plays that resulted in no gain or lost yards.

The Ugly

Packers passing offense: It’s hard to believe just how unproductive the Packers were in the passing game. Aaron Rodgers dropped back to pass 41 times but finished with just 104 passing yards and 66 net passing yards. He took five sacks, fumbled away the ball on the first drive, averaged 3.2 yards per attempt and 5.2 yards per completion. Rodgers was constantly under pressure, especially after Bryan Bulaga exited in the first half. Even when he wasn’t, he had no one to throw to down the field. Down big, Rodgers took no extra risks to help ignite the offense. No player averaged more than 7.0 yards per catch. Davante Adams was targeted 12 times but managed only 43 yards. Geronimo Allison, Jimmy Graham and Marquez Valdes-Scantling had chances at big plays but couldn’t convert. Aaron Jones was targeted just once. A total and complete failure from the Packers passing offense, with enough blame to go around for everyone, including the playcaller, the quarterback and just about every player in the supporting cast.

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