It doesn’t matter that Dallas played on Monday and San Francisco played Saturday. It is what it is. It doesn’t matter that the Cowboys hosted the 49ers in last year’s wild-card game and came out unprepared. It is what it is. It doesn’t matter that Dallas has a 5-3 advantage in head-to-head playoff matchups. It is what it is.
Nor does it matter that the two teams have a combined 10 Lombardis, that Dallas is playing a road game on grass, that the 49ers have won 11 in a row, or that both head coaches could lose their defensive coordinators to head coaching gigs over the coming weeks. The only thing that matters is there is 60 minutes of football to be played on Sunday evening and it should be a glorious battle of wills, talent and intelligence. The final game of the divisional round is now mere hours away. Here’s everything you’ll need to know.