The 49ers dominated the NFC championship game. They proved their 37-8 regular-season blowout of the Packers wasn’t a fluke as they bulldozed their way to a 37-20 victory to win the NFC and move on to Super Bowl LIV.
In a game as well-played as that one, it’s tough to find a lot of things that went profoundly wrong for the 49ers, but we tried to find some amid a bevy of things that went right. Here’s the good and the not-so-good from Sunday:
Good: Raheem Mostert
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There wasn’t a better player on the field Sunday than Mostert. He had 160 rushing yards and three touchdowns at halftime. He finished the game with 220 yards on 29 carries to spearhead a 49ers rushing attack that rendered the Packers defense helpless. Mostert became the first player in NFL history with at least 200 yards and four touchdowns in a playoff game. Whether he was going outside and turning the corner, or working between the tackles, the 49ers’ running back was special in a historic way Sunday evening.