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Published<\/strong>\u00a0 November 20, 2024 6:28pm CST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers greets Jordan Love after the 49ers defeated the Packers in the NFC playoffs on Jan. 20, 2024. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

GREEN BAY, Wis.<\/strong> – Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love doesn\u2019t hide the fact that the playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers lingered with him throughout the offseason.<\/p>\n

Love can gain some measure of revenge Sunday when these two teams face off for the first time since the Packers squandered a fourth-quarter lead and fell 24-21 to the 49ers in last season’s NFC divisional round.<\/p>\n

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“That\u2019s what you\u2019ve got to kind of just sit with all offseason, is going back, watching that game, trying to see what you could have done better, could have done differently in that game,” Love said Wednesday. “It definitely sits with you through the offseason, and obviously you move on. Just knowing that that\u2019s the team that knocked us out, we\u2019re definitely hungry for this game.”<\/p>\n

Love threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to continue his sizzling late-season run as Green Bay carried a 21-14 lead in the final quarter. Those two scoring strikes to Bo Melton and Tucker Kraft followed an eight-game stretch in which Love had thrown 21 touchdown passes with only one interception.<\/p>\n

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Packers prepare for 49ers<\/h4>\n

FOX6’s Tim Van Vooren has the latest from Green Bay as the Packers prepare to host the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

But with the Packers facing third-and-11 from their 48 later in the third quarter, Dre Greenlaw picked off Love’s pass intended for Kraft. The 49ers kicked a field goal on their ensuing possession to cut Green Bay\u2019s lead to 21-17.<\/p>\n

And after Christian McCaffrey\u2019s 6-yard touchdown run put the 49ers ahead for good with 1:07 left, Love rolled right and threw a wild pass across his body that Greenlaw also intercepted to seal the Packers’ fate.<\/p>\n

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Love said he watched the game about three times during the offseason to see what went wrong, tough he noted that he didn\u2019t necessarily view it any more times than he had other Packers games from last season.<\/p>\n

“No matter who it was, you\u2019re going to sit and reflect on what you could have done better to get over that hump,” Love said.<\/p>\n

The stakes aren\u2019t quite the same Sunday at Lambeau Field, but the game still has plenty of meaning for both teams.<\/p>\n

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1st & North podcast (Nov. 19)<\/h4>\n

The 1st & North sportscasters talk through the latest victories and losses in the NFC North — and there were some interesting games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

San Francisco (5-5) is trying to work its way back into the playoff picture and bounce back from a 20-17 home loss to Seattle. The 49ers are in a three-way tie for second place and a game behind Arizona in the NFC West.<\/p>\n

The Packers (7-3) want to maintain their playoff position while trying to work their way up in the NFC North standings, where they\u2019re currently in third place and two games behind Detroit. They should benefit down the stretch from a healthier Love.<\/p>\n

Love missed two games in September with an injured left medial collateral ligament and sat out most of the second half of an Oct. 27 victory at Jacksonville with a groin strain, but he\u2019s feeling better now. That was evident Sunday as he showed plenty of mobility while going 13 of 17 for 261 yards with one touchdown pass, one touchdown run and an interception in a 20-19 triumph at Chicago.<\/p>\n

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Love said Wednesday he felt as comfortable moving around in the Bears game as he has since the first week of the season. Love\u2019s knee injury happened during Green Bay\u2019s final series of a season-opening 34-29 loss to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

That could prove critical if Sunday\u2019s game again comes down to a drive in the final minute. If that happens, perhaps Love\u2019s offseason viewings of the Packers\u2019 playoff loss will pay off for him.<\/p>\n

“The main takeaway is it sucks losing, obviously getting knocked out of the playoffs,” Love said. “There\u2019s going to be things that we see, I think, plays that we\u2019ll see, things that they did on defense that gave us fits and things that we did well. So just building on that for this week.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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