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Eric Williams
NFC West Writer
Carmen Vitali
NFC North Reporter
In the NFC Championship Game for a third straight year, the San Francisco 49ers are looking to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2019 season.
In their way are the upstart Detroit Lions, who won their first playoff game in more than three decades this postseason and seek to reach the NFL championship game for the first time in the Super Bowl era.
The two teams meet at Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco on Sunday (6:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app).
Winners of five of their past six games dating back to the regular season, the Lions lean on an explosive offensive attack led by quarterback Jared Goff, receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and running back Jahmyr Gibbs. That high-octane Detroit offense will face one of the most formidable defenses in the league, powered by 49ers edge rusher Nick Bosa and linebacker Fred Warner.
“These are the times that you dream of as a kid, hoping to be in these final games,” Goff told reporters this week. “We’re one win away from our ultimate goal of getting to the Super Bowl, and hopefully winning that game as well. But we are where our feet are today, being very present, and we know this will be a challenge for us this week.”
FOX Sports NFL writers Eric D. Williams and Carmen Vitali dive into the details of Sunday’s contest.
Williams: Carmen, Jared Goff knows the 49ers well from his time playing in the NFC West with the Los Angeles Rams. What’s your assessment on how much that will help Goff on Sunday when facing a San Francisco defense led by Bosa and Warner?
Vitali: I don’t know if it will help Goff beyond the individual tendencies he knows of Bosa and Warner and the like. I fully expect this defense, now under coordinator Steve Wilks, to have evolved from the time Goff was in a division.
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Publish date : 2024-01-25 17:59:54
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