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The San Francisco 49ers spent most of the season as dominant front-runners, racing out to early leads and putting teams away with relative ease. The Niners overcame a off night with a late-game touchdown drive that gave them a 24-21 comeback win over the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round on Saturday. Brock Purdy went from shaky to clutch late in the fourth quarter, completing six of seven passes for 47 yards on the game-winning drive that was capped by Christian McCaffrey's 6-yard run with 1:07 to play.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy’s throws were off-target all night. The San Francisco defense kept giving up big plays. There were even a couple of special teams blunders. Just when it seemed like the top-seeded 49ers might be sent home in their first playoff game, they did something they hadn’t managed to do […]

The pain from crushing playoff losses never fully goes away for the San Francisco 49ers. Then a NFC title game when the Niners never really had a chance thanks to an elbow injury on the first drive to quarterback Brock Purdy.

It was the last regular season game for the San Francisco 49ers. Fans turned out to cheer on the home team, with lots of red and gold fashion, flags and face painting in the parking lot of Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

When the San Francisco 49ers arrived at training camp back in July, the bitter taste of last season's postseason disappointment still lingered over the team. Now that they have finished the regular season as the No. 1 seed in the NFC following a mostly meaningless 21-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, they can really start turning their attention to changing their playoff disappointments. “We’re right where we want to be,” left tackle Trent Williams said.