Ever given that coach Jim Harbaugh gave second-year quarterbackColin Kaepernick the starting up nod more than hot-handed Alex Smith, the query has hovered more than the 49ers like a cloud.
Did Harbaugh make the correct selection?
The impressive and elusive Kaepernick supplied a resounding solution Saturday evening that has a record-setting effectiveness inside a 45-31 victory more than the Packers in the divisional playoff game at Candlestick Park.
On the evening when Kaepernick became Keepernick, the 49ers quarterback torched the Packers with his arm and his feet, rushing for two touchdowns and throwing for two.
He scored on runs of twenty and 56 yards. The 56-yarder was the longest run by a quarterback from the playoffs, surpassing a 51-yard run through the Titans' Steve McNair in Jan. 2000.
"Guy's taking part in football, guy, he's which makes it transpire," 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree mentioned of Kaepernick. "He's a playmaker."
Kaepernick also shattered Michael Vick's mark of 119 yards rushing -- the past postseason rushing record by a quarterback -- having a game-high 181 yards on 16 carries.
"The offense that we've generates quite a bit of confusion along with the quarterback we've got who can run as rapid as he can," stated tackle Joe Staley, a part of an offense that gained 323 yards about the ground and 579 complete. "He could also throw the ball downfield. We would like to move the chains any way we will, but it really is terrific to move the ball together with the ground game."
Kaepernick received off to a bumpy get started ¡§C his 2nd pass was intercepted and run back 52 yards to get a touchdown ¡§C but he under no circumstances lost his composure, upstaging Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the NFL's reigning most worthwhile player.
"Anytime your teammates have self-confidence in you plus they truly feel fantastic about what you are carrying out, it tends to make you're feeling like you happen to be carrying out the appropriate points," Kaepernick stated.
The Packers have been outscored 21-0, within the 2nd half and had two turnovers that led to 49ers touchdowns.
"It's quite irritating," mentioned Rodgers, who threw for 257 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. "To go out and perform like which is disappointing. We did not do adequate on offense to assist our defense."
To the 2nd consecutive season, San Francisco has sophisticated for the NFC championship game in which it is going to encounter the winner of Sunday's game among the Seahawks and Falcons.
"They competed like maniacs," Harbaugh stated of his gamers, "and now we have received one more week of function."
It had been a large day for your Harbaugh household, with Jim's older brother, John, coaching the Ravens to a double-overtime win at Denver.
"That was a true football battle," Jim mentioned of your Ravens' 38-35 victory. "Had an opportunity to observe a number of it prior to our game. Truly feel terrific for John and his crew."
The Packers saw their season open and near with losses to your 49ers. They dropped their opener to San Francisco 30-22 at Lambeau Field.
Saturday's rematch featured Rodgers, a 49ers fan in Northern California who wore a Joe Montana T-shirt below his pads as being a kid, and Kaepernick, who was born in Milwaukee and grew up idolizing Brett Favre.
Crabtree caught two touchdown passes to the 49ers, and Frank Gore and Anthony Dixon just about every ran to get a score.
Regardless of it becoming his initially postseason start off, Kaepernick was unflappable, even soon after the pick-six interception to begin the game. He came back around the subsequent possession and orchestrated an eight-play, 80-yard drive that ended with his 20-yard keeper for the
touchdown. That came on third-and-8, and -- not like his longer touchdown run -- was not a planned run for him.
"Man-to-man coverage, they doubled Crab, broke down and I saw a operating lane," the quarterback explained using a shrug.
Place only by Packers receiver Greg Jennings: "We lost to a much better group right now."
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