Why Shanahan wasn’t ‘surprised’ by Packers’ upset win over Cowboys

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Two quarters into Green Bay’s 48-32 victory against the Cowboys on Sunday, Kyle Shanahan and the

49ers began preparing for the Packers.

Speaking to the press prior to the 49ers’ NFC divisional-round match, Shanahan expressed that he

wasn’t entirely taken aback by the Packers’ impressive showing against Dak Prescott and company, who

entered the playoffs as the conference’s top seed.

“I would say so – before we got into the playoffs just because we hadn’t really studied Green Bay and

watched them. Once we had those ten days, you kind of view a lot of people,” Shanahan said. “You

realize that they had a good shot. I mean, I didn’t know who was going to win, but it didn’t surprise me

what happened. Dallas is a good team.

“The way it started out was a little surprising, but once you watch the tape and really get into Green Bay

and you really get to think of their numbers and you watch their players and how they are doing it, it

doesn’t surprise me at all now.”

The 49ers coach continued by saying that neither he nor his staff had watched a lot of the opponent’s

footage. That was before the Packers, led by running back Aaron Jones and quarterback Jordan Love,

really got things going early in the second quarter and showed the 49ers who was next in line.

“We were already in here [in the office], so we were doing it that day,” Shanahan told reporters. “We had

mixed in a little bit earlier in the week, hitting up a couple of teams. But [we] started to really focus on

them halfway into the second quarter. Then they [the Cowboys] scored at the end of the second quarter,

so I did kind of both at halftime. And then, third quarter I was set on one team [the Packers].”

With the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys crashing out on Super Wild Card Weekend, the

Star 49ers defensive end, Nick Bosa, however, advises that this far into the chase for the Lombardi

Trophy, no team should be underestimated and swept under the rug.

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