
Dak Prescott, QB, DAL: 68.8% completion rating, 4,449 yards, 37 TD, 10 INT.Nick Bosa, DE, SF: 15.5 sacks, 52 tackles, 32 QB hits, 21 tackles for loss, 4 forced fumbles.George Kittle, TE, SF: 71 receptions, 910 yards, 6 TD.
Elijah Mitchell, RB, SF: 11 games, 963 rushing yards, 5 TD.
Deebo Samuel, WR, SF: 77 receptions, 1,405 receiving yards, 59 carries, 365 rushing yards, 14 total TD. Cowboys NFC Wild Card Tale of the TapeĤ9ers vs. I ain’t ever back down from a challenge.” 49ers vs. … At one point, it’s going to take somebody to stand up and fight. “I’m from Harrisburg, where the bullies get bullied,” Cowboys rookie star linebacker Micah Parsons said, (h/t Michael Gehlken, The Dallas Morning News). Winning seven of their last nine games, their offense is averaging 158 rushing yards per victory during that stretch - a staunch test for a Cowboys defense that ranked 16th against the rush this year.īut San Francisco’s hopes will likely rest on the playmaking abilities of Deebo Samuel - the dual-threat wide-receiver who posted 1,770 yards from scrimmage this season. 7 rushing offense in all of football that has been hot as of late. While uncertainty has plagued the quarterback position, the in-your-face 49ers have the No. Deebo Samuel/ Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports There are showstopping displays of skill.Īnd then there are the 49ers, whose defense has yielded the third-fewest points in football this season with an offense whose brand of “bully ball” has beaten up and bruised opponents all season. Quarterback Dak Prescott came back better than ever after a gruesome leg injury last year, running back Ezekiel Elliott is back in the 1,o00-yard club, and four pass-catchers recorded more than 600 yards this season. 1 unit in football behind the offensive genius of coordinator Kellen Moore. 3 seed in the NFC by dominating a weak NFC East and going 12-5 - its most wins in a season since posting 13 in 2016. Meanwhile, this is just the Cowboys’ fourth playoff appearance since 2014 and they haven’t advanced past the Divisional Round since winning Super Bowl XXX in January of 1996.īut it all came together for Dallas this season, nabbing the No. Neither team has won a Super Bowl since the mid-90s, though the 49ers do have a pair of conference titles to boast over Dallas in the past decade.