It’s easy to say the San Francisco 49ers had a favorable schedule to begin the year. The 49ers faced teams that ultimately didn’t make the playoffs. However, San Francisco won those games.
They needed to win those games, because they knew four of their final seven opponents would be fighting for No. 1 seeds and playoff positioning. They even faced the NFC representatives in last year’s Super Bowl.
So you could agree with the notion that the 49ers have been playing playoff football for a month. If indeed the 49ers have felt they’ve been playing “playoff football” for the last month or so, it bodes well for them against the Green Bay Packers.