Another game against the San Francisco 49ers, another painful playoff elimination for the Green Bay Packers. A sequence of mistakes cost this young team the game, 24-21, and the season. It was certainly a better year than any Packers fan could have anticipated, but it was still another tough loss to finish their participation in the postseason.

Aaron Jones

I know Christian McCaffrey was on the other side, but it sure felt like Aaron Jones was the best running back on the field. He had a strong performance once again, consolidating a finish to his season pointing to a positive direction — you could argue that Jones is playing the best football of his life, which is not usual for seventh-year running backs. He finished the game with 18 carries for 108 yards, another impressive performance — even though it wasn’t enough.

Christian Watson

This is another example of the Packers decentralized offense. Christian Watson didn't have a big-time performance, and it's been hard to know which receiver will get volume, and this wasn't a Watson game whatsoever. He had only one catch for 11 yards, getting most of it after the reception.

Rasheed Walker

Outside of a holding penalty in that Aaron Jones recovered fumble, Walker had a pretty remarkable performance against such a strong 49ers defensive front. He protected Jordan Love well, even allowing his quarterback to create extra time. Nick Bosa played on the other side, attacking Zach Tom and then Yosh Nijman. But Walker still had a tough matchup against Chase Young and held up pretty well. For a second-year seventh-round pick, you couldn't ask for anything better.

De'Vondre Campbell

The Packers will probably need a better option at linebacker next year, and they already have one on the roster, because Campbell has been worse than Isaiah McDuffie. Especially in coverage, he was exposed, something that was predictable — and the reason why he was one of the five players to watch.

Campbell also had a tough time finishing tackles close to the sideline, always allowing extra yardage from the 49ers offensive players.

He had a good blitz to pressure Brock Purdy in the second quarter, but other than that, it wasn't the type of performance like the ones that made him a valuable piece of the defense in 2021.

Darnell Savage

It was a tough game for Savage, who was supposed to be a big piece for the defensive structure. First, he jumped perfectly on a ball early in the game, but dropped a potentially big-time interception — which maybe would have been another pick-six like the one he had last week against the Dallas Cowboys.

Other examples of his deficient play was the first 49ers touchdown, where Savage got beat badly in man coverage by tight end George Kittle, and a first-down conversion to Jauan Jennings where the Packers safety allowed too much space in his zone.

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It’s for the best.