49ers game grades vs. Packers: To criticize now is to ignore the obvious - San Francisco Chronicle

Offense

Jimmy Garoppolo played a remarkably efficient — and proficient — game. He completed 14 of 20 passes for 253 yards, threw two TD passes, avoided his one-a-game “what was he thinking?” moment and had the highest rating (145.8) of his 21-start career. Six of the completions (for 129 yards) and one of the TDs went to tight end George Kittle. The 49ers also remembered they could run the ball. They surpassed the previous Sunday’s total (34 yards) in the first quarter and finished with 112 yards on 22 carries.

Defense

Enjoy the Robert Saleh era while you can. The 49ers’ defensive coordinator — who has to be No. 1 with a bullet on the NFL’s list of future head coaches — orchestrated a near-perfect performance against the Packers. His unit held Aaron Rodgers to season lows of 104 yards and a 75.8 rating. Arik Armstead had two of the 49ers’ five sacks, Fred Warner was in on 11 tackles, the Packers had two plays of more than 15 yards and Green Bay converted only one of 15 third downs. Complete and total domination.

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Special teams

Kicker Chase McLaughlin — injured Robbie Gould’s one-week replacement playing in his third game for the 49ers — made all three of his field-goal tries (29, 27 and 48 yards) and four extra points to outscore the Packers by himself, 13-8. Obscure but amazing stat of the season: The 49ers’ punt-coverage team has allowed 57 return yards in 11 games (Green Bay had 14 Sunday).

Coaching

The 49ers had a net 41 yards of offense in their first five possessions with Justin Skule at left tackle; he was replaced by Daniel Brunskill, and the 49ers responded with scoring drives of 59 and 61 yards. The third-quarter fake-the-handoff-and-roll-out play call had four Packers going after Richie James Jr. — and none after Kittle, whose 61-yard reception TD gave the 49ers a 30-8 lead. Ballgame.

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Overall

Are you a believer yet? This one had to have erased the final holdouts ... right? The 49ers (10-1) had not beaten the Packers by more than 14 points since 1970 — 32 meetings ago — and made NFC North-leading Green Bay look completely middling on offense and defense. And now comes — you know the words — “the toughest opponent they will have faced all year” in a visit to Baltimore to meet Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

— Michael Lerseth

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