11/22/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
22 November 2024 Sports
After losing to San Francisco in the playoffs three of the last five seasons, the Green Bay Packers wouldn’t mind seeing the 49ers get left out of the postseason entirely.
The Packers (7-3) could damage San Francisco’s playoff hopes Sunday by beating the 49ers at Lambeau Field. San Francisco (5-5) dropped to .500 after losing at home to the Seattle Seahawks, though the 49ers remain just a game behind the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West.
Green Bay is third in the NFC North and two games behind the Detroit Lions, but the Packers appear on track to at least earn a wild-card playoff berth. History suggests their path to a potential Super Bowl would get much clearer if the 49ers aren’t standing in their way.
The 49ers trailed 21-14 in the fourth quarter before rallying to beat the Packers 24-21 in the divisional playoffs last year on Christian McCaffrey’s 6-yard touchdown run with 1:07 left. Now it’s the 49ers who are struggling to protect late leads, as they’ve blown fourth-quarter advantages in three games against divisional opponents.
Green Bay’s recent history of playoff frustration against the 49ers also includes a 13-10 loss at Lambeau Field in the 2021 divisional playoffs and a 37-20 road defeat in the 2019 NFC championship game.
The 49ers are scoring touchdowns on just 48.8% of their drives inside an opponent’s 20-yard line to rank 27th in the NFL. The Packers are slightly worse in that regard, scoring touchdowns on 48.7% of their red-zone possessions to rank 28th.
In their 20-19 victory at Chicago on Sunday, Green Bay drove to the Bears 5 without scoring on two separate series.
On the injury front 49ers tight end George Kittle expects to play Sunday after missing the Seahawks game with a hamstring injury, but four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Nick Bosa’s status is uncertain after he hurt his left hip and oblique in that game.
For the Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander didn’t play in the second half of the Bears game due to a knee injury that also prevented him from playing in a Nov. 3 loss to Detroit. He has not practiced this week. Linebacker Edgerin Cooper, with a hamstring injury, also did not practice Thursday.
The pregame starts Sunday at 1:00 with the kickoff at 3:25 on FM 1023, The Bug.
In Thursday Night Football the Browns came back to score a late touchdown in a driving snow storm in Cleveland to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-19.
The Browns lead 24-6 before the Steelers came back and scored touchdowns to take a 19-18 lead. Their two-point conversion failed.
The Steelers then intercepted a Browns pass with a little over four minutes but failed on a third and four and had to punt, which traveled only 15 yards and gave Cleveland excellent field position and they went down and scored.
The Steelers had one last possession but a Hail Mary Pass by Russell Wilson was knocked away in the end zone.
Wilson completed 21 of 28 passes for 270 yards and a touchdown to Calvin Austin III which gave the Steelers their first lead in the fourth quarter.
The Browns Jameis Winston was 18 of 27 for 219 yards and had one interception. Nick Chubb rushed 20 times for 59 yards and scored twice.
The Browns improved to 3-6 while the Steelers dropped to 8-3.
In the NBA the Bucks host the Indiana Pacers Friday night. Milwaukee is coming off a 122-105 victory at home over the Chicago Bulls Wednesday night as Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 41 points, grabbed nine rebounds and had eight assists.
The Bucks have won four of five and are 6-9, tied with the Pacers, the Hornets and Nets in the Eastern Conference.
In college football Saturday the Badgers travel to Nebraska to play the Cornhuskers. Wisconsin 5-5 and 3-4 in the Big Ten, needs to win one of their remaining two games to become Bowl Eligible.
The pregame starts at 12:30 with the kickoff at 2:30 and can be heard on AM 1600/93.1 FM, WRPN, The Wave.
In college basketball #19 Wisconsin plays at UCF. Tipoff is at 4:00.
In women’s college basketball UW-Oshkosh is hosting the Oshkosh Classic Friday and Saturday.
High School Girls Basketball (Thurs.)
Ripon 45-Mayville 37-Adalin Nodolf led the Tigers with 15 points and Brn Carlson added 10. Ripon improves to 1-1 while the Cardinals fall to 1-1.
Denmark 45, Berlin 38
Campbellsport 48, Kewaskum 45
Plymouth 61, Roncalli 39
Seymour 37, Fox Valley Lutheran 34
West De Pere 108, Green Bay Southwest 24
Laconia 64, Xavier 41
Winnebago Lutheran 58, New Holstein 34
Markesan 54, North Fond du Lac 46
Howards Grove 46, St. Mary’s Springs 36
D.C. Everest 37, Appleton West 36
De Pere 74, Oshkosh West 24
Antigo 58, Clintonville 56
Amherst 55, Little Chute 26
Valders 48, Luxemburg-Casco 42
Oconto Falls 62, Menominee-Indian 54
Kewaunee 57, Wrightstown 53
Poynette 87, Adams-Friendship 44
Almond-Bancroft 49, Mauston 42
Necedah 52, Nekoosa 23
Westfield 35, Lodi 33
Wisconsin Dells 57. Reedsburg 22
Central Wisconsin Christian 54, Princeton/Green Lake 41
Dodgeland 64, Montello 41
Oakfield 53, Randolph 37
Valley Christian 50, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 31
Cambria-Friesland 58, Wayland Academy 54
Fall River 49, Lake Mills 32
Waterloo 53, Rio 44
Girls Basketball Friday 11/22
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Milwaukee Academy of Science
Sussex Hamilton at Waupun
Winneconne at Omro
Aquinas at Beaver Dam
Menasha at Oshkosh North
New London at Ashwaubenon
Shawano at Pulaski
Appleton North at Sheboygan North
Hartford at Fond du Lac
Neenah at Wausau West
Freedom at Algoma
Horicon at Cambria-Friesland
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