6:30 PM ET NFC Championship Game
San Francisco @ L.A. Rams
Team Totals: Rams 24.5, 49ers 21
The 49ers visit Los Angeles at severe disadvantages beginning with Jimmy Garoppolo, who since falling awkwardly on his right (throwing) shoulder late in the second quarter of the Wild Card Round has gone 14-of-30 passing (47%) for 170 yards (5.7 YPA), 0 TDs, and 2 INTs with four sacks taken on 34 dropbacks and zero rushing attempts in six-plus quarters. Worsening matters, All-Pro LT Trent Williams (ankle) left last week’s win on crutches, and offensive engine Deebo Samuel sustained shoulder/stinger and knee injuries during San Francisco’s Divisional Round upset of Green Bay. The Rams’ D/ST should be a popular play this week. … Elijah Mitchell enters NFCCG week with 20-plus touches in seven straight appearances to face a hit-or-miss Rams run defense that ended the regular season 21st in fantasy running back points allowed, then stacked up Cardinals and Bucs RBs for a combined 29/106/3 (3.66 YPC) rushing line in the first two playoff weeks. In terms of DFS expectations, I’m nevertheless ranking this week’s top running backs as follows: 1) Joe Mixon 2) Mitchell 3) Cam Akers 4) Jerick McKinnon 5) Clyde Edwards-Helaire.
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