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The Green Bay Packers were unbeatable at home in the playoffs.
The Packers won each of their first 13 playoff games at Lambeau Field. The Packers lost their first home playoff game in 2003 to the Atlanta Falcons, and since then they have gone 4-7.
Jimmy Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers will visit Lambeau for the first time in the playoffs when they play the Green Bay Packers on Saturday.
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The Niners prepared for the Packers and whether weather really matters in a game was a popular topic. Garoppolo has not thrown a pass in an NFL game with a temperature below 40 degrees.
Saturday night begins at 8:15 p.m. According to weather.com, the temperature is expected to be around 10 degrees, but it's not likely to make the top 10 list of the worst games. The last time the 49ers played a playoff game in Green Bay, the temperature was 5 degrees.
Garoppolo will be the 101st quarterback to start a game with a temperature below 40 degrees in the last four years. He's not too worried about it.
Garoppolo said there are different ways to get ready for it. "I think people who have played in it for a long time know how to prepare for it, things that you kind of know going into it." I think our team has a good mindset going into this thing and we know what it will be like on Saturday, so it will be a great atmosphere.
Before Saturday, the closest Garoppolo has come to throwing a pass in a cold weather game was when he was the backup to Tom Brady. He played in only three kneel-down games during his time with the Pats because they had 13 games with a kickoff temperature below 40 degrees.
Garoppolo has played football in cold weather before. He grew up in Arlington Heights, Illinois, just three hours from Green Bay, and spent his high school and college careers playing in the cold. In the last year, that included a pair of playoff games that had an average low of 8 degrees on those days. Garoppolo threw for 561 yards and five touchdown in those contests.
In games played below 40 degrees, Rodgers is 34-12 since the beginning of the year. His playoff record is good.
The weather affects Garoppolo's injured thumb and shoulder. He has a thumb injury and a shoulder injury. Garoppolo's ability to grip the ball could be affected by the cold and the injuries he has.
Garoppolo said that the injury to his shoulder had an impact on every throw he made, like the pain he feels in his thumb after a throw.
Jimmy Garoppolo played high school and college football in the cold.
Garoppolo said that any type of throw will change things because of the shoulder injury. My body is learning and I have to adapt to it, like when I was first dealing with the thumb.
The thought of cold weather doesn't seem to bother the rest of the 49ers. It's up to individual players on how to handle it themselves, whether that means wearing long sleeves, long underwear or whatever else is available to try to keep warm.
There is no reason for the game to be affected by the cold weather. The wind is a bigger factor. Rain is a bigger factor.
George Kittle was a tight end at Iowa when the Hawkeyes played Michigan on a day that was minus-28 degrees with the wind chill.
Kittle gave some tips on how to handle it all.
Kittle said that his key to staying warm was to play a lot of snaps. The heated seats and the heaters on the sideline are really nice. You can't use the cold as an excuse, it's football.
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