It wasn’t pretty, but the 49ers walked out of AT&T Stadium in Dallas with a 23-17 win in the wild-card round of the 2021 NFL playoffs.
The ebbs and flows of the game were wacky, disjointed, and the final score doesn’t quite capture how thoroughly San Francisco dominated. There were weird ground rule quirks with a punt hitting the video board, a ton of penalties, and an official interfering with the Cowboys offense on the final play. It was a truly confounding game of football.
Here are some takeaways: