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Most of the players on the current San Francisco 49ers roster are too young to remember when their team had a heated and historic rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys, but 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan made sure they were aware of it before the two teams faced off in the Wild Card playoff round on Sunday. The 49ers and Cowboys met seven times in the postseason over the course of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, with one of those meetings (the 1981 NFC Championship Game) featuring the most memorable play in 49ers history (Dwight Clark's game-winning touchdown catch to help send the 49ers to their first Super Bowl). The rivalry peaked in the 90s, when the teams met in the NFC Championship game for three consecutive seasons, with the winner of each game going on to win the Super Bowl.

The San Francisco 49ers moved past the Wild Card round of the playoffs with a 23-17 road win over the Dallas Cowboys. Today, Pro Football Focus released its grades from the game. Which Niners played well, and who has more work to do? Below are Pro Football Focus' five highest-graded 49ers players on offense against the Cowboys. Brandon Aiyuk, WR, 83.7, 54 snaps Trent Williams, LT, 80.3, 65 snaps Jauan Jennings, WR, 78.4, 33 snaps Deebo Samuel, WR, 77.0, 47 snaps Travis Benjamin, WR, 76.4, 6 snaps Below are the five highest-graded 49ers players on defense. Kevin Givens, DT, 76.8, 23 snaps Nick Bosa, DE, 76.4, 23 snaps Ambry Thomas, CB, 73.4, 72

The San Francisco 49ers announced the following roster moves ahead of Saturday's playoff game against the Green Bay Packers. Released from the practice squad: CB Luq Barcoo P Ryan Winslow Removed from the reserve/COVID-19 list: RB Raheem Mostert Activated from the practice squad/COVID-19 list: FB Josh Hokit Mostert (knee) returns to the injured reserve list, where he landed on September 14, 2021, while Hokit returns to the practice

There's something significantly different about San Francisco 49ers on offense this week compared to where they were when they played the Green Bay Packers in Week 3 of the regular season. That difference is the role of wide receiver Deebo Samuel, whose emergence as a running back throughout the course of the season makes the 49ers more difficult to stop than they were when they fell 30-28 to the Packers at Levi's Stadium on September 26. Samuel had two carries for zero yards in that game, giving him a total of four carries for eight yards over his first three games. He had six total carries over his first nine games before exploding over the second half of the season to finish with 59 carries for 365 yards and eight touchdowns to go with his receiving stats of