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3. The offense shared plenty of blame, too.

Afterward, LaFleur and Rodgers kept directing most of their disappointment toward the offensive performance.

After starting the game with a 10-play, 69-yard TD drive capped by running back AJ Dillon’s 6-yard run, a promising second drive ended with a fumble by tight end Marcedes Lewis in San Francisco territory.

Rodgers called that moment “a little bit of a turning point,” and it was.

From there, the Packers managed just one first down on their next three drives, failed to capitalize (due to the blocked field goal) on a 75-yard catch and run by running back Aaron Jones on an extended play just before halftime, and started the second half with another three-and-out.

Then the one good drive in the second half was stalled by a false start in the red zone, forcing the Packers to settle for a field goal, and the last two possessions in the fourth quarter were three-and-outs.

LaFleur blamed himself for not having the answers to jump-start the offense.

“I think it’s more to do with I didn’t put our guys in position to make enough plays,” he said. “I take that very personally.”

LaFleur said the Packers got too “pass-heavy,” and the 49ers’ pass rush got after Rodgers, sacking him five times. He also felt the offense “pressed a little bit too much” down the stretch.

Meanwhile Rodgers lamented various decisions and throws, particularly on the last drive when he threw deep into double-coverage for Davante Adams instead of hitting Allen Lazard on an in route, believing he was open.

“I definitely take my fair share of blame tonight,” said Rodgers after going 20-of-29 for 225 yards, but without a TD pass.

Jones finished with 170 yards from scrimmage (41 rushing, 129 receiving on nine catches) and Adams had nine receptions for 90 yards. But the rest of the team accounted for all of 32 yards, and the five sacks lost 29.

4. The defense was carrying the night but couldn’t win all by itself.

A remarkable effort by the defense included four straight three-and-outs to start the game and an interception by safety Adrian Amos near the goal line late in the first half.

The 49ers moved the ball less than 40 yards for their first points, the field goal to open the third quarter, and the Packers stuffed running back Elijah Mitchell on a huge fourth-and-1 at the Green Bay 19-yard line with 6:10 left and the Packers up 10-3.

But it all went for naught, and the 49ers drove 44 yards in nine plays to kill the final 3:20 and set up the winning points, leaving triumphant despite just 212 yards of total offense and Jimmy Garoppolo’s 57.1 passer rating (11-of-19, 131 yards, one INT). The Packers also sacked Garoppolo four times, with Rashan Gary getting two of them.

“We had plenty of opportunities to kind of put that game away,” LaFleur said. “I thought our defense battled their ass off; I thought they competed at the highest level. We had a ton of special-teams miscues.

“It’s extremely disappointing. I don’t know. I don’t have a lot more than that to say.”