Jonathan Vilma vs. Frank Gore a key matchup to watch.

The New Orleans Saints will play Saturday in the divisional playoff against the San Francisco 49ers without tight end John Gilmore (toe) and wide receiver Lance Moore (hamstring), according to the team's final injury report.

SAN FRANCISCO– Three 49ers — receiver Ted Ginn, center Jonathan Goodwin and special teams ace Blake Costanzo — all left Saturday's game for a stretch but were able to return to the contest. The most severe appeared to be Ginn, who had missed the

SAN FRANCISCO—The 49ers offense wouldn't change if Alex Smith went down with an injury and the team was forced to go with rookie backup Colin Kaepernick. Smith is one of 12 quarterbacks who started all 16 regular season games this season.

If you ask me, this afternoon's matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints is the most intriguing divisional-round game scheduled to play this weekend. On one hand, you have the hosting upstart 49ers