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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is sacked by San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Walter Curry in the second quarter of their preseason football game, Saturday.

Smith overthrew Morgan on a deep pass on his first drive and later missed an open Hill in the back of the end zone. San Francisco scored a touchdown on that drive on Moran Norris’ 1-yard run on fourth down.

“I missed two big opportunities, the long ball to Josh and the ball to Jason in the back of the end zone,” Smith said. “Those two stick out. Other than that, I thought I played pretty decent. But when you miss two big chances like that you can’t get it out of your head.”

Smith finished 5-for-12 for 62 yards in his first matchup against Rodgers since the Niners chose him instead of Rodgers with the top pick in 2005. Rodgers slipped to Green Bay at No. 24 24, a fall that cost him more than $40 million in his rookie contract and forced him to sit behind Favre for three years.

Rodgers, who grew up in Northern California and played college ball across the bay at Cal, had plenty of friends and family on hand but they didn’t have much to cheer about because of the drops.

The most obvious one came after Woodson’s interception, when Donald Lee couldn’t hang on to a perfectly placed pass into the end zone. The Packers settled for a field goal after starting the drive at the 7. Donald Driver also dropped a deep ball on Green Bay’s first drive.

“The productivity wasn’t there for the offense so I can’t sit up here and say the quarterback played well,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “It was not a good evening for all of our quarterbacks.”

Notes: Allen Rossum scored on a 67-yard punt return in the fourth quarter for the Niners. ... Packers RB Ryan Grant, LB A.J. Hawk, WR Greg Jennings and DL Ryan Pickett sat out. ... The Niners were without WRs Arnaz Battle, Ashley Lelie and Bryant Johnson.

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