BOSA EXPECTED TO PLAY VS. PACKERS AFTER PRACTICING

San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan is hopeful that star edge rusher Nick Bosa will be cleared to play in a divisional-round playoff game against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night.

Bosa left last week’s wild-card win at Dallas in the first half with a concussion, but has made good progress in his recovery. Bosa returned to practice on a limited basis on Wednesday and then was a full participant on Thursday before the Niners (11-7) left for Green Bay (13-4).

Bosa is listed as questionable for the game and must clear one final step in the protocol before being cleared to play in the game. Shanahan said it’s “looking good” that Bosa will be able to play against the Packers. Bosa has two sacks in three career games against Green Bay.

The only other players with injury designations for the game are cornerback Ambry Thomas (knee) and defensive end Jordan Willis (ankle), who are both questionable.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and linebacker Fred Warner made it through the week of practice with no issues after dealing with injuries last week and are good to go.

Garoppolo sprained his right shoulder in the first half against the Cowboys last week, but remained in the game even though he said the injury impacted his throwing. Garoppolo is also dealing with a sprained right thumb that sidelined him in Week 17.

“I think he threw pretty good in the game,” Shanahan said. “When Jimmy gets out to game day, he’s going to be all right.”

Warner left the game against the Cowboys with an ankle injury in the second half but has been able to practice this week.

NFL fines Prescott for tweets

The NFL fined Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott $25,000 for comments condoning fans throwing objects at officials after a wild-card loss to San Francisco.

The fine was issued Thursday, a day after Prescott apologized in a series of tweets. Told after the game that fans were throwing objects at officials, Prescott said, “Credit to them then.” He initially called it “sad” because he was told the objects were being thrown at Dallas players.

Notable

Former Washington head coach Jay Gruden and Indianapolis Colts running backs coach Scottie Montgomery have had second interviews with the Panthers for their vacant offensive coordinator position, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The Giants seemingly have finished their interviews for a general manager, meeting with San Francisco 49ers assistant GM Adam Peters on Thursday.

The Vikings completed their first round of general manager interviews by meeting with Cleveland vice president of player personnel

Glenn Cook and New England scouting consultant

Eliot Wolf. Philadelphia defensive coordinator

Jonathan Gannon also interviewed for head coach.

Bears tight end Jimmy Graham, Broncos tight end/fullback Andrew Beck, and former Ravens linebacker Jarret Johnson are finalists for the NFL’s Salute to Service Award. The award recognizes people who demonstrated exceptional effort to honor and support members of the military community.