Sherman was influential from his cornerback position as the 49ers outclassed the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 in Saturday’s divisional round clash.

A five-time Pro Bowler and a Super Bowl champion with the Seattle Seahawks, Sherman intercepted Kirk Cousins in the third quarter, which led to a Tevin Coleman touchdown. The pick was part of the 49ers’ suffocating defensive effort against the Vikings.

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“I get tired of hearing, ‘Oh, man, he’s a zone corner.’ I get tired of hearing the excuses for why I’m great,” Sherman told reporters postgame. “It was zone coverage. I covered the man (Vikings wideout Adam Thielen) and picked the ball off. In the playoffs, in big games, I show up.

“I show up year in, year out. Whether it’s 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Unless I tear my Achilles, I’m out there doing my job at a high level.

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“I get tired of excuses for why I’m good. ‘Oh, my god, they’re playing zone; oh, my god, it was this guy; oh, my god, the receiver slipped.’ Why don’t other people get those opps, then?

“It’s odd. It’s like people got frustrated that I was so confident early on in my career, so people wanted me to fail. When I didn’t fail, it’s like, ‘How do we tear him down in other ways?’ I’m too consistent on a yearly basis. Since I got in the league, every category that matters to a corner, I’m No. 1.”

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The 49ers — buoyed by their first-round bye — will face either the Green Bay Packers or the Seahawks for a place in Super Bowl 54 after winning their first playoff game since 2013.

“I was pumped for the defense,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. “We had a goal going into this game. We thought the team that got over 30 runs would win this game. We truly look at that as a team goal and we ended up getting 47 on offense.

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“It’s a lot easier to do when the other team goes 2 of 12 on third down. I think we were 45 percent. I think they only ended up being able to get 10 [runs] and when you just see the way the defense is playing, it makes it so much easier to stay with that and I think our whole team kind of fed off it.”