There’s more than just the renewed rivalry on the line in Week 17 between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks.
Sunday’s prime-time bout on Sunday Night Football wraps up the 2019 regular season, as there won’t be any Monday Night Football game, and it’s quite the fitting way to cap off what has been a wild ride for both squads.
At 12-3, the Niners are in the driver’s seat for the No. 1 seed in the conference and their first NFC West division championship since 2012. But the 11-4 Seahawks have a chance to completely thwart where San Francisco stands in the standings, as a Seattle win would give head coach Pete Carroll’s squad the tiebreaker, the NFC West crown while pushing the 49ers down to the No.