The San Francisco 49ers clinched the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs Sunday with a victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
NFLThe @49ers are the No. 1 seed! The NFC goes through San Francisco. #GoNiners https://t.co/Hn1615aalX
The NFC playoff race was a muddled logjam for the entire second half of the 2019 season. Five teams were within a single game of the top spot heading into Week 16—the Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints, 49ers and Minnesota Vikings.
It helped create extra drama in a postseason race that saw a majority of the berths clinched early.