Seahawks clinch the No. 1 seed in NFC
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The Seattle Seahawks have capped off a 14-win season with a Week 18 win over the San Francisco 49ers and quarterback Sam Darnold has now tied an NFL record previously only held by Tom Brady.
Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks clinched the NFC West and the No. 1 overall seed with a 13-3 road victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday.
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald made it clear he wanted the spotlight on his players, not himself, after Seattle’s 13-3 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night. The victory was powered by a dominant defensive performance that stifled one of the NFL’s most explosive offenses.
The Seahawks claimed the No. 1 seed in the NFC after defeating the 49ers in Week 18. USA TODAY Sports provided updates, highlights, stats and more.
The Rams need a win over Arizona to leapfrog the 49ers and face the NFC South winner in the wild-card round. A Cardinals win allows San Francisco to remain in the No. 5 seed. The Green Bay Packers will be the No. 7 seed and travel to either Chicago or Philadelphia in the wild-card round.
With the NFC's top seed at stake, Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers offense fizzled in a 13-3 loss to the Seahawks on Saturday. Now, the Niners wait to learn their wild-card opponent.
Rams head coach Sean McVay won't change his plan to play healthy starters based off Saturday night's Seahawks-49ers game, which has playoff seeding implications.
For the Los Angeles Rams, their fate was sealed in Weeks 16 and 17 when they went 0-2 and both the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers went 2-0. They went from holding the No. 1 seed to dropping all the way to third place in their own division and getting locked into a wild-card spot.