Game Note
In recent years the NFL has reworked its scheduling approach to week 17 to keep games competitive. The season finale for the league consists of all division matchups and start times are flexible to ensure early games are not correlated with games played later in the day. Flexing the SF/SEA game to Sunday is the perfect nightcap to what should be an exciting day of football. With the NFC West title and a potential #1 playoff seed on the line, tonight’s game will be played with maximum intensity and emotion. Seattle’s recent wave of emotion from losing its top 3 RBs to bringing back the beloved Marshawn Lynch has re-energized the team and the city. Despite what figures to be a rusty Beast Mode, don’t underestimate the emotional lift his presence will bring to the atmosphere at Century Link Field tonight. This is the 49ers biggest game since their Super Bowl appearance seven years ago and this will be QB Garrapolo’s opportunity to establish himself as a player capable of winning a championship. Seahawks’ QB Wilson has proven himself in big games and will play with the confidence of a champion and lead his team to victory tonight, so take the bonus of a home underdog and play Seattle +3.