Seattle Seahawks vs San Francisco 49ers | Battle For The 1 Seed | Week 18 Preview & Prediction

Описание: Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Mike Maconald and the Seattle Seahawks face off against Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey, Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers in the biggest game of the 2025 NFL season. The winner of this game will get the number 1 seed and a first round bye in the playoffs.

The George Kittle injury may be significant but it was a low angle sprain not a high ankle sprain so he'll be ready for the Playoffs but may potentially miss the game vs the Seahawks or will not be 100% healthy. The Ricky Pearsall injury made him miss the game vs the Colts, so this SNF game is starting to look like a heavy CMC game where he gets around 30 touches. Pearsall will be matched up with Devon Witherspoon, Riq Woolen and Nick Emmanwori.

With the Fred Warner injury and the Nick Bosa injury the best two defenders for the 49ers got knocked out for the season early in the year and they lack superstar power to limit this Seahawks offense but they are still in position to host the rest of their games this season.

The Seahawks are lethal with their pass rush, Leonard Williams, Byron Murphy, Ernest Jones, Demarcus Lawrence formulate one of the front lines in the league. Bryce Young will need to use his legs, if they can keep the score close, then the crowd can come alive when Sam Darnold is on the field. The Seahawks run game is consistent with Zach Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker, Rashid Shaheed adds an element of gadget ability and deep down the field threat, meanwhile Cooper Kupp and AJ Barner are consistent targets outside of JSN. The 49ers have the worst pass rush in the NFL, they need Bryce Huff to step up, on offense the Trent Williams injury may be significant as he missed the rest of the game vs the Bears and status will be critical for the playoffs.

Levi stadium will be potentially the best atmosphere of the season in this primetime game.

Enjoy this Blitz With Blinder video hosted by Josh Blinder breaking down the biggest game of the season that will decide the NFC West division between two of the best teams in the NFL.