Throughout the 2025 season, some experts feel the Seattle Seahawks (13-3) are the team to beat this late in the season. Several other experts constantly oversha

Seattle presents many challenges, but one of the most difficult matchups is with wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who isn’t a household name yet in his third year out of Ohio State but probably should be. The Seahawks felt good enough about him to trade D.K. Metcalf, their No. 1 receiver, to Pittsburgh in the offseason.

The San Francisco 49ers are dealing with multiple significant injury concerns entering their Week 18 showdown against the Seattle Seahawks.

Teams that have started Sam Darnold have gone 27-6 in the past two seasons. However, the Minnesota Vikings saw Darnold start to fade before his worst two games closed out the season and the San Francisco 49ers are hoping to get the same outcome in Week 18 this year .

Sam Farmer makes his picks and predictions for the final week of the NFL regular season, with the 49ers beat the Seahawks and the Steelers prevailing.

Sam Darnold and the Seahawks have won six in a row to take a one game lead into the final game of the regular season. Seattle is outscoring its opponents 29-18. Their stifling defense has allowed just 31 touchdowns through 16 games including just one last weekend in Charlotte to the Carolina Panthers in a 27-10 win.

Jauan Jennings and Brock Purdy, the 49ers’ seventh-round superstars, are a red-hot tandem entering Saturday night’s game against Seattle for the NFC playoffs’ top seed.

It doesn’t sound San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Trent Williams is likely to play against the Seahawks on Saturday, but so far the Niners are refusing to rule their left tackle out.