Overview
- San Francisco improved to 12-4 and will host Seattle in Week 18 with the NFC West title, the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage on the line.
- Purdy completed 24 of 33 for 303 yards with three passing touchdowns and two rushing scores, while Christian McCaffrey ran for 140 yards and a touchdown as the 49ers piled up 496 yards and went 5-for-5 in the red zone.
- An injury-depleted defense that has been without stars like Nick Bosa and Fred Warner surrendered big gains with no sacks or takeaways but sealed the win by forcing an incompletion at the 2-yard line on the final play.
- Chicago, already NFC North champions, pushed late behind Caleb Williams’ 330 passing yards and got a last snap to win before the pass fell incomplete after a group-effort 49ers rush and alert tackling on a prior trick play.
- Seattle’s 27-10 win over Carolina kept the Seahawks atop the conference and set up Saturday night’s short-week, winner-take-all finale in Santa Clara.