Believe it or not, the NFC West is currently one of the worst divisions in football. Only one team in the division has a record over .500, and that team, the Seattle Seahawks, just lost an ugly, rather embarrassing game to a not-very-good New York Giants team a week ago.
Meanwhile, the San Francisco 49ers have hardly lived up to their preseason status as one of the favorites in the NFC as a whole. Last Sunday, the Niners blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead to another division rival, the Arizona Cardinals, dropping into a tie with the Cardinals at 2-3.