SANTA CLARA — The NFL regular season and the NFC playoffs’ No. 1 seed will all come down to the 49ers’ visit next Sunday at Seattle, in prime time.
“It’s exciting. We always like that,” coach Kyle Shanahan said on a media conference call Sunday. “The only negative is it gives Seattle fans more time but that doesn’t matter too much because it’s always as loud as it can be there.
“I know it’s a big game and I’m excited the whole country gets to see it.”
Flexed Sunday into that grande-finale slot, the 49ers (12-3) are hunting for their first No.