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49ers win over Seattle increases potential difficulty of 2019 schedule

The San Francisco 49ers win over the Seattle Seahawks moved them into third place in the NFC West. At 4-10, they now sit a game ahead of the Arizona Cardinals. If the two teams finished tied, the Cardinals hold the standings tiebreaker edge due to their head-to-head sweep. For now though, the 49ers have sole control of third place.

The win bumped the 49ers down the 2019 NFL Draft order, but it also shakes up their 2019 schedule of opponents. The NFL has a schedule formula that has team face their divisional opponents twice, faces one division from the AFC, one full division in the NFC, and then the two teams from the other NFC divisions that finish in the same spot in the standings.