With the NFC’s top seed already secured and a first-round bye coming next week, the San Francisco 49ers are in the catbird seat for the NFC. But for fans already looking at the journey ahead toward the franchise’s sixth Super Bowl win, good luck trying to figure out when and who the Niners will play for their first postseason game.
The NFL does not offer fans much of a chance to plan, instead focusing on optimizing the game times for television. Fans likely won’t know the exact date and time of the Niners’ potential divisional round game until the Sunday evening of Wild Card Weekend, which is Jan.