SEATTLE — It’s emotional enough to win the NFC West and to claim the No. 1 seed in the conference playoffs.
But to do it against your arch-rivals — the team that has authored so much pain this decade — in their stadium, your house of horror, well, that’s an entirely other thing.
A win like that can bring 49ers general manager John Lynch running onto the field with excitement — before the game officially ended, it should be noted — celebrating the culmination of a two-year rebuild and a season-long quest and all the trials and tribulations that went with both.