Immediately after their thrilling 42-38 Sunday Night Football victory over the Chicago Bears to keep alive their hopes of securing the top seed in the NFC playoff picture, the San Francisco 49ers found out they'd host their in-division rivals, the Seattle Seahawks, on Saturday, Jan. 3 in a tilt that'll ultimately determine both the NFC West winner and the No. 1 seed in the postseason.
It's not ideal.
This means another short week for head coach Kyle Shanahan's squad, which was already dealing with a short ahead of the Bears game after upending the Indianapolis Colts on the road the previous Monday Night Football.