The 49ers needed all of the help they could get heading into Week 17 to clinch the No. 1 seed in the NFC. And boy, did they receive it. The Detroit Lions fell to the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night.
The Lions had a couple of opportunities to convert on a two-point conversion, but failed. Today, San Francisco needed the Arizona Cardinals to go on the road and beat the Philadelphia Eagles.
The odds seemed unlikely. The Cardinals were down at halftime 21-6. Arizona stormed back and won 35-31.