With a 27-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday afternoon, the Seattle Seahawks upped their record to 13-3 and kept control of their own destiny in both the NFC West race and the race for the No. 1 seed in the conference.
And just a few hours later on Sunday Night Football, the San Francisco 49ers did the same, improving to 12-4 with a hard-fought 42-38 victory over the Chicago Bears, thus setting up a winner-take-all showdown with Seattle in Week 18.
In other NFC West news, the Los Angeles Rams dropped to 11-5 on Monday Night Football with a 27-24 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, but we'll circle back to that in just a moment.