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Welcome everybody to a special live edition of the NFC West mixtape.

I'm Rob Stats-Garer from the 49ers Gold Standard Podcast Network.

That's Dan B.Ns from the Seahawks Forever podcast.

We are here every week breaking down everything NFC West. And Dan, it does not get much bigger than what is going to happen Saturday night between the Niners and the Seahawks. Yeah, we don't need to talk about the other two teams this week. I mean, this one, you and I said at the very beginning of the season, we thought this was going to be the best division in football. It did nothing to,

uh, to contradict that point at all through the season. And then, you know, I think, I think

throughout the conversation as it evolved through the season, I'm not so sure, uh, I think

there were times where we thought maybe

weeky 18 would be irrelevant at times. Not the case. Not the case at all. In fact, I believe this

would be the exact opposite of what irrelevant is defined as. For anyone that doesn't know, I can't

imagine you don't know, but it's the number one seed in the NFC.

It's the division championship. It's a week off for the winner. Now, I will say the Seahawks, I think, are in a much better position. You're kind of in the catbird seat, Dan, because if the Seahawks win, obviously, you get all that. Yay, congratulations. That's awesome. But if Seattle loses, you are locked into the

five seed, which means you get to pay, you get to play whatever crap team comes out of the NFC South.

That's got to be a nice feeling for you to have. Yeah, it certainly is. And some people have done

so far as to say that that might even be the advantageous path,

which I just don't buy into that.

I think playing at home always makes sense.

And I don't know, I was never a math whiz, but winning two games to get to the Super Bowl

seems like a better path to take than winning three.

But it certainly is something to be considered because, you know,

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