{"id":103969,"date":"2025-12-21T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/103969\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:28:08","slug":"who-san-francisco-should-pull-for-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/103969\/","title":{"rendered":"Who San Francisco should pull for?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dec. 21, 2025, 8:30 a.m. PT<\/p>\n

After beating the Tennessee Titans 37-24 at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> are on the road in Week 16 for an interconference showdown with the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> on Monday night at Lucas Oil Stadium.<\/p>\n

With just three weeks remaining in the 2025 regular season, San Francisco has put together a 10-4 record. That’s good enough for third place in the NFC West and the sixth seed in the NFC playoff picture.<\/p>\n

San Francisco already benefited from one result in Week 16, as the Seattle Seahawks<\/a>‘ victory over the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> on Thursday night gave the 49ers<\/a> the ability to move into second place in the division and fifth in the conference if Kyle Shanahan’s squad beats the Colts.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, San Francisco could’ve had some more wiggle room in their search for the highest possible seed if the Washington Commanders<\/a> defeated the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> and the Green Bay Packers<\/a> defeated the Chicago Bears<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With that, there’s really only one game on Sunday that could make things easier for the 49ers, and that’s the matchup between the Detroit Lions<\/a> and Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n

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Entering Sunday, the Lions are currently outside of the playoffs with an 8-6 record, but they’re still alive. If they win, and the 49ers lose on Monday, Detroit would be just one game behind San Francisco. The 49ers will also clinch a playoff spot if Pittsburgh wins, so the 49ers and their fans should be supporting the Steelers in that one.<\/p>\n

The rest of the games shouldn’t affect things much for the 49ers.<\/p>\n

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