Up next for the 49ers are the No. 1-seeded Seattle Seahawks, who defeated San Francisco in Week 18, 13-3, to earn the first-round postseason bye. The 49ers won four straight meetings in Seattle, and reached the NFC Championship game in each of their last seven trips to the playoffs.

George Kittle is no different. The San Francisco 49ers star tight end was dealt a bitter blow on Sunday, during his team’s Wild Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles. After making a catch in the first half Kittle planted to cut around a defender,

Ahead of the Nashville Predators' game against the Washington Capitals, Filip Forsberg showed support for friend and 49ers star George Kittle.

Kittle inscribed the words “DEAD FOREVER” on the tape wrapped around his left ankle and gestured to the message during pregame warmups, a reference to the death of Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir. Weir’s family announced Saturday that the jam-band pioneer had died peacefully at age 78, surrounded by loved ones.