SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The build-up to Saturday’s 49ers-Seahawks game felt a bit forced.
These two teams haven’t been archrivals for a while now. One could make the case that true hatred between the two teams left when Jim Harbaugh and the Niners “mutually agreed” to end his time on the sidelines in Dec. 2014.
Even in 2019, the regular-season finale where the division was on the line didn’t carry much vitriol.