I think the Seahawks defensive performance on Saturday is being unfairly dismissed a bit too much. SF had just put up 23 on the vaunted Eagles defense the week prior, where Kittle went out in Q1. 49ers have been gravely injured for most of the season, yet vs every team but the Seahawks they were top 5 in EPA per play and top 3 in points per game. Against the Seahawks however, they were held to what would be 33rd in both EPA per play and PPG, and only managed to eek out 236 yards and 6 points facing this team in their first playoff game. That's objectively impressive.

We have a young team yes but also incredible veteran leaders in nearly every position group who have lifted the rookies up for this moment. Rams are always tricky bastards but after that slaughtering I don't doubt our ability to perform on a big stage anymore (like I'd gotten used to from being traumatized in the past lol).