The Seattle Seahawks have made some statements this season, but none may have been greater than the one they made while clinching the NFC’s No. 1 seed for the playoffs.

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With the stakes as high as they’ve been all season, Seattle never trailed and its defense was stellar all night against San Francisco’s high-powered offense in a 13-3 victory over the 49ers on Saturday night.

Seahawks Radio Network analyst and former NFL linebacker Dave Wyman shared his thoughts on Seattle’s monumental win postgame.

“Talk about defense just dominating. … You held Christian McCaffrey to 57 total yards. He had 134 the last time we played the 49ers,” Wyman said.

McCaffrey came into the contest averaging 131.9 total yards per game this year and 155.7 in seven career matchups with the Seahawks. The 49ers standout’s 4.1 yards per touch on Saturday were just over one yard below the 5.2 he’s averaged this year.

Another number that jumped out to Wyman was the three points the Seahawks held the Niners to. It tied their lowest scoring output under well-renowned offensive play-caller and head coach Kyle Shanahan, a number that was previously set in his first game with San Francisco in 2017.

“This is a team coming in with a six-game winning streak and they’re point differential was plus-86 (during the stretch),” Wyman said of the 49ers. “… Everything about it was dominant.”

QB down. 😈

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Wyman pointed to a few more numbers that illustrated just how impressive the Seahawks’ effort was against their bitter rival. The 49ers mustered just a season-low 173 total yards of offense on 4.1 yards per play. They had just 53 rushing yards, their second-lowest mark this year. They managed only nine first downs. They went just 2 of 9 on third downs. And Seattle dominated the time of possession, holding the ball for 37:48 compared to San Francisco’s 22:12.

The Seahawks also didn’t turn the ball over, keeping head coach Mike Macdonald’s record perfect in games without a turnover.

“Just a total dominant win by the Seahawks in every fashion except for the points at the end of the game,” Wyman said.

Watch Dave Wyman’s full postgame thoughts in the video at the top of this story. 

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