NFL Week 12 Game Recap: San Francisco 49ers 31, Seattle Seahawks 13

The San Francisco 49ers capped off the NFL's Thanksgiving slate with an emphatic 31-13 road victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

The Niners have now won their last four games against the Seahawks, marking a shift in the balance of power in the NFC West. They are now 8-3 on the year, two games ahead of Seattle in the division, and move up to the second seed in the NFC after the Detroit Lions‘ home loss to the Green Bay Packers earlier in the day.

Offensive spotlight: 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey scored twice on the ground in his team's win, taking his touchdown total to 14 on the year. He ran the ball 19 times for 114 yards, 69 of which came after contact, forcing four missed tackles along the way. Three of his rushes went for 15 or more yards, and he added six first-down conversions on top of his two scores.

NO ONE DOES IT LIKE CMC.

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Defensive spotlight: Cornerback Ambry Thomas played 31 coverage snaps, allowing just two catches and 16 yards from four targets. He snagged an interception early in the second quarter and broke up another pass later in the third, with passes into his coverage resulting in just a 20.8 passer rating on the night.

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Rookie spotlight: Seahawks rookie Jaxon Smith-Njigba was held without a catch in the first half but ended up leading the team in receiving yards with 41 from two catches. He moved the chains once, though it came on a spectacular one-handed effort down the right sideline — a grab that is now undoubtedly a candidate for catch of the year.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is just showing off

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Box Score

Passing

San Francisco 49ers
Player	Fantasy	Comp/Att	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Sacks	Rtg
Deebo Samuel	22.4	0 / 1	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Brock Purdy	11.5	21 / 30	209	7.0	1	1	1	86.7
Seattle Seahawks
Player	Fantasy	Comp/Att	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Sacks	Rtg
Geno Smith	8.3	18 / 27	180	6.7	0	1	6	70.0

Rushing

San Francisco 49ers
Player	Fantasy	Car	Yds	YPC	TD	Long	Fum Lost
Christian McCaffrey	33.9	19	114	6.0	2	27	0
Deebo Samuel	22.4	4	15	3.8	1	15	0
Brock Purdy	11.5	3	1	0.3	0	3	0
Elijah Mitchell	4.6	7	39	5.6	0	13	0
Seattle Seahawks
Player	Fantasy	Car	Yds	YPC	TD	Long	Fum Lost
Zach Charbonnet	9.8	14	47	3.4	0	10	0
Geno Smith	8.3	4	21	5.2	0	11	0
DeeJay Dallas	2.5	2	10	5.0	0	7	0
Dee Eskridge	1.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0

Receiving

San Francisco 49ers
Player	Fantasy	Tgt	Rec	Yds	YPT	YPR	TD
Christian McCaffrey	33.9	6	5	25	4.2	5.0	0
Deebo Samuel	22.4	9	7	79	8.8	11.3	0
Brandon Aiyuk	13.0	4	2	50	12.5	25.0	1
George Kittle	4.9	5	3	19	3.8	6.3	0
Elijah Mitchell	4.6	1	1	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0
Ray-Ray McCloud III	3.3	1	1	23	23.0	23.0	0
Charlie Woerner	1.9	1	1	9	9.0	9.0	0
Jauan Jennings	1.7	2	1	7	3.5	7.0	0
Kyle Juszczyk	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
Seattle Seahawks
Player	Fantasy	Tgt	Rec	Yds	YPT	YPR	TD
Zach Charbonnet	9.8	4	4	11	2.8	2.8	0
DK Metcalf	6.2	9	3	32	3.6	10.7	0
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	6.1	3	2	41	13.7	20.5	0
Tyler Lockett	6.0	5	3	30	6.0	10.0	0
Noah Fant	4.5	2	2	25	12.5	12.5	0
Will Dissly	3.1	1	1	21	21.0	21.0	0
DeeJay Dallas	2.5	1	1	5	5.0	5.0	0
Colby Parkinson	1.9	1	1	9	9.0	9.0	0
Jake Bobo	1.6	1	1	6	6.0	6.0	0