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SEATTLE -- was caught. Not in the sense of getting tackled, but caught being an observer.Baldwin couldn't help himself. When Seattle's wide receiver saw that Green Bay had lost, he gave a little fist pump knowing what that meant for the .The NFC playoffs could be routed through the Pacific Northwest again."We can only control what we can control and so we're focused on us," Baldwin said.The knocked their most heated rival out of contention Sunday behind another stingy defensive effort and 's 91 yards rushing and a touchdown in Seattle's 17-7 Dallas Goedert Jersey win over San Francisco.Gone are the from the postseason conversation. Now the question is whether Seattle (10-4) can win its final two games - at Arizona and vs. St. Louis - and potentially land the No. 1 seed in the NFC for the second straight season.The opportunity at home-field advantage was implausible four weeks ago when the were 6-4 and teetering in the NFC playoff picture. After four straight wins and the ' lo s at Buffalo on Sunday, the have the chance at more than just a postseason berth."I don't care about that stuff right now," Seattle coach said. "We have two more games to play and we have one more game that's at hand right now. That's all we got. The rest of it doesn't matter."After a sluggish, sloppy first half filled with penalties and mi sed a signments, Seattle awoke in the final 30 minutes behind the running of Lynch and a defense that shut out the , holding them to 67 yards. was sacked six times and the didn't run a play past the Seattle 38 in the second half.Lynch scored on a 4-yard run late in the third quarter and the took advantage of a short field on their next drive, capped by 's 10-yard touchdown strike to rookie .Wilson Avonte Maddox Jersey was 12 of 24 for 168 yards and rushed for another 27 yards.Losing to Seattle for the fifth time in six meetings, and Detroit's win over Minnesota, eliminated San Francisco (7-7) from making the postseason. It's the first time in 's four seasons the won't be playing in January, and will only heighten questions about Harbaugh's future with the club."I don't want to get too far out in front of our headlights," Harbaugh said. "We're going to focus Brandon Graham Jersey all our energy on this week."In a season filled with key injuries, the lost two more players late in the first half and another in the third quarter. Running back , who scored on a 10-yard run in the second quarter, left with a concu sion. Middle linebacker , the NFC defensive rookie of the month in November, hurt his ankle on the final play of the first half. He attempted to return, but was mostly a spectator and replaced by .Gore's backup, , was bent backward and appeared to injure his right leg late in the third quarter. Kaepernick threw for 141 yards and rushed for another 46, but was constantly under pre sure behind an offensive line mi sing starters and ."We didn't give up any yards, we just played our way," Seattle defensive end said. "We played team defense and that's the way you play championship football."The absence of Borland was significant. Seattle rushed for 90 yards in the third quarter alone after having just 47 in the first half. Lynch had runs of 13 and 15 yards on his touchdown drive that he capped by strolling the final yard into the end zone.San Francisco went three-and-out on the next po se sion, including Hyde's injury on first down. Seattle took po se sion at the 44 and Wilson immediately went for 19 yards on a designed keeper.The drive was kept alive by a debated third-down roughing-the- Ronald Darby Jersey pa ser call against Moody and two plays later, Richardson caught the first TD of his career. Referee told a pool reporter after the game he believed Moody hit Wilson with the hairline of his helmet and not the facemask, thus drawing the penalty."The crown is the top of the helmet, the hairline is up at the top of the forehead," he explained. "That is still a foul when you hit the quarterback with that part of your head.""I think it was a bad call," San Francisco safety Antione Bethea said. "It's Malcolm Jenkins Jersey so up and down with those types of calls,"NOTES: Seattle did not force a turnover for the first time since Week 7 against St. Louis. ... Borland and Seattle LT (chest) were both injured on 's interception return on the final play of the first half. Okung suffered a chest-wall bruise and was taken to a local hospital for further examination and released. ... The had 178 total yards in the first half after having 164 for the entire game in the first meeting.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre sRelive 's performance against the with
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