It was a good all-around day for the Seattle Seahawks.

For starters, the Seahawks stomped the Minnesota Vikings 26-0 and improved to 9-3 with their first shutout since 2015. Seattle also got a major assist from the Carolina Panthers, who upset the NFC West-leading Los Angeles Rams 31-28 .

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Those two results moved the Seahawks (9-3) back into a first-place tie with the Rams (9-3) atop the NFC West. Los Angeles still holds the head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of its 21-19 win over Seattle two weeks ago, but the Seahawks have a chance to nullify that when the Rams come to town for a Week 16 rematch next month.

Meanwhile, the San Francisco 49ers (9-4) are still

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