One more new way to win

 The 49ers were running out of new ways to win games, but they found one in the final game of the year. San Francisco had a pair of last-second wins thanks to the offense, but they had a trio of last-second losses to go with them. Their defense hadn’t been able to close out a close game yet, and did so emphatically in Seattle. Greenlaw’s hit on Hollister was the Seahawks’ eighth play from inside the red zone, and it looked like an all but sure thing the Seahawks were going to find the end zone and go ahead late. They didn’t though thanks to the defense’s first late-game stand of the year, and it capped a magnificent regular season by one of the best defenses in the NFL