Week 14 was not a good week for the Seattle Seahawks (10-3). They suffered a demoralizing 28-12 road loss to the Los Angeles Rams (8-5) who remain in the postseason race, and the San Francisco 49ers (11-2) reclaimed the lead in the NFC West by defeating the New Orleans Saints (10-3) on the road in one of the most exciting games of the season. The Arizona Cardinals (3-9-1) are already eliminated from playoff contention and lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5). Let’s jump into the game summaries.

San Francisco 49ers 48 – New Orleans Saints 46

The 49ers and Saints exchanged blows throughout the entire game and culminated in a fitting finish – a game-winning field goal by Robbie Gould. The key play on San Francisco’s final drive was a fourth-down conversion by tight end George Kittle that put the 49ers in range for Gould’s kick to ice the game.

The two signal-callers turned in monster performances as both offenses tried to outdo the other. Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 349 passing yards, four touchdown passes and an interception for a 131.7 passer rating. Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw five touchdowns and rushed for another as San Francisco’s defense had trouble containing the Saints offense. Fortunately for the visitors, they did enough and won the game at the last second.

This was just the third game in NFL history in the past 55 years in which both teams had at least 27 points before halftime, as the 49ers led 28-27 at the intermission. San Francisco retook possession of the No. 1 seed in the NFC along with the division lead and now controls their own destiny. The 49ers will play the Falcons (4-9) at home in Week 15.