49ers’ red-hot offense cooled off by Seahawks’ stifling defense

SANTA CLARA — Who were those guys with the ball in the black jerseys?

It was the 49ers as we haven’t seen them this season, their offense reduced to rubble with Brock Purdy bent over backward on a sack on their final snap in their biggest game of the year. The 49ers were overmatched by a defense that stuffed them at every turn.

The Seattle Seahawks (14-3) won the NFC West and the No. 1 seed throughout the playoffs with a 13-3 win over the 49ers at Levi’s Stadium, and it really wasn’t that close.