Kurtenbach: For the 49ers and Seahawks, familiarity only breeds confusion

There is a specific kind of insanity reserved for playoff games between two teams from the same division. It is a distinct flavor of madness, separate but amplified by the usual January anxiety.

These teams do not just play each other; they live together: they share the same atmospheric rivers, the same East Coast apathy toward everything in the Pacific Time Zone, and the same enemies.

But just because the Seahawks and 49ers both hate the Rams does not make them friends.

When the Niners and ‘Hawks meet on Saturday...