Look, Nix certainly wasn't perfect Saturday. Yeah, he was 26-for-46 for 279 yards and three touchdown passes. Yeah, he threw the go-ahead touchdown pass with 55 seconds left in regulation. And yeah, he made a couple of really pretty deep throws in overtime that were flagged for pass interference to set up Wil Lutz's game-winning field goal. But there were absolutely stretches of this game where it looked like Nix was a bigger part of the problem than the solution.
Face it: The 49ers as currently constituted are unlikely to host Super Bowl LX. Their best shot was earning the top seed and a bye, giving them one less game with none on the road. It's not happening after the Seattle Seahawks used superior athleticism and blunt force in a 13-3 win in the regular season finale at Levi's Stadium.