AN NFC RARITY:
The MINNESOTA VIKINGS-SEATTLE SEAHAWKS contest on Monday Night Football (8:15 PM ET, ESPN) features one of three NFC clubs (Seattle, SAN FRANCISCO and NEW ORLEANS) with nine-or-more wins. This season marks the first time in 18 years that three NFC clubs are 9-2 or better through 11 games. Since the conference was formed during the league merger in 1970, it’s happened only four other times (1986, 1990, 1991 and 2001).
Last year, Seattle’s RUSSELL WILSON became the first quarterback in NFL history to win at least nine games in each of his first seven seasons. Wilson, now in his eighth NFL season, led the Seahawks to their ninth win last week at Philadelphia.
DECEMBERS TO REMEMBER:
The SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS and BALTIMORE RAVENS, who meet on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), are two of the NFL’s best teams in December since 2017, when the 49ers acquired quarterback JIMMY GAROPPOLO from New England. Garoppolo is 5-0 in December since coming to San Francisco.
The NFL teams with highest winning percentages in December since 2017:
| TEAM | W | L | T | PCT |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
| New Orleans Saints | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 |
