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The winner of the NFC West will come down to the last game of the season between Seattle and St Louis. Both of these teams play the 49ers and that is their main obstacle to being in contention to win the West a loss to SF will almost surely keep you out of the playoffs. SF plays Seattle, San Diego, @ St. Louis and then Arizona. If they win all 4 of those games they will win the west. Seattle plays @ San Francisco, Atlanta, @ Tampa Bay, St. Louis ( I don't think they can beat Atlanta and Tampa Bay). St. Louis plays @ New Orleans, Kansas City, San Francisco and then @ Seattle ( The Rams might beat the Cheifs ). The team that wins the West will have to have a 8-8 record 7-9 is fun to think about but it won't happen. Alex Smith will start for the 49ers this week against Seattle in a game he will have to win by throwing the ball, and he will have to do it for the remainder of the season or as long as he lasts. Some people are still convinced that he is a pro football QB, so unless he has a +100 QB rating in his last 4 games I'd say he should start looking in the newly reborn Arena Football League for a job, that is of coarse unless Jed York wants to keep him as a permanent 2nd or 3rd stringer. Now is the time for SF to play some of the players they feel are on the fringe of making the team (Dixon will substitute for the injured Frank Gore) and start making up the draft list for next year. Singletary should be released no later than 1 week after their last game of the season. So the winner of the West in my opinion will be St.Louis.