49ers grades for gritty Week 12 Thanksgiving win vs. Seahawks

SEATTLE — Road victories have been in short supply for the 49ers over the years against Pete Carroll's Seattle Seahawks team. In fact, the 49ers' 31-13 win over the Seahawks on Thursday was the first time San Francisco has ever won in the Pacific Northwest in back-to-back seasons. The victory appeared to be in hand at halftime. In the third quarter, not so much. "I don't expect us to come out and give it to them," 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said of a pick-six that gave the Seahawks some hope early in the third quarter. "I still expect to play well, but you never go into halftime thinking, 'All right, we got a chance to go out there and blow them out.' When you think that way, usually you get humbled extremely fast." However, the 49ers did enough good things in the second half to keep the Seahawks at distance and gain a two-game lead in the NFC West standings. Here are the grades from the 49ers' Week 12 game: Rushing offense The 49ers held the ball for 35 1/2 minutes of the game, thanks in large part to the effectiveness of the running game. Christian McCaffrey, the NFL's leading rusher, gained 114 yards and scored two touchdowns on 19 rushing attempts. His 8-yard touchdown run...