Seahawks executive Scot McCloughan claims that he was merely being light-hearted when he "predicted" a decisive Seattle victory over San Francisco to Yahoo! Sports. "It was done in a joking manner," McCoughan said. McCoughan was formerly the general manager of the 49ers. The article, written by Michael Silver, states McCloughan was laughing when he said, "They come to our place Christmas Eve, and we're going to beat the hell out of 'em."