The Seattle Seahawks are now sitting at 3-2, but that brutal 32-29 loss to the 5-0 San Francisco 49ers just hammered our Super Bowl champion squad two games back in the NFC West, with no tiebreaker to boot. It was a back-and-forth slugfest that felt way more defensive than the final score suggests, but sloppy play cost us big time against our biggest rival.
Turnovers Gutted Us, Plain and Simple
You want to know why we lost? Four turnovers. That’s it. San Francisco had three, but they made us pay dearly, scoring a whopping 21 of their 32 points directly off our mistakes. Sam Darnold had a rough day under center, throwing two terrible interceptions and just generally not performing well. But the real back-breaker, the one that’ll haunt you, was George Holani’s fumble before halftime, which the 49ers scooped up for a touchdown, giving them an eight-point lead going into the locker room. Ouch. We also watched Brock Purdy and Mike Evans absolutely toast our secondary, especially Josh Jobe, repeatedly. Even though Purdy threw a pick and got sacked a few times himself, he made the clutch plays when it mattered most, keeping their drives alive and securing a win that the 49ers might look back on if they finally end their own Super Bowl drought.
We actually started the game with a chance after a three-and-out forced on the 49ers’ opening drive. But we handed it right back when Darnold was sacked, then threw a 3rd and 10 pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba that Renardo Green read perfectly for an immediate red zone pick. Purdy made us pay instantly, converting a 3rd down to Mike Evans with Josh Jobe in coverage, then a touchdown to Evans, again with Jobe covering him. 7-0 Niners, just like that.
Flashes of Fight, But Not Enough to Win
It wasn’t all bad news for a minute there. In a little bit of history repeating itself from last week against the Chargers, we recovered a muffed punt early in the game! That set us up for a short field, and we capitalized. After a couple of air conversions to Emanuel Wilson and Cooper Kupp, Emanuel Wilson ran it right side for a walk-in score, with A.J. Barner blocking out Romello Height perfectly to clear the path. 7-7, and you could feel the momentum shifting! Both offenses struggled for first downs through the first quarter, which you’d expect with two high-caliber defenses going at it. And for the first time all season, Brock Purdy actually took a sack! Byron Murphy II closed in on 3rd and 1 to bring him down.
But the good moments weren’t enough to overcome our own unforced errors. The margin for error against a 5-0 team, especially your division rival, is razor-thin, and we obliterated it with turnovers.
Our Super Bowl champion status feels a little less certain after a loss like this, especially with a gauntlet of a schedule staring us down over the next three weeks. We’re 3-2, and we just fell two games behind the 49ers in the division without the tiebreaker. Mike Macdonald and the squad need to clean this up, and they need to clean it up fast. Every game matters right now, and how we respond to this gut punch will tell us everything about this team.
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Originally reported by Field Gulls.
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