Seahawks' TNF Win over Lackluster 49ers Nothing More Than Small Step Forward, And there were some, outside the obvious fact that the Seahawks ended the night with more points than the 49ers.
For the first time in 2015, tailback Marshawn Lynch eclipsed the 100-yard mark, picking up 122 yards on 27 carries and finding the end zone for the second time this year.
As Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out, hitting that benchmark against the NFC West rivals is becoming old hat for Beast Mode:
And Seattle's defense was absolutely dominant in limiting the 49ers to a pathetic 142 yards of total offense. The Legion of Boom forced 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to spend most of the night either flat on his back or running for his life.
As Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk tweeted, defensive end Michael Bennett had himself quite a game:Actually, make that 6.5 for the season and a career-best 3.5 on the night.
Quarterback Russell Wilson also provided fans with a highlight-reel play, finding wide receiver Tyler Lockett for the rookie's first career receiving score on this 43-yard connection:So what's the problem?
Well, why don't you ask Wilson after he gets done soaking in the cold tub. Because he got pounded. Again.
As Jeff Dooley wrote for the Washington Post before the game, the Seahawks offensive line has been, well, what comes after abysmal in the metaphorical Rolodex?
Right now, the Seahawks own the worst offensive line in the league. They are PFF’s third-worst run-blocking unit, and rank dead last in pass-protection. None of their five starters has earned a positive grade this season in either facet of the game, and Wilson has been under pressure more than any quarterback in the league. (To his credit, he’s our sixth-ranked quarterback despite getting little help up front.)
As John Boyle of the team's website reported, just over a week ago head coach Pete Carroll was lauding the progress the offensive line was making, even as the Seahawks were losing games:
I really like the way we came off the football. I really felt like our style was where it’s supposed to be. You saw us attacking the line of scrimmage, and the stuff that we live by showed up and was successful, so we want to keep going, keep doing that so it’s important that we stay with it and keep growing.
The only movement the Seattle line managed against San Francisco was backward movement. The 49ers sacked Wilson five more times on the night. That makes 31 times this season Wilson has been taken down, the most in the National Football League (his 26 sacks taken were tops in the league before Thursday as well). He's on pace to be sacked a staggering 71 times in 2015.
And Wilson incurred that damage from a 49ers team that entered the night 24th in the NFL in sacks.
For the first time in 2015, tailback Marshawn Lynch eclipsed the 100-yard mark, picking up 122 yards on 27 carries and finding the end zone for the second time this year.As Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out, hitting that benchmark against the NFC West rivals is becoming old hat for Beast Mode:
And Seattle's defense was absolutely dominant in limiting the 49ers to a pathetic 142 yards of total offense. The Legion of Boom forced 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to spend most of the night either flat on his back or running for his life.
As Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk tweeted, defensive end Michael Bennett had himself quite a game:Actually, make that 6.5 for the season and a career-best 3.5 on the night.
Quarterback Russell Wilson also provided fans with a highlight-reel play, finding wide receiver Tyler Lockett for the rookie's first career receiving score on this 43-yard connection:So what's the problem?
Well, why don't you ask Wilson after he gets done soaking in the cold tub. Because he got pounded. Again.
As Jeff Dooley wrote for the Washington Post before the game, the Seahawks offensive line has been, well, what comes after abysmal in the metaphorical Rolodex?
Right now, the Seahawks own the worst offensive line in the league. They are PFF’s third-worst run-blocking unit, and rank dead last in pass-protection. None of their five starters has earned a positive grade this season in either facet of the game, and Wilson has been under pressure more than any quarterback in the league. (To his credit, he’s our sixth-ranked quarterback despite getting little help up front.)
As John Boyle of the team's website reported, just over a week ago head coach Pete Carroll was lauding the progress the offensive line was making, even as the Seahawks were losing games:
I really like the way we came off the football. I really felt like our style was where it’s supposed to be. You saw us attacking the line of scrimmage, and the stuff that we live by showed up and was successful, so we want to keep going, keep doing that so it’s important that we stay with it and keep growing.
The only movement the Seattle line managed against San Francisco was backward movement. The 49ers sacked Wilson five more times on the night. That makes 31 times this season Wilson has been taken down, the most in the National Football League (his 26 sacks taken were tops in the league before Thursday as well). He's on pace to be sacked a staggering 71 times in 2015.
And Wilson incurred that damage from a 49ers team that entered the night 24th in the NFL in sacks.
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