Notes from the Nest: Seahawks loss in Week 2 might have silver lining

If the Seahawks victory over the Denver Broncos last Monday night was the high point of the season, hopefully, Week 2’s loss to the 49ers was the low point.

What’s possibly worse is that Seattle doesn’t really have one or two things it can point to and say, “We fix this and we are good.” For instance, the quarterback position which was thought to be an issue prior to the season isn’t a huge issue.

And for the most part, the rookies have looked decent. So what is going on with Seattle? Here are some thoughts.

Notes from the Nest Week 2: Seahawks blow out loss to San Francisco 27-7

• Seahawks looked sloppy
  • You knew Seattle was going to be in an uphill battle after the emotional victory over Denver on short rest, but Seattle looked outmatched and outsmarted in every facet of the game.
  • The 49ers are a talented team, and coming off their upset loss in week, you knew they were going to play their butts off. But for the game to look like a high school scrimmage between varsity and jv? Yikes.
  • The Seahawks had only 216 total yards of offense, 180 through the air and a shocking 36 on the ground. They lost the penalty battle, 10 to 1. They lost the turnover battle 3 to 0. The 49ers owned the ball, running 70 plays to Seattle’s 47 and controlled the ball for 17 more minutes.

• As bad as it looked…
  • Those numbers are staggering, but I can make a legit case where Seattle could have been in the ballgame.
  • DK Metcalf made the catch of the year possibly, in a beautiful trick play that would have gone for 50+ yards and put Seattle in the end zone, but it was called back due to an illegal man downfield penalty. It was a real bummer as the penalty played no role in the play. That throw and catch was a good reminder to Pete Carroll to keep giving Metcalf those shots.
  • A few minutes later the Seahawks were inside the ten when they ran the stupidest play I’ve ever seen. A 4 running back backfield that led to Deejay Dallas trying to make a throw to a somewhat open Metcalf running across the end zone. The only problem is that Dallas looked like he was throwing a bowling ball, and the pass didn’t even make it 14 yards, let alone the 20 yards needed to get to DK.
  • The pass was easily intercepted and the ballgame was essentially over. The 49ers marched down the field on a lifeless defense, for the put away score, as we saw continuous camera cutaways to Pete and Geno Smith shaking their heads.
    The Seahawks had a chance to get to halftime down just 13-7, and feeling like they were in it. Instead, they pulled a Hackett and took the ball away from their QB and lost the game.
  • Burn that play…