Seattle Seahawks 10 San Francisco 49ers 23

by John Morgan on Sep 20, 2009 3:38 PM PDT

Joe Nedney kicks a 39 yard field goal on the 16th play of the 49ers drive. The drive has monopolized the quarter and reduced Seattle's chances of winning to 3%. In a move of panic, Deon Butler took a kick return out of the end zone, ran for 16 yards and pinned Seattle back at its 12. Butler showed no ability to return in the preseason. He should not have been out there.

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Agreed.

Butler may be fast, but has shown no natural return ability, at all. The 49rs seem to me to have exposed another glaring weekness, that of no shut-down DB’s. Without Trufant, we’re not looking very good. Decent pressure from the D-line, but still Shawn Hill is able to find wide open receivers with way too much regularity.

by diehard82 on Sep 20, 2009 3:46 PM PDT reply actions

And lets not forget that Vallos is having a terrible game.

by diehard82 on Sep 20, 2009 3:48 PM PDT reply actions

terrible game.

by Hawkmain on Sep 20, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I am not a Vallos fan

"[Aaron] Curry is not a good pass-rusher" - Fearless Frog, 4/25/2009

by SSreporters on Sep 20, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Neither am I

Looking forward to Unger at Center next year, and for many to come. Spencer will be FA. Vallos isn’t even a decent backup.

by diehard82 on Sep 20, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions

At least PIT lost.

Moral victory. But I’m still pissed about much of our game. The run-D was horrible.

Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevan Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer

by Misfit74 on Sep 20, 2009 4:08 PM PDT reply actions

ME! BANE!

Hurry back, we love you.

by MFAN on Sep 20, 2009 4:17 PM PDT reply actions

I'm not overly stressed about this.

Maybe I’m not the most passionate fan, but I think any team that loses 8 of its best starters is going to have problems.

by kentcheesehead on Sep 20, 2009 4:23 PM PDT reply actions

Backup QB, LT, MLB, OLB, DT...

who did San Francisco just beat?

"Football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental." - Doug Plank

by Stevo's on Sep 20, 2009 4:24 PM PDT reply actions

What I've been thinking.

by kentcheesehead on Sep 20, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's back backup to the backup LT to the list lol

Sam Bradford, future Seattle Seahawk.

by Carl Shinyama on Sep 20, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh, and since Wilson got hurt..

Let’s also add the backup to the backup CB to list as well.

Sam Bradford, future Seattle Seahawk.

by Carl Shinyama on Sep 20, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Sando thinks we can't just write this loss off because the injuries are mounting

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/5363/rapid-reaction-49ers-23-seahawks-10

It’s far too early to say the Seahawks are finished this season, but they’re staggering after only two weeks. The 49ers are 2-0 in the division, the Cardinals are surging after an impressive showing in Jacksonville and even the Rams showed improvement in their second game under Steve Spagnuolo. The long-term injury implications of this performance prevent the Seahawks from playing the it’s-only-one-game card. This one hurt and it could hurt for weeks to come.

by ninjasocks on Sep 20, 2009 4:27 PM PDT reply actions

As usual, Sando's right.

Sam Bradford, future Seattle Seahawk.

by Carl Shinyama on Sep 20, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

As depressing as it is to agree, I must do so.

Ugh.

by thebyron on Sep 21, 2009 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Two rookie uglies...

First play of the game – Unger gets sent flying straight up in the air as he is run over and through and SF gets a sack – what a play – unfortunately, it was for the bad guys. Later in the game – KEY TIME – SF is on their two or three yard line after a terrific kick to the one inch line and two stuffs by the defense – third and long – their ball carrier gets MISSED completely by Curry – instead of 4th and long on their 5 – its first and 10 and the Hawks never seem to even get their hands on the ball again in the game…

Did I mention thew first 11 seconds of the second half…. ugly… frekin’ ugly.

by Mylegacy on Sep 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT reply actions