49ers have the Seahawks’ number once again, get back to .500 with win

Deebo Samuel Sr. of the San Francisco 49ers runs the ball for a touchdown ahead of Boye Mafe (53) of the Seattle Seahawks. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

There shouldn’t have been much concern about the San Francisco 49ers after a 2-3 start to the season. They were clearly still one of the best teams in football, despite a few losses.

It’s not entirely perfect for the 49ers yet, and injuries have a lot to do with that. But don’t believe that San Francisco has lost much.

The 49ers had a dominant first half against the Seattle Seahawks, let the Seahawks back in the game for a bit in the second half but ultimately slammed the door shut and beat their NFC West rival yet again. George Kittle scored twice, Deebo Samuel Sr. scored a long touchdown and the defense got a huge fourth-quarter interception to lead the 36-24 win. The 49ers are back to .500 after the victory.

In an ideal world San Francisco wouldn’t have let Seattle back in the game, it would have an undefeated record still and be the talk of the NFL. This start hasn’t been ideal. But the 49ers are still pretty good.

49ers take an early lead

One of the reasons the Seahawks made the somewhat surprising decision to end the Pete Carroll era was they were getting run over by the 49ers the past couple seasons. More went into the decision than that, but being completely uncompetitive against their NFC West rival hung over the franchise. They lost five games, including playoffs, to the 49ers the past two seasons and none of them were competitive.

New Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald had many of the same problems on Thursday night.

The game started OK for the Seahawks. They drove deep into 49ers territory. But then Geno Smith missed badly on a throw that was picked off by safety Malik Mustapha. That was the first sign of distress.

The 49ers were backed up at their own 3-yard line after that interception, but they drove 90 yards. The 49ers settled for a field goal at the end of the drive — execution in the red zone was…

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Publish date : 2024-10-11 03:26:50

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