Offense was an issue for the Seahawks in Week 2 as they fell to the San Francisco 49ers 27-7, falling to 1-1 on the younger season.

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As we do after each Hawks sport, we polled the voices of Seattle Sports activities 710 AM for his or her immediate reactions. Learn what they should say under, which is only a sampling of their evaluation that shall be shared on the air Monday starting with Brock and Salk at 6 a.m. and The Pete Carroll Present at 8:30 a.m.

Stacy Rost, Bump & Stacy (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Welp.

For those who felt like no different sport may disappoint you after that Monday evening upset over Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos, then congratulations, this sport was for you!

For those who noticed sufficient in primetime to need good manufacturing and progress – heck, even good soccer – from this group, then saying you felt upset in Week 2 is an understatement. This was uncompetitive and at occasions ugly play. And for a group that desires to construct on its younger basis, that’s regarding.

Geno Smith accomplished 80% of his go makes an attempt and Tyler Lockett completed with 107 yards, however you’d by no means realize it on this one. The Seahawks transformed on simply two third downs and dedicated 9 penalties, six of which gifted the 49ers a primary down.

Seattle’s run protection was a priority in Week 1 and that continued in Week 2, although this time 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan acknowledged what Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett and Russell Wilson didn’t. San Francisco completed with 189 whole dashing yards. In a sport – in a season – that was presupposed to be about establishing the run for Seattle, the Seahawks picked up simply 36 whole yards on the bottom in Week 2.

San Francisco is a group that ranked prime 10 within the run and had 48 sacks final yr. They’re constructed to win now. Dropping towards them isn’t stunning for a Seahawks group that simply parted methods with its franchise quarterback and has greater than a handful of latest starters. But when they lose to the lowly Falcons in Week 3 and Lions in Week 4? Then you definately’re in new territory for the Seahawks, and it’s not a spot they wish to be.

Mike Salk, Brock & Salk (6-10 a.m.)

Can’t win within the NFL in case you don’t rating and also you don’t sort out. The Seahawks’ offense didn’t do the previous and the protection didn’t do the latter. And that made the 27-7 loss about as easy to diagnose as any we’ve seen.

It was a fantastic begin final week for Geno Smith and he wasn’t essentially the issue within the Bay. However his offense has now gone six straight quarters with no rating and that may be a non-starter, even for a group making an attempt to run and play protection.

We knew this could be a troublesome sport for a group coming off the emotional dwelling win final week. But when they will’t generate offense, they’d higher have the ability to play protection. There have been some optimistic indicators, however total, they made it too darn straightforward for the 49ers.

Bob Stelton, Wyman & Bob (2-7 p.m.)

There isn’t a lot to say about this one.

When the Seahawks weren’t killing themselves with sloppy play, ill-timed penalties or curious play calls within the purple zone, the 49ers did no matter they wanted to. And that was after Trey Lance was knocked out of the sport.

The Seahawks had 10 penalties for 106 yards. They have been undisciplined, to say the least. And whereas the protection within the purple zone has been strong within the first two video games, it continued to get picked aside between the 20s and is spending means an excessive amount of time on the sector. The Seahawks misplaced the time of possession battle 38:20 to 21:40.

Whereas Geno was environment friendly in his makes an attempt to completion ratio (24 of 30, 197 yards, one interception, no TDs), he’s not the kind of QB who can dig you out of a gap just like the one they dug for themselves right this moment. This offense didn’t rating some extent right this moment and that may be a bit disturbing. Getting behind the way in which the Seahawks did mainly eradicated the run sport they’ve been excited to lean on. That they had 12 mixed carries for 34 yards from the operating backs.

They did have a fantastic particular groups play courtesy of a Tariq Woolen blocked discipline objective and an 86-yard scoop-and-score by Michael Jackson.

EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED!

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— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) September 18, 2022

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Backside line, this can be a very younger, inexperienced group, so uneven play shall be fairly outstanding till these guys get snug – and the teaching employees learns the strengths and weaknesses of this squad and are capable of sport plan accordingly.

By the way in which, I’d say having DeeJay Dallas try a go within the purple zone ought to most likely be faraway from the playbook.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt careworn all week the challenges that the 49ers’ run sport would current for the Seahawks’ protection, and the worry was actuality after a bullying, bodily imposing efficiency from the San Francisco offense.

The 49ers ran the ball 45 time, for 189 yards and two touchdowns whereas controlling the clock and never permitting any respiration room for a Seahawks offense that equally did itself no favors with the self-inflicted errors.

The 49ers’ protection was an imposing pressure as nicely, and Geno Smith by no means appeared snug within the pocket all sport. As Carroll likes to say, “We’ll have to have a look at the tape.” And positively with out the good thing about breaking down all angles but, it’s onerous to inform whether or not the Seahawks went away from the tight ends as a way to maintain extra assist in blocking or whether or not the 49ers noticed one thing from Week 1 and jumped Smith’s preliminary reads. However the offensive sport plan from the primary half towards the Broncos was nonexistent all through this one.

Equally, it seemed to be a desperation name towards a superior protection to attempt to out-think the 49ers with a halfback go, and that interception appeared to deflate the offense the remainder of the way in which.

From the ill-timed go to a muffed punt and various different penalties, the rising pains have been on full show on this one. It goes with out saying that 47 whole performs and simply 36 yards dashing can’t be the usual transferring ahead, but it surely may be a sluggish climb up in the direction of a buzzing, sustainable offense.

By means of two weeks, we don’t actually know a lot concerning the total image of this group. They’re younger and inconsistent however confirmed flashes of grit and potential on a handful of second half defensive stops, together with the blocked discipline objective returned for a landing. One other stagnant offensive sport towards the Falcons in Week 3 would understandably result in concern, however for now we’ll see how they adapt and study from going through top-of-the-line defenses within the league.

If final Monday was the Tremendous Bowl in Seattle, Sunday in Santa Clara was fairly the hangover for the Seahawks.

We heard the recipe to beat the 49ers all week on Seattle Sports activities: shield the ball, play clear and win on particular groups. Suffice it to say, the Seahawks did none of these issues.

A mixed 215 yards (36 dashing) on offense, 10 penalties for 106 yards and three turnovers later, the outcomes are an unsurprising and deflating 27-7 loss.

These numbers are suboptimal on an everyday day, however when it occurs after QB Jimmy Garoppolo – the man I actually believed can be in Seattle – enters the sport for an injured Trey Lance and leads his group to an emotional W, the suboptimal day turns right into a horrible, horrible, no good, very dangerous day for the Seahawks.

Geno Smith wasn’t unable to muster any of the primary half magic from final week, and the protection spent practically 40 minutes of the sport on the sector giving up 189 dashing yards, a complete the 49ers solely surpassed as soon as in all the 2021 season.

Turnovers, penalties, poor tackling and a complete of zero offensive factors simply received’t minimize it within the NFL, however not less than Seahawks followers aren’t counting down the play-clock for their very own offense on each single play like they did right this moment in Denver for Russell Wilson and Nathaniel Hackett, proper?

Broncos followers are helpfully/mockingly shouting out the play clock on each play as Denver struggles to handle the clock. pic.twitter.com/53p339HGME

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) September 18, 2022

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