Sometimes the hardest thing about writing about the teams I love is when I have to write something about them after an awful performance like the one the Seahawks put up against San Francisco.
I started taking notes on this game, but when Frank Gore busted out his second long run of the game on the first play of the third quarter, I tossed my pen on the table and resorted to angry texting with friends. It shouldn’t be surprising that they were just as angry as me. The F-bomb was used in so many new and interesting ways that they will be opening a branch wing for us in hell.
So, let’s get started before I find another excuse not to review this game.
The play of the game for me was the aforementioned 80 yard run by Gore straight up the middle to start the 3rd quarter. It was the same play he broke for 79 yards in the first quarter and something the offseason acquisitions of Colin Cole and Cory Redding were supposed to keep from happening. Although the defense did a decent job stopping the run otherwise, apart from those two runs Gore had 14 carries for 58 yards, the long run has been a killer for them in the past.
Despite trailing the whole way and playing like a high school junior varsity squad early, Seattle was in this game the whole way. Down 13-10 at the half, I felt there was a real chance for a turnaround coming out of the locker room. A fly in the ointment was losing Matt Hasselbeck right before the half on a punishing, but clean, hit from Patrick Willis to Hasselbeck’s back at the goal line. But Seneca Wallace is an above average backup quarterback who got a lot of time in the preseason to get comfortable with the playbook and the receivers. If anything, he had more time than Hasselbeck.
Even after the big run, Seattle was in it until the end. A combination of San Francisco’s defense being very good, Seattle injuries, and Seattle mistakes at the worst possible moments made the deficit too much to overcome. With that, let’s move on to the list.
The Good:
1. Justin Forsett. Every time he touched the ball, he ran with authority and determination. Forsett broke tackles and used his blockers to get positive yardage. He reminds me of Darren Sproles, from San Diego, in that he is very thick in the lower body and hard to bring down. Much harder than Maurice Morris, whom Forsett replaced when Morris signed with Detroit.
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