The Seattle Seahawks showed signs of life late in the first half on Thursday night against the San Francisco 49ers but blew a chance to grab the lead from them.
Arguably, the Seattle Seahawks played their worst game of the season in a 27–7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2.
Heading into Thursday night’s matchup with the Niners at Lumen Field, Seattle had a chance to right these wrongs in a big late-season division game. (Seahawks Trail 49ers Change Momentum At Halftime After Brutal Fumble)
But despite Seattle’s offense showing signs of life in the first half after early struggles, Seahawks running back Travis Homer committed a costly fumble that changed the momentum and gave the Niners a 14–3 lead before halftime. Gave permission.
The return of Seattle rookie running back Kenneth Walker III to the lineup barely made an early impact for a struggling Seahawks run attack against the best-run defense in the league.
The Seahawks tried to start this part of the offense early, but instead were bogged down and suffered for it. Seattle went three-and-out on three of their first four drives for a total of 11 yards.
The 49ers were a little inconsistent in the second quarter with two 3-and-outs heading into the first quarter, but used a nine-play, 86-yard drive late in the first quarter to score seven touchdowns by 49ers running back Christian. The drive ended with McCaffrey and rookie quarterback Brock Purdy fooling the crowd with a fake pass before connecting with tight end George Cattle for a 28-yard touchdown run, giving the Niners a 7–0 lead. The Seahawks finally came to life on the shoulders of receiver DK Metcalf, who had back-to-back 13-yard receptions to spark the offense midway through the second quarter. Once Seattle got behind the chains again, two big plays seemed to go for naught, but quarterback Geno Smith earned an 18-yard touchdown run on third-and-13. (Seahawks Trail 49ers Change Momentum At Halftime After Brutal Fumble)
The Niners’ defense eventually forced a 38-yard field goal by Jason Myers to make it 7–3, but it was three points the Seahawks happily took, considering how much the first half had been for their offense.
Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs dropped an easy interception to potentially give Seattle a great field position late in the half, but their pass defense at least stopped the Niners on third down.
Suddenly, despite what seemed to be a disastrous first half for the Seahawks, he could now hold the lead with them.
But arguably the biggest play of the first half came at the worst moment for the Seahawks, when Homer fumbled in the red zone with less than a minute left to give the Niners possession. McCaffrey scored a touchdown two plays later to completely flip the script, giving San Francisco a 14–3 lead going into the locker room.
