San Francisco Chronicle

49ers game review

- — Eric Branch

OFFENSE

The downs including yards good from and 414 news: QB 452 passing Nick net 24 first yards, Mullens. turnovers, The bad one news: of which Two was red-zone a 98-yard pick-six, and just 16 points. The reality is the 49ers produced mostly in an extended garbage time after trailing 20-3 at halftime. On a dark day, two rookies — RB Jeff Wilson and WR Dante Pettis — were bright spots.

DEFENSE

When wasn’t Russell throwing Wilson 4 TD passes, Seattle’s topranked rushing attack was compiling 168 rushing yards and averaging 5.8 yards a carry. They Niners did have three sacks of Wilson, who eluded several others, but they failed to make any gamechangi­ng plays. They forced no turnovers and have just five takeaways in 12 games.

SPECIAL TEAMS

They (holding, player punt). had out Richie illegal three of bounds James penalties block on and a muffed recovered a punt that the led to Seahawks a 33-yard TD drive, and stumbled on another punt return and a kickoff return. And they allowed an 84-yard kickoff return by Tyler Lockett that set up a 20-yard TD run one play later. It was flawless other than that.

COACHING

Kyle his error-prone Shanahan team joined when he was assessed a 10-yard unsportsma­nlike-conduct penalty for delivering some non-familyfrie­ndly words at an official. The 49ers were right to challenge Jeff Wilson’s fumble in the second quarter, but no camera angle provided enough evidence to overturn what appeared to be an incorrect call.

OVERALL

Even the were they 49ers would when good, routinely when they get trekked drilled to CenturyLin­k Field. They are decidedly not good, and this disaster blends in with all the others.

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