Seahawks Defeat 49ers 13-3: Seattle's Defense Shines

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00:00In San Francisco, the Seahawks get a win.

00:02What an under.

00:03I got to say, I said to someone watching the game,

00:06oh, it's not a bad game.

00:08Yeah, you bet the under.

00:10Because usually I'd be screaming about how awful the game probably is,

00:13but this game at 13-3, the opening drive, Joe,

00:19set the tone with a seven-and-a-half-minute ball gets down to the one,

00:24turnover on downs, no point affair.

00:27Right.

00:27There wasn't going to be a ton of points put up in this football game.

00:31A three-point second half, right?

00:35A 13-3 final score ultimately here for the Seahawks.

00:39I ask you the same question I asked you with the Carolina and Tampa Bay game.

00:43What was your biggest takeaway from Seahawks Niners?

00:45Just how I believe now, to me, there's no doubt.

00:50I do believe the Seattle Seahawks have the best defensive unit in the NFC

00:55and maybe all of the league right now.

00:58They're physical.

00:59They have a front seven that gets after it.

01:01They're very good in run support.

01:03The back end can play man-to-man coverage,

01:05and they could utilize multiple blitz packages,

01:08which allows them to get pressure even on mobile quarterbacks.

01:12And I think that's a testament to what McDonald has done.

01:15And I think that when we think about dominant defensive performances, right,

01:23carrying for a Super Bowl, modern day, you think Tampa's success with Brady over Mahomes,

01:29you think of the Eagles' dominance over Mahomes last year with the front seven.

01:35Defensively, I think that Seattle could go toe-to-toe with anybody, right, in a playoff matchup.

01:43Yep.

01:44And here's the big if.

01:46If they don't turn the football over, then they can run it effectively.

01:49And two of the three are true.

01:52And I'll keep going back to this.

01:56Look, he played well enough to get the victory yesterday,

01:59and I'll give him all the credit because he was in that situation last year,

02:03Sam Darnold against the Detroit Lions, and he failed miserably.

02:07Yeah.

02:08But that was against a beaten-down defense in San Francisco,

02:13one of the worst statistical secondaries in the NFL,

02:16that multiple quarterbacks have torched this year, okay?

02:21Do I think he could walk into the link and do that?

02:25Do I think he can, you know, even at home, play the Eagles like that

02:31or the Rams again in that type of situation?

02:33No.

02:34No.

02:35And there you go.

02:36So turnovers in playoff games ultimately dictate whether or not you move on.

02:43And the key question mark for me, great, great job, Sam Darnold.

02:47You got the W.

02:48Yeah.

02:49Body of work.

02:50And if we played this scenario out ten times, I guarantee you five times

02:55or six times, he's turning the football over multiple times.

02:58I'm not buying into it.

03:00Joe, I understand.

03:03You disagree?

03:05No.

03:05I disagree because I don't think you were hard enough is how I feel.

03:11We have now seen the Seattle Seahawks, after the four-interception game

03:15against the Rams, played two of these monster games, a rematch with the Rams

03:19and then against San Francisco.

03:20And their offensive strategy is, Sam, you will not lose this game for us.

03:26And he still, by the way, managed to almost do it against the Rams

03:30the second go-around, okay?

03:33And then the matchup with the Niners, it's just run, run, run, run, run,

03:38throw to an open JSN, you know, right screen passes, you know,

03:43all of a sudden Ken Walker, they're realizing how talented of a player he is.

03:46But they certainly got it going in terms of the ground attack.

03:49It, to me, has been clear as day for a long time that the Seahawks season

03:55will end with everybody going like, wow, Sam Darnold, can't do that.

04:00That is just what I've seen from this group.

04:03And when I say, like, I don't believe I am, or you, are being stubborn

04:10and, like, trust me it'll eventually catch up to him.

04:13No, I feel stronger about the opinion watching him in these big games.

04:17They don't let him throw it all over the yard.

04:19They're horrified of what will happen if they do just that.

04:23And we always are attempting to evaluate the offense through the lens of the quarterback,

04:27and the quarterback, in my opinion, of the number one seed is not to be trusted.

04:32But on the San Francisco side, their season might as well have ended yesterday.

04:38This team goes into that game, no Trent Williams, no Ricky Pearsall.

04:42Well, who knows if those guys are back next week.

04:45Brock Purdy looked like they were going to bring the card out for him on the final play of that game.

04:49I see he's getting smashed.

04:52George Kittle's not 100% healthy.

04:54The pipe dream of Fred Warner coming back's not happening.

04:57And now, a pitiful defense.

05:01By the way, it's like, ooh, they held him to 13.

05:03Yeah, okay, that's because the Seahawks did about a gazillion things wrong.

05:06Did Seattle even punt in that game?

05:08Once or twice, maybe?

05:09I think once in the first half.

05:11They punted one time.

05:13I mean, it was just, they moved the ball, it felt like, at will in that football game, right?

05:19And now, the cherry on top is for the San Francisco offense, Joe.

05:26So, they are going to, they are going, if they end up the 5C, to Tampa or Carolina.

05:32They'll be booked as a favorite short.

05:34If not, they go to Chicago or Philadelphia.

05:38I don't think there's going to be a lot of trust in the Niners there.

05:40I've said this to you, preseason pick on the Niners to win the conference.

05:44And if the Niners had a healthy season, this whole thing might be different.

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