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Seahawks on tape: Critical Ethan Pocic hold was correct call in franchise-high penalty game

So this happened:

The 148 yards of penalties against Seattle was the most ever levied against the #Seahawks. Previous high was 145 vs. Denver on Dec. 8, 1979

— Danny O'Neil (@dannyoneil) December 17, 2018

In a frustrating 26-23 overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Seattle Seahawks seemed to be constantly impeded by officiating calls going against them. Pete Morelli’s crew handed out a few ticky-tacky, ‘happens on every play’ holding calls that felt one-sided. Penalties jarred and crunched against the offense’s schedule. Pete Carroll’s post-game thoughts corroborated with this:

“We hurt ourselves so much with this penalty thing.