The Seattle Seahawks came out on the wrong side of a hard-fought battle against their bitter rivals from Northern California. I can haul out a laundry list for all the reasons the home team fell, but one stands out for me more than any other.
The Seahawks have a lot of work to do. They had multiple three-and-outs in this contest. There's never a good time for that sequence. But when you've just taken the ball away with a huge interception, you can't run 23 seconds off the clock and then punt. That is not a winning formula.