The Seattle Seahawks opened the 2025 season with a 17-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, a game that was competitive but frustrating. The defense held strong, limiting San Francisco’s explosive offense for long stretches, but the Seahawks' inability to sustain drives and finish in the red zone ultimately proved costly.
Seattle’s offense has long been built on physicality and balance, but against the 49ers, that formula never found traction. Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet combined for only modest gains, and too often the Seahawks put Sam Darnold in third-and-long situations against one of the league’s fiercest pass rushers in Nick Bosa.