49ers Struggles Continue in Loss to Seahawks, Fall to .500

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00:00And Donnie, here in the second half of the NFL campaign, slow starts, poor performances,

00:09they get evaluated with more significance because your window, your margin of error

00:14is so much more limited.

00:16In the San Francisco 49ers, who entered this year as an incredibly short favorite to win

00:21the NFC, they have played in the NFC title game for the previous five seasons, have not

00:26looked the ilk of a conference contender.

00:29Injuries have been a huge component for Sam Fran, no doubt, but now with a lot of people

00:34back healthy, the 49ers have been struggling.

00:38Yesterday at home, five and a half point favorite in Santa Clara, in an NFC West Divisional

00:43showdown against the Seahawks, a Seattle surprise.

00:48The Seahawks win outright, 20 to 17 at that five and a half point dog.

00:53Gino Smith, 13-yard touchdown run with only 12 seconds remaining in the fourth and final

00:59quarter.

01:00He led an 11-play, 80-yard drive in just under two and a half minutes to give Seattle a huge,

01:07huge victory.

01:08The Seahawks, five and five, but so too are the Niners.

01:12And let me just clarify quickly, DRS, I said San Francisco is getting healthier, Christian

01:17McCaffrey back for a second consecutive game, but no George Kittle yesterday.

01:21And in the opening half, Nick Bosa out, and that defense never looked the same without

01:26Bosa out there.

01:29That's a devastating injury, but also, let's keep our eyes on the prize here.

01:32Quality win for Seattle going on the road here.

01:34That's going to be a tight division.

01:35We're not knocking the San Francisco 49ers out of the playoffs just yet.

01:39They got two tough games right on the horizon here, which will be interesting for them to

01:42play out.

01:43But let's focus here on Kyle Shanahan's boy wonder out here, which is Brock Purdy.

01:4721 to 28, that's efficiency, but only 159 and only one touchdown and one interception.

01:53His QBR rating, he did run the football quite well yesterday, five carries for 40 yards

01:57and scored that touchdown.

01:59But we love to believe that Brock Purdy is supposed to make more money than Dak Prescott

02:02last year, which means he's going to reset the quarterback market.

02:04And other people out there say, well, what did you want him to do without George Kittle?

02:07What?

02:08You don't have unbelievable weapons at every position and you can't perform.

02:11I'm not going to that level yet, but he's going to have to step his game up over the

02:14next couple of weeks and try to overcompensate.

02:16Because the one thing we do know right now is Christian McCaffrey yet is not as explosive

02:20as when we saw him before these injuries for this season.

02:23If he can regain that unbelievable, you know, strength in the back and also catching passes,

02:28that could change things.

02:29With George Kittle coming into the game, I call it said, look, that is a massive, massive

02:33loss.

02:34He has been that safety blanket, particularly in the red zone that he can go to talking

02:37about Brock Purdy time and time again.

02:39That wasn't there.

02:40Who was going to step up?

02:41Hey, Depot, where you been?

02:42One carry, minus one yard, four catches, 22 yards here.

02:46That guy's got to step up and be that catalyst now for that offense.

02:49But people just go back a few short weeks.

02:51When Brandon Ayoub got injured, he was the perfect wide receiver for that offense.

02:56They just haven't found that remedy for him yet.

02:58And they sit at five and five on a disappointing season.

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