Good, Bad, & Ugly As Turnovers Doom Seahawks In Loss To 49ers

The Seattle Seahawks fell 32-29 to the San Francisco 49ers at Lumen Field on Sunday, a game in which Mike Macdonald's team suffered too many self-inflicted wounds.

The Seahawks had interceptions, fumbles, and flags as they couldn't get out of their own way.

At one stage in the first half, all three of Seattle's turnovers led to all of the 49ers' 21 points, that's how bad it was.

Granted, the offense did a great job of capitalizing on the turnovers the defense forced, but it all amounted to nothing as too many self-inflicted wounds proved too much for Seattle to overcome.

Here is the Good, Bad, and the Ugly from the loss.

Good - Taking advantage of turnovers:

The defense and special teams created a host of turnovers, but as we know, that's half the battle. 

What did the offense do with them?

After a booming hit on special teams from Pritchett, which forced a fumble, the Seahawks scored a touchdown via Emanuel Wilson.

Pritchett was at it again later in the game, grabbing an interception that led to a Jaxon Smith-Njigba touchdown, and then a fumble by Deebo Samuel gave the Seahawks a field goal.

Seattle created turnovers and took full advantage of them.

BAD - JSN drop and Josh Jobe vs. Mike Evans:

There was plenty of bad in this game, and Seattle corner Josh Jobe had his hands full with Mike Evans all day.

No. 5 had his way against the corner, with Brock Purdy and Evans connecting time and time again, with Evans totaling 113 yards and a touchdown from seven receptions.

Then we have the Jaxon Smith-Njigba drop.

The Seahawks were driving down the field and were nearly in field-goal range to either tie or win the game when Darnold threw to Smith-Njigba for what would have been a big gain, but the All-Pro receiver, after another 100+ yard game, couldn't catch it.

That then led to a 4th-and-10, which Cooper Kupp couldn't convert.

UGLY - Seahawks' offensive turnovers:

It was a tough day at the office for the Seahawks offense, as Sam Darnold reverted to his old ways, throwing two interceptions, one in the first quarter that set the 49ers up at the Seattle 17-yard line, and then one in the third.

But that perhaps wasn't the worst of it.

Emanuel Wilson fumbled at the Seahawks' 11-yard line, and the 49ers recovered, with a touchdown scored a few plays later.

With 14 seconds left in the second half, Seattle ran a play at their own four-yard line, and George Holani fumbled in the end zone; the 49ers recovered for a touchdown, taking a 21-13 lead.

Holani also caught a screen pass, had no player near him, and fumbled the ball, luckily he recovered it.

Just a yuck day.