Seahawks Looking At Short Week As Boost Of Confidence Ahead Of Broncos Showdown

The Seattle Seahawks will enter Thursday's Week 6 clash against the Denver Broncos at Mile High with an urgent need to smooth out their offense.

After the 32-29 loss to the San Francisco 49ers that saw Sam Darnold throw two interceptions and George Holani fumble twice (one recovered), the Seahawks know that this area of their game has to be cleaned up.

Plus, when we add in how Seattle lost, with a fourth-down failure from Cooper Kupp late, that would have left a sour taste in the mouth of the entire franchise.

But sometimes the NFL gives you a pick-me-up, and Seattle has a quick turnaround as it plays the Broncos on Thursday night.

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Something that Darnold says helps the team move on from Sunday's loss.

"I think it definitely helps," Darnold said. "Getting to play a game on Thursday is always fun. In front of everybody, too, there's nothing like it, so we'll be ready to go."

Of course, you can look at it the other way too, as there isn't much time to figure out what went wrong against San Francisco as you move so quickly to the next game.

The turnovers are becoming a little alarming for the offense, with nine in their last four games and eight in their last three.

That isn't a sustainable way to live in the NFL, and Darnold knows it.

"For us, there's a sense of urgency, I think that phrase has been thrown around a lot the last couple of days, and it's true, we need to have a sense of urgency to get better and have ball security," he added.

"Can't have turnovers, got to protect the football in this league and if you don't, you'll pay."

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And the Seahawks did against the 49ers.

But now attention turns to the Broncos on Thursday night, in a game that the Seahawks need if they are to maintain striking distance of the 49ers, who are 5-0.

However, to do that, the Seahawks have to limit these turnovers, because they are crippling and are now coming in bunches.

Playing clean football against Denver and Seattle is in business, but if we see them continue and Mike Macdonald's team drops another game because of it, well, the natives might get restless.