SEATTLE, Wa., — This is the live blog for the third quarter of the 49ers Week 16 game against the Seahawks. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from the press box.
7:17 Akers’ kickoff sails out of the end zone. The Seahawks start at their 20 yard line.
7:18 Lynch runs up the middle and gains three.
7:19 Lynch runs up the middle, evades two tackles and gains nine yards. First and 10 at the Seattle 32.
7:19 Wilson throws to Rice. Goldson hits Rice and the pass falls incomplete. Second and 10.
7:20 Lynch runs around the left end and Bowman tackles him after a one-yard gain.
7:21 On third and nine, Wilson scrambles, changes directions about eight times but only gains six yards. The Seahawks will punt.
7:22 Ginn calls for a fair catch at the SF 20 yard line with no one around him.
7:24 The 49ers come out in 22 personnel, Kaepernick play fakes and hits Moss for 13 yards.
7:25 Next play, Kaepernick play fakes and hits Crabtree for a 35-yard gain down the right sideline. Crabtree beat Sherman.
7:26 Next play, Kaepernick play fakes and throws into the end zone for Moss, who makes no play on the pass. Second and 10.
7:26 Next play, Kaepernick completes a WR screen to Manningham in the left flat. As he’s hit by the second defender, he hurts his knee and drops the ball to the turf. The Seahawks recover. Manningham is still down on the field.
7:29 Manningham slowly walks off the field under the arms of two trainers.
7:29 The Seahawks start at their 32 yard line.
7:30 On first down, Ray McDonald chases Wilson out of the pocket and he throws it away.
7:31 Next play, Lynch gains eight yards.
7:31 Wilson hits Lynch in the flat for a 10-yard gain. First and 10 at midfield.
7:32 Wilson throws deep into the end zone for Baldwin, and Whitner breaks it up. Second and 10. The Seahawks are not messing around.
7:33 Wilson escapes pressure in the pocket again, scrambles to the right, pump fakes to make Brooks jump, then runs right around him for nine yards. Third and one.
7:34 Michael Robinson runs up the middle for one yard. First down.
7:34 Wilson pitches to Sidney Rice on a reverse, who throws deep right to Rogers, who drops the interception. Do you think Carroll wants to run up the score on Harbaugh?
7:35 Next play, Bowman tackles Lynch after a two-yard gain.
7:36 On third and eight, Wilson throws a missile to Jerome Kearse for a 17-yard gain.
7:36 Manningham will not return to the game.
7:36 The 49ers burn their first timeout of the second half. 5:50 left in the third quarter. Still 28-6 Seahawks.
7:38 The Seahawks offense is 7-for-8 on third down and 2-for-2 in the red zone. The 49ers defense is getting embarrassed.
7:39 On first down, Wilson takes a shot at the end zone. Kearse beat Brown down the left side line, but Kearse dropped in the end zone.
7:39 Wilson completes a short pass to Miller, and Whitner unloads on him. Gain of four. Third and six from the SF 17.
7:39 Wilson hits Turbin down the right side line for 11 yards. First and goal at the six. The Seahawks are now 8-for-9 on third down.
7:41 Bowman tackles Lynch after a gain of two. Second and goal from the four.
7:42 Wilson play fakes, rolls to the right and throws the ball away. I don’t expect the Seahawks to go conservative and play for the field goal on third down, do you?
7:42 Wilson throws it up to Baldwin in the back right corner of the end zone, and he catches it. Rogers gets beaten yet again. He’s a liability for the 49ers. 35-6 Seahawks with 3:22 left in the third quarter.
7:44 Will Tukuafu has a back injury and his return his questionable.
7:46 James returns the kickoff 35 yards to the SF 30 yard line.
7:48 Kaepernick hits Celek down the middle of the field for a gain of 35. First and 10 at the Seahawks 35.
7:49 Next play, Kaepernick throws it right to Lane, who tips it and Moss catches it. Gain of six.
7:50 Next play, Kaepernick hits Celek for six yards. First and 10 at the 23.
7:50 Kaepernick throws behind Crabtree. Incomplete. Second and 10.
7:51 Gore runs up the middle for 18 yards. First and goal at the five.
7:52 Kaepernick throws it over Celek’s head in the back of the end zone on first and goal.
7:53 James runs a sweep around the left side for two yards. Third and goal from the three.
That’s the end of the third quarter.
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Come on niners, let’s get outplayed and outcoached again this half!
^ ecstatic Smither
Or Realistic niner fan. Which part are you going to argue?
Smh
The only people happy about this game are Seattle fans and Alex Smith fans. Which one are you?
Did he sound happy?
Who’s happy? Your not very bright
Please txtree – he’s been gloating the entire game. Don’t be dense.
All I see is your complaining…
Who keeps bringing up smith???
@msclemons…
you can’t be serious! you don’t honestly believe that the Niners aren’t getting outplayed and out coached, do you? It’s pretty evident that’s whats happening.
lets go D!!
I think our O is already too simplified!
“fewer shifts and motions” – kudos to the earlier poster (whose name escapes me) who said that
line Aldon on the other side
first contact 5 yards down the line – that’s dominating
Goldson!!!
Look at that- Harbaugh says he is going to stop all the silly shifting. FINALLY. I hope the offense flows this half and Harbaugh learns a lasting lesson. If it takes a butt-kicking for the niners to learn the complicated shifts aren’t worth the trouble- it will have all been worth it.
HUGE 3rd down play! Have some pride DD
wow that kid is elusive – he really does look like Tarkenton, except he’s stronger
I’m a Smither. A Justin Smither.
No Justin. No playoff wins.
I have to agree. Without Justin the D looks… normal.
You gotta be KIDDING me!!!
Wilson is slippery!!
Wow- that was pretty impressive of wilson- that guy can move.
I think wilson made me miss on that one
lets go Offense.
We are coming back, we will make this into a game.
go no huddle, draw plays, counters
Glad he didn’t make the first. Our d would have gassed after that.
I think he gassed himself.
Fundamentals are lacking here. Focus on his waist not his shoulders or legs!!!
The Smithers have so many multiple profiles right now.
The Smith fans come out of the woodwork when the 49ers struggle. I won’t miss them next year when he’s the backup on the Chargers.
Why so much talk and energy on the backup. Focus on THIS game. Ignore the noise.
And what are you going to talk about?
You 2 keep bring up smith….
Team is playing bad…and who keeps the smith crap going on??
Smithers or not. There’s some legitimate gripes about kap’s game tonight.
Rib
True, but not that last pass.
no huddle come on
O needs to step it up…we need 7
Nice catch Crab
Great catch Crabs!!
the oline has adjusted
See Sherman cheating?
PI
PI!!
knee
Uh oh. That buckle looked bad.
Wow, on that slow mo you could see his knee pop out.
yep – that looked like an ACL
Manningham hurt on that play.
Manningham out for year!
Yep
Yep. And gives the ball away. Good thing we don’t have AJ Jenkins available. Ted Ginn to the rescue.
unless we dodged a bullet!
Wow.
Can’t get a break
damn!!! that was Kaps fault. he’s hesitating. That’s twice on that same play.
No pi on moss throw….figures
We’re dropping like flies
Wow- we are going to need to get Jenkins involved next week. This sucks. The injuries are mounting up.
this is the danger with letdown games. in a letdown game, either because you’re tired or your mind isnt right (ie, you arent thinking like a predator), you get outhit. outhit means injuries. Niners have been lucky on the injury but, but also they tend to outhit everyone else. lately, not as much on either score.
Time for AJ jenkins.
Jenkins will get to play now.
Hes inactive
I would love a rematch at da stick…
“Me” and “santa” are probably cheering Mannigham’s injury now.
And you are cheering for a 49ers loss.
Santa
Are you f*cking serious???
Screw you Prime Axel Randy, get out of your Santa outfit, you just want little kids on your perverted lap
crazy holding!!
we have only 3 wr’s active. brilliant JH
I was correct.
They were probably planning on running the ball, but then they forgot the plan the first drive of the game
brooks needed to hit lynch on that play. mental mistake
Cmon 55 HIT wilson
Can anyone say that we look like a playoff team right now?
you are a complete clown.
Why am I a complete clown…have we stopped sea on any drive? If we keep this 2 up and 1 down crap up…we will be out of it ..
@Suede, txtree is correct – the 49ers look hopeless tonight. Hopefully it’s just a glitch.
This is painful.
Dude- almost EVERYONE predicted this would be a loss before the season. 4 out of 5 on espn predicted the niners would lose today. It is the toughest place to play in the league.
They needed to win one in either NE or SEA. So they won last week. The niners will win in arizona and have a home game during the wild card round.
Seeing as how the last few super bowls worked out- the niners may be better off not having the bye. All this sky is falling stuff is silly. Clownish.
A loss, yes. An embarrassment? Well….
Did they expect it to be so bad? We need to be hot going in to the playoffs…not like this..clownish? No…we needed to play a game that made a statement…we did not..Seattle has..
Not right now but maybe come playoff time we will. I don’t mind playing anywhere, as long as it aint in Seattle.
That aint happening. U do realize its the Cards right?
Since we can’t even win against the Rams, I wouldn’t dismiss anything.
no, but if i recall correctly, we got our butts smoked by Philly in 1988 on the way to a SB victory, so i’ve seen a Niner SB-bound team look bad in December before. no predictions, tho!
Yep – this is a downer but the 49ers will be back.
Brooks !! why you jumping?
Pull all the starters. Put in Alex to manage the loss.
I guess Russell wilson is a lot better than guys said he was.
Rodgers!!!####
Rogers is SOOOOOO bad
Carlos???? Catch the ball
That was the redskins Rogers.
rodgers is horrible tonight!
nice halftime adjustments, smh
It feels like Seattle’s had the ball for a week.
Grant
Your boy Prime aka “Santa” needs to get the permanent boot. He’s mocking MsClemons’ wife’s plight with cancer right now.
I missed that. Thanks for having my back.
Brooks , you have to stay home!
Brooks having a bad game
Grant getting embarrassed because they cant stay off the field.
defense is dead tonite
Brooks has no idea who has the ball
thot it was illegal to cut block between the tackles?
+1 thats what I was wandering to.
my bad: believe it’s only illegal if another player is engaged with him
Rogers got embarrassed tonight !
Carlos Rogers absolutley sucks!!
gotta tip my cap: nice toss, and a great catch
Damn. These guys are going to lay a 50 burger on us tonight.
Do we have a defense tonight? We’re being slaughtered by a midget.
Defense is doing better than the offense.
Oh really, since giving up 28 points on defense is doing okay
Yep – giving up 35 points is much better than scoring 6 points.
Dumbest comment so far…defense has yet to make a stop….
Defense intercepted Russel Wilson and the offense couldnt do anything with it.
Nobodies calling the false start on the right side of the line?
game over!!!
Rewind it and someone tell me that right tackle didn’t false start!
Anthony Davis has been false starting too, though.
That was really blatant tho and with no crowd noise not that that matters much.
That wasn’t actually a catch. But they didn’t send it up for review. The ball came loose when he went to the ground. If they don’t show it again, check the A22 game film or watch your replay.
No Justin, no pressure, no playoff wins.
The QB doesn’t matter.
Santa = DS.
Ass whooping is what this team needed. We are beatable if we don’t come to play. Green bay has to win in Minnesota. not easy but doable
I’d pull just about every defensive starter now.. why risk anymore injuries? They look exhausted and very slow
WWL don’t play in the playoffs!
Rogers drops an int then gives up a td
Yup.
Jesus this is a slaughter, 50% completion rate, penalties all over the place. Its been awhile guys but to me it looks like a rivalry has been born.
Dammit – Grant banned another Smither and now the blog is all messed up.
Sorry.
Lowlife mocks Clem. I better not see that idiot back on here again.
So, about that salary cap…
Anyone still want to keep Rogers?
2 PI’s in the endzone not called.
I like this Celek
looks like he wants to play (fight)
Who do we pin the blame on for the piss poor showing tonight?? The coaches, the offense, the defense, Kaepernick, the whole team?…who gets all of the negative print this coming week?
Bring lots of pins, cuz there’s a lot of blame that needs pinning on a lot of people.
Its the every 3rd week down syndrome!
You hate to see the defense look like that. But QBs get blame when teams lose, so Kap has to take blame. We’ve been in the red zone and have not gotten 6.
Seems to me that’s been a problem all season long……and last season, too..
This is on the whole team. QB, offense, defense – nobody showed up tonight. Just horrible.
Niners losing a lot of artillery: KW, KH, MM, VD. running short.
hurry up
Kap is really inaccurate tonight!
Run the ball instead of forcing throws Kap.
WTF isn’t Jenkins active? I’m gonna have to start lining up with Grant on this one. If he isn’t ready to play by this point then he had no business being picked in the first round.
I’m sick and tired of seeing a lack of coordination between offense and defense is not even mentionable I understand smith is out but this makes no sense they beat us on man to man they beat us on zone it’s sad to say I predicted this ,the way we’ve been playing I said “if our offense doesn’t show we’re hit because they have strong defense like us” and if now our defense can’t stop their offense wtf they are 9/8 not to mention the running wow. Offense is not going to win playoffs like this coordination is horrible, they are throwing when they should run and running when they should be throwing, sorry to say if Colin doesn’t use this and last game as his playoff experience its like I said before he is our future but its unfair to the fans that we have to use our so long awaited season that we knew we could finally have our year to start giving Colin room to grow and most like giving up this seasons championship so he can get that experience to possibly win next year. In the playoffs just throw in Alex n hope we take it all the way. I’m sad as a 49er fan to see us doing so bad knowing we are so good. If we don’t get no.2 no bye week n no home field which means this what we are seeing especially, seeing Seattle again.
Boom! 49′ers need a M.A.S.H. unit..
Here comes all the doubters. If u really thought the 49ers would show up u were fooling yourselves. When they dont have a must win situation they dont play well. I would also say these officials calls have been awful. Completely one sided from get go.
It’s Grant’s fault.
He and those jinx predictions.
I know two things for sure. First, whatever defensive inadequacies the Niners had tonight were COMPLETELY due to the absence of Justin Smith.
Second, whatever offensive problems the team experienced had NOTHING to do with Colin Kaepernick. The “babay Jesus” can do no wrong.
And, if you believe those two assertions I have a bridge I would like to sell to you.
Sherman is a good player. No question about that. too bad Seattle won’t have him for the playoffs.
Someone tell Kaepernick that our guys are wearing white jerseys……I really don’t think Seattle needs his help tonight..
Wow!
Man – this is a total bummer. 49ers just got beaten in every phase of the game tonight. I think this might be worse than the Giants’ loss.
This game was lost on the first series. The defense didn’t come to play and without the defense the 49ers have no shot.
Time for a good Zinfandel. Maybe two.
Prediction: Minnesota beats GB, Niners beat AZ next week…we still end up with bye. This is the best thing to happen to this team. They will play Seattle again @ stick and it will b different
Positive thinking for the win!
Yeaaaa we only do well when we need to, look where that got the giants out of the playoffs, well we needed this one n “boom” we blew it. See not to sound haterissh, but if smith is hurt( justin) our defensive coordinator should make adjustments, that’s no.1; no.2 I’m sick of seeing this Colin supporters and Alex supporters ducking it out saying who’s better the fact is he’s fu*%ing up bench play Alex. The man is consistent and we don’t need experimentations when it’s win or go home, point blank period at leat we know the offense is going to be a little more quiet but no turnovers and steady moving and touchdowns that progress slower but it’s all good that gives defense time to rest and destroy now the flip team is unstable no rest fatigue and so on… Use Colin for next years start and mold him to be a starter. Mistake, cost big but shouldn’t be at our expense we are the fans and deserve the bowl this year. Then anger thing you have a different offense why are we running similar plays to when Alex is playing change it up, route , audibles if needed n take it long n set runs to back up what ur throws can’t finish not run and throw to finish off ur runs no sense. I don’t know I hope harb gota plan because I see things just getting harder possibly no rest week.
One silver lining which will serve us well when we play these guys @ stick…our oline has not given up a ton of pressure on Kaep…defense lost this game more than anything
Kaep is showing heart right now…that matters later
Hear the crickets?
Looney, no one bitched about Kaep last week…smith would had 10 sacks by now and we wouldn’t have moved anything. We would still have gotten our a** kicked. Defense was spent and u don’t win if your defense doesn’t come to play. That’s all. We will still show up next week and in the playoffs and if we play Seattle again,