But those positive moments lacked the consistency for San Francisco to take down the Seahawks on a day Seattle started to look more like the team that has won two straight NFC titles. If you go for a 4 down right there, we are going to go make it a three point, if something happens it’s a three possession game. Steven Hauschka missed the extra point off the outside of the right upright, his first true miss in 40 points-after-touchdown. It was the most rushing yards a single back has ever compiled against the 49ers.
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It is that last one, the 209 yard effort against the 49ers on Sunday, that should give Seattle fans flashbacks. Linebacker Navorro Bowman said Dorsey’s absence “really hurt” the 49ers in run defense. “Maybe the doc’s got something – I don’t know – that they can help him with”.
-QB Blaine Gabbert is the team’s unquestioned starter after Colin Kaepernick was placed on injured reserve this week, but Gabbert said it doesn’t change his approach.
Another three and out by the San Francisco offense and another Russell Wilson to Tyler Lockett Ariel touchdown connection this time for eleven yards sent Seahawk Nation into nirvana when they looked up at the score board and saw their team with a 20-0 lead half way thru the first half. Gabbert found tight end Vance McDonald for a 19-yard touchdown pass with nine seconds left in the half. If the Seahawks make the playoffs, there would be a chance that Lynch could be in the backfield. He played through the injury in last week’s loss to the Cardinals but was limited to just eight carries. He had two 100-yard games earlier this season, including 169 yards rushing against Cincinnati.
Tomsula, of course, had scant game-day, decision-making experience before he was promoted from defensive line coach to head coach in January. Rawls amassed almost 250 all-purpose yards and scored touchdowns on a 2-yard run and a 31-yard reception.
“The two that we had discussions on on the sidelines that I was contemplating was 5:40-5:45, we punted, I think we were on the 23 and it was a two score game”.
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Seattle running back Thomas Rawls introduced himself to the 49ers by rushing for more yards (209) than any other opponent in franchise history. He’s just the third running back in the National Football League this season to go over 200 yards, joining Doug Martin (235) and Adrian Peterson (203). Thomas Rawls took Lynch’s place in the lineup on Sunday and totaled a whopping 255 yards and a pair of touchdowns against a hapless 49ers defense. Lockett broke free from man coverage for a 24-yard TD in the first quarter and later carried a defender into the end zone on an 11-yard TD. “It’s an abdominal issue, there’s a lot going on there, so we’ve got to see what that all means”. “We rested him all week and we rehabbed him all week long”. He was 6 of 7 for 78 yards on the scoring drive just before halftime, but the 49ers had to settle for field goals twice in the third quarter after getting inside the Seattle 10. “Cliff got a couple sacks and we were able to execute effectively”.
