49ers blown out in playoffs

A nail-biter! Just kidding. Seattle is very, very good and the 49ers were simply too banged up to compete with them. San Francisco’s miracle season was bound to end at some point, and it’s not a huge surprise it ended at Lumen Field against one of the best teams in the NFL.

What else would you like us to say? There’s only 9:12 left!

San Francisco only needs 12 Eddy Pineiro field goals to win this one.

The third quarter ended. Only 15 minutes to go. It’s still 34-6, Seattle.

This isn’t a surprising result. The 49ers couldn’t play in a negative game script or else the blowout was going to be in full effect. That’s what we see here with a six-play, 47-yard touchdown drive where the Seahawks faced little resistance from an undermanned, out-of-gas 49ers defense. Kenneth Walker notched his second rushing score of the game to push the lead to four touchdowns.

Purdy tried to find Luke Farrell and threw it behind his tight end who sat down on his route. Ernest Jones stepped in for an easy interception.

More injuries to key offensive players for San Francisco. McCaffrey is dealing with a shoulder stinger, and Tonges has a foot injury he suffered on the first drive in the third quarter. The 1989 49ers offense may not be able to overcome a 21-point third-quarter deficit, much less this banged up version.

Seattle took another 49ers turnover on downs and went 36 yards on eight plays. San Francisco got a sack from CJ West to put the Seahawks in a second-and-long, and eventually a third-and-13. Jason Myers converted a 24-yard field goal to make it 27-6.

Good for West. His development has been a nice story for San Francisco this season. Unfortunately for San Francisco it didn’t come until a first-and-10 inside the red zone.

Yeah, this one is over. San Francisco just doesn’t have the players to compete with Seattle. Christian McCaffrey was on the sideline to start the third quarter, which led to Brian Robinson carries. He’s simply not an effective player particularly against a dominant Seattle defense. He was stuffed on third-and-2, then Brock Purdy was sacked for a huge loss on fourth down giving the Seahawks another short field where they’ll start at the 49ers 35.

It looked like the 49ers were going to get off the field with a stop on a third-and-short, but a holding call on defensive tackle Jordan Elliott extended the Seattle drive. Later on a third-and-10 near midfield, Sam Darnold ripped a throw in to something named Jake Bobo who cooked Darrell Luter Jr. for another first down. They capped the 10-play, 75-yard series with a 7-yard touchdown run by Kenneth Walker. Easy work for the Seahawks.

It looked like the 49ers got a huge third-down conversion with a diving catch by Ricky Pearsall. The officials originally ruled it a catch, but assisted replay ruled the ball hit the ground. San Francisco opted to forego a fourth-and-6, and instead brought out Eddy Pineiro for another field goal. This time he connected from 56 yards out to make it a 17-6 game. Once again it’ll be on the 49ers’ defense to get a stop with 4:32 left in the first half.

San Francisco will need touchdowns eventually, but they got three much-needed points after Seattle’s touchdown to go ahead 17-0. The 49ers used 10 plays to go 43 yards and ended their series with a 40-yard field goal from kicker Eddy Pineiro to make it 17-3. Now it’s up to the 49ers defense to get a stop where they don’t give up points.

San Francisco trails 17-0 thanks to poor kick coverage, some dreadful short-yardage execution, and a turnover. The 49ers were going to struggle to win with one of those things. All three happened in the first 15 minutes. Hard to see the 49ers scoring enough to overcome a 17-point hole.

The 49ers can’t get out of their own way. A turnover on downs led to a field goal, then Jake Tonges’ fumble led to a touchdown thanks in part to a horrendous pass interference penalty on rookie safety Marques Sigle. He was way too early in coverage and hit Rashid Shaheed to give the Seahawks a first-and-goal. Sam Darnold hit Jaxon Smith-Njigba two plays later. It’s 17-0 with 1:50 to go in the first quarter, but this game is over.

The nightmare continues.

This looks a lot like Week 18, save for the Seattle touchdown on the opening kickoff. The Seahawks got a short field to start their first series and went 44 yards on 11 plays with the 49ers defense holding up on a third-and-1 deep in the red zone. Dee Winters flew in to stop Zach Charbonnet for a loss to force the Seahawks into a 31-yard field goal. It’s 10-0, Seahawks.

San Francisco got going a bit offensively to start Saturday’s game and had a third-and-short at the Seattle 41. They were stuffed on their third-and-short, leading to a fourth-and-1 that failed spectacularly as the club tried an option run with Kyle Juszczyk. Seattle’s offense starts its first drive at their own 43.

Nightmare start for the 49ers. Rashid Shaheed went 97 yards on the opening kickoff for a touchdown to put the Seahawks ahead 7-0.

Darnold did not come out for normal warm ups according to reports from Lumen Field, but he wasn’t on the team’s list of inactive players which means he’ll suit up and start for Seattle in their first playoff game of the year.

This is great news for San Francisco. Linebacker Luke Gifford is also officially active which should help the 49ers special teams units. Here’s who won’t suit up Saturday: