The Seattle Seahawks almost had a perfect weekend of results to make up for their disappointing Thursday night result against the Denver Broncos.
What would have been good for the Seahawks was the Washington Commanders upsetting the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, home of the Seahawks’ most recent Super Bowl win. Well, the Commanders looked toast at 23-3 down and with Terry McLaurin carted off with a serious knee injury, but Mike Evans’ own injury seemed to stifle the 49ers’ offense in the second half, and Washington pulled within 23-17 in the fourth quarter.
Jeremy McNichols’ would-be go-ahead touchdown was erased by a face mask penalty on Commanders guard Chris Paul, who had a fist full of face mask and deserved a penalty. That the 49ers were allowed unlimited helmet-to-helmet shots without any penalty? Different stories.
Anyway, Malik Mustapha (who won’t be famous around these parts anytime soon) made a clutch 4th down stop on Treylon Burks to deny the Commanders a should have 4th down after the two minute warning. Washington recovered the ball and was awarded 15 yards on a personal foul penalty for hitting Luke McCaffrey on a fair caught punt. Jayden Daniels got the Commanders within striking distance of an all-time comeback, but he took an intentional grounding penalty that also required a 10-second runoff.
The Hail Mary attempt… well there was no attempt, because the Commander o-line threw up all over the grass.
Oh okay. The Commanders tried but in the end they couldn’t beat the 49ers either after they beat the Seahawks.
NFC West standings, Week 6
San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons
Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Arizona Cardinals vs. Denver Broncos
Los Angeles Rams at Las Vegas Raiders
Let’s face it: Seattle needs to worry about making the playoffs before thinking about some miraculous division comeback. The Falcons could be live dogs against the 49ers (especially with Mike Evans expected to miss time with an Achilles injury), but the Seahawks need to snap their skid before they reach super crisis mode.