The San Francisco 49ers finally snapped a 10-game losing streak to the division-rival Seattle Seahawks, who were looking to clinch a playoff birth on Sunday. Robbie Gould kicked the game-winning field goal in overtime to lift San Francisco to a 26-23 victory, its first against Seattle since 2013.
We've already delivered some select quotes from 49ers players following the victory. What did Seahawks players have to say about the loss on their side? There was an ongoing theme from them after the game.
Below are some key post-game comments about the game from Seahawks players.
Quotes provided by the 49ers Communications staff.
QB Russell Wilson
"I thought we played a really good game of back-and-forth. They played really well today. We played well. Just to be honest with you, all it really came down to were some penalties here and there, and we had some penalties that really kind of kicked us back, but it is what it is. We have got to be better."
More from Wilson on the 49ers' efforts:
"I think they played a great game today. They made a lot of great plays on both sides of the ball and everything else. We made up with some great plays and it was a back-and-forth. I mean, we knew it was going to be like that and unfortunately, we weren't able to pull through when we needed to."
WR Doug Baldwin
"We were seeing a different defense than we saw two weeks ago. And so we had to make some adjustments. I tip my hat to the 49ers and to their coaching staff because they had a good game plan."
More from Baldwin:
"I know how hard these coaches work and I can't take anything away from the 49ers. They played an excellent game tonight. They battled hard. They fought back every time we threw a punch. I have to give them credit."
T Duane Brown
"They fought hard. They had a good answer for some of our run schemes, but the biggest factor was the penalties. Penalties stopped our drives, pushed us back and made us one-dimensional. We played into their hands. We're at our best when we have a balanced attack. Sometimes, penalties just killed us."
More from Brown:
"They're a tough team and we're playing them on the road. Even though their playoff chances are done, they were going to come out with a lot of energy."
Even more from Brown:
"They have really good, young players. I take my hat off to them. We kept ourselves in the game, but we shot ourselves in the foot a bunch of times. We had plenty of opportunity to take it over, but we set ourselves back."
RB Chris Carson
"We knew that they wanted to spoil everything as they should do. They did a great job on defense in stopping the run in the first half. We shot ourselves in the foot with a lot of penalties, so we've got to get that cleaned up."
DE Frank Clark
"They came to play some ball. That's all. We didn't execute. We gave them too much in penalties. We had, what, 150 yards in penalty yards? You see down the stretch the whole second half, we kept ourselves in check. Towards the end of the first half, we killed ourselves with penalties. On defense, we gave them too many pass interference calls. With special teams, we didn't execute. We gave them some personal fouls. Even on offense, we gave them those holding calls late down the stretch. When you give up 50-plus yards on the last four drives, offense and defense, over 100 yards of penalties, the game is going to turn. We're going to make it harder. We all know that shouldn't have even been a game. At the end of the day, we made it a game by giving them those penalties."
CB Shaquill Griffin
Griffin on why the game looked so different from the December 2 matchup:
"I think it looked different because of the refs. That's just the honest answer. I feel like we haven't had this many flags called against us since I've been here. It sucks that it happened, but I can't blame it on them. We can't put ourselves in that position. That's completely on us."
More from Griffin:
"I feel like they had a chip on their shoulder, given the way that they lost the last time. We knew it was going to be a tough battle. We don't take anything for granted. We knew it was going to be a tough fight. It always is when it's a rivalry."
Griffin on 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens:
"I felt like he was going to take shots and that he would feel confident about his game against us. He came in and had 400 passing yards on us, so I'm telling the defense that he's going to feel confident about throwing against us. That's something that we were going to continue to work to stop. They had a couple of big plays, but there was nothing that we couldn't control."
