Week 5, Pre-game thread - Oct. 11, 49ers at Lumen Field in Seattle versus the Seahawks

Defense is gonna have to stand up once again this week

Gotta generate some pass rush some how or it's gonna look like the divisional playoffs last season.

This is the game where we desperately could've used Ricky & strib

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by genus49:
I don't rule out anything with this team and coaching staff but I see this similar to week 5 last year.

My expectations are very low. We better hope our defense is able to play at a high level but this time we're on the road and just lost our best safety and our nickel is banged up.

We badly need our run offense to wake up to have a shot in this one but the performance vs Denver whose run D was way worse than Seattles kept us in check.

Maybe we go into this game with a bit more aggressive playcalling on offense than we did vs Denver but just hard to see us having a lot of success with the injuries at WR and now Juice who was a big part of the offense being out.

Need Brock to really be at his best and continue to protect the football.

they given up 31 and 23 points in consecutive games to teams that are the best. Need to use what they did against seattle

They were missing Love vs Washington and Emmanwori got injured in that game too.

Hopefully our defense keeps the game close and the offense is able to make enough plays to steal a win with all the injuries.

If the substation wants to travel and get Seattle like it did Denver to even things out I'll be fine with it. Not going to root for injuries but if they happen to Seattle I certainly won't be crying.

Just the type of game where we really can't afford any mistakes. We play clean and we have a shot.

Accurate and smart throws by Brock
Good hands by the receivers, can't be bobbling anything. We've gotten bit by this vs Seattle way too many times.
OL gotta show up big in pass pro and run D. Seattle and McDonald will test our protections in a big way. Brock needs to help them.

On D it's simple. Make sure JSN doesn't kill us and stop the run. TACKLE.

One thing Seattle does very well is they tackle so well. Almost no YAC allowed by them. We've been pretty sloppy on our end. Gotta clean it up.

I just want no injuries. Can't count on it at all. A win should be considered a gift.

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by genus49:
I don't rule out anything with this team and coaching staff but I see this similar to week 5 last year.

My expectations are very low. We better hope our defense is able to play at a high level but this time we're on the road and just lost our best safety and our nickel is banged up.

We badly need our run offense to wake up to have a shot in this one but the performance vs Denver whose run D was way worse than Seattles kept us in check.

Maybe we go into this game with a bit more aggressive playcalling on offense than we did vs Denver but just hard to see us having a lot of success with the injuries at WR and now Juice who was a big part of the offense being out.

Need Brock to really be at his best and continue to protect the football.

they given up 31 and 23 points in consecutive games to teams that are the best. Need to use what they did against seattle

They were missing Love vs Washington and Emmanwori got injured in that game too.

Hopefully our defense keeps the game close and the offense is able to make enough plays to steal a win with all the injuries.

If the substation wants to travel and get Seattle like it did Denver to even things out I'll be fine with it. Not going to root for injuries but if they happen to Seattle I certainly won't be crying.

Just the type of game where we really can't afford any mistakes. We play clean and we have a shot.

Accurate and smart throws by Brock
Good hands by the receivers, can't be bobbling anything. We've gotten bit by this vs Seattle way too many times.
OL gotta show up big in pass pro and run D. Seattle and McDonald will test our protections in a big way. Brock needs to help them.

On D it's simple. Make sure JSN doesn't kill us and stop the run. TACKLE.

One thing Seattle does very well is they tackle so well. Almost no YAC allowed by them. We've been pretty sloppy on our end. Gotta clean it up.

They lost love and Emm in both games?

We should have more options on offense, 4 wide, 5 wide 2 backs running routes.. just crazy looks. Have them feeling like we got ten guys out in the secondary where they just tee off us

i tend to notice we have a very conservative game plan before division games.. hopefully we show some new things this Sunday

I feel like the niners are really hungry for this game. But I think the biggest difference for this game is the seahawks don't have anymore the major reason they won last year- Kenneth Walker.

Originally posted by 49erF90:
I feel like the niners are really hungry for this game. But I think the biggest difference for this game is the seahawks don't have anymore the major reason they won last year- Kenneth Walker.

yeah It will be a different game than the last two. We had so many guys out too. Imagine adding 19, 85, 54, and 57?! that injection of MOJO should be illegal.

Originally posted by Pillbusta:
Defense is gonna have to stand up once again this week

Yes. If the defense can rattle Darnold and limit Jaxon Smith-Njigba, we have a chance. Offensively, I don't see our running game doing much and Purdy will be trying to escape for his life the entire game. So we need find a way defensively to keep the game close. If we were healthy, I have no doubt we could go in there and win. But we are too banged up. Everyone will be focused on the 49ers offense vs Seattle defense, but the key to winning this game is how well the 49ers defense plays.

Man f**k these guys, we win by 10 pts. Warner will be hungry on this one!

If we can't run against their light boxes it will be over in the 2nd quarter

We'll need to be better this time to win.

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

#49ers had 19 possessions vs Seahawks in losses in Week 18 and divisional round. The results:
5 punts
5 turnover on downs
4 turnovers
3 FGs
2 end of half/game

They averaged 4 yards per play, were sacked 5 times, had a 58.9 passer rating and no play gained more than 20 yards

— Josh Dubow (@JoshDubowAP) October 6, 2026

We'll need to be better this time to win.

Luckily, we're not nearly the same team since then

Originally posted by BP13:
So excited for this one. we didn't have Deebo or Greenlaw or Fred or Kittle last time. Now Evans joins the rivalry. I expect it to be a great game.

you just know that our guys are dying for some payback.

Facing Denver defense was a good tune up for this one. Juice being out is my only worry, he's such an architect out there. Hopefully Willis/Farrell will do ok filling in. we will need to get that run game going.

>>Juice being out is my only worry

Really...so no Bosa, Thompson, Sigle, Pearsall, Robinson, and possibly no Williams and Stout doesn't worry you? I really like your optimism, I'll give you that.

Originally posted by Ottawa49er:

Originally posted by BP13:
So excited for this one. we didn't have Deebo or Greenlaw or Fred or Kittle last time. Now Evans joins the rivalry. I expect it to be a great game.

you just know that our guys are dying for some payback.

Facing Denver defense was a good tune up for this one. Juice being out is my only worry, he's such an architect out there. Hopefully Willis/Farrell will do ok filling in. we will need to get that run game going.

>>Juice being out is my only worry

Really...so no Bosa, Thompson, Sigle, Pearsall, Robinson, and possibly no Williams and Stout doesn't worry you? I really like your optimism, I'll give you that.

relax man, marcus mariota and the commanders just beat this team.