What was the most disappointing part of the Seahawks’ losing streak?

When the Seattle Seahawks started 3-0 for the first time since 2020, the team had played some sloppy football against mostly bad competition – the Denver Broncos’ win may have aged a little better than expected – but 3-0 is still 3-0 . The real test would come in the form of the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers, with a (seemingly) bad New York Giants team in the middle.

Welp. They lost them all, including the Giants game, which probably should have been a bigger loss than the Lions and 49ers games.

I am on record as predicting that the Seahawks will finish 10-7 and that the first half of the season will be brutal for them. I expected them to make a breakthrough in the second half of the season, but that confidence has completely disappeared.

The Seahawks on this losing streak look like a team that could be the worst we’ve seen since the Jim Mora year, which I think would put more pressure on the front office (read: John Schneider) than Mike Macdonald. Only a locker room mutiny would jeopardize Macdonald’s job status, and I haven’t seen him throw a kicker under the bus yet, so he’s definitely showing no signs of being a Mora clone.

But the season is still young and perhaps this mini-bye week is a welcome opportunity to reboot and figure out how to get out. They could surprise us with a great winning streak before the bye week and make us feel great again, but we’re not here to talk about that.

What was the most disappointing aspect of the losing streak (other than the loss, of course)? I’m sure the lack of a running game, the terrible penalties, and the instant collapse of this defense will be popular answers. I’ll take a different path.

For me, the sales gap was glaring and this is a seasonal problem. A -6 turnover differential is terrible, and most of it came during this losing streak. Geno Smith is responsible for three turnovers through interceptions (one of which was in garbage time, so I don’t care, but the other two were much more critical), DK Metcalf lost two fumbles that led to opposing touchdowns, and Laviska Shenault Jr lost a fumble on a kick return. Dee Williams should have had another botched punt against him in the 49ers game, but was ejected. Jaxon Smith-Njigba almost lost a fumble in the 49ers game. Defensively, the Seahawks’ only advantage was Rayshawn Jenkins’ fumble return touchdown, which on another day might not have been ruled a fumble, but there wasn’t enough evidence of a rollover. Seattle hasn’t come close to forcing another turnover, aside from the odd one in the Giants game.

It’s all about the ball, as a former Seahawks coach used to say, and Seattle is doing an indescribably poor job of ball security in a way we haven’t seen since 2010. Negligence and the inability to change the game on the other side leaves you with no room for error, and the Seahawks are not the Kansas City Chiefs, who can seemingly overcome their own self-destruction at any time.

Seattle got itself into the loss because of its own sloppiness and not getting deserved results.

Now it’s your turn to vent!

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