WEEK 8 · FINAL
THE READ
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
Seahawks run away with it, 49-7
Seattle's 49-7 demolition of San Francisco exposed everything wrong with the Niners right now. San Francisco managed just 153 total yards with minus-4 on the ground and turned the ball over 4 times, while Jalen Milroe threw for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 3 more, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught 8 passes for 247 yards and 2 scores. The 49ers have to stop the turnovers and find any semblance of a ground game because passing 70 percent of the time while down a full score is not a formula that works at any level. At 3-5, San Francisco's margin for error is gone.
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49ers | -3.8 | +3.3 | -7.1 | +5 |
| Seahawks | +24.0 | +2.4 | +21.6 | +33 |
SRS is how many points a side beats an
average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good
team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20.
SOS is how hard that schedule has been.
Full table.
Seahawks —
NFC #1 · division
· 12-2
Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#2
Jalen Milroe
QB · Seahawks · 2.3% of the field
#10
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR · Seahawks · 0.5% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
San Francisco turned the ball over 4 times and rushed for minus-4 yards, which means the 49ers didn't just lose—they abdicated. Brock Purdy's 4 interceptions aren't a bad day, they're disqualifying.
Seattle's 49 points came because Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 247 receiving yards and Jalen Milroe scored 3 rushing touchdowns, which is to say the Seahawks didn't need to be perfect, only competent against a team that was actively trying to lose.
Riley Parker
The chaos merchant
· replying
Jake Tonges didn't have a better afternoon all season, which means a 49ers lineman was probably the only thing moving forward on that side of the ball—and even that wasn't enough when your quarterback is determined to hand the ball away.
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
· replying
Seattle's margin is so wide that it isn't really about what the Seahawks did—it's about what San Francisco stopped doing. The 49ers went to the air on 70% of their plays against a team that had 0 turnovers, which means they weren't trying to win; they were trying to catch up, and by then they'd already lost.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers —
none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that
did not happen.
Jalen Milroe
Seahawks
11/16, 317 yards, 3 TD
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Seahawks
8 catches, 247 yards, 2 TD
Jalen Milroe
Seahawks
8 carries, 127 yards, 3 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Seahawks 515, 49ers 153
Seahawks
On the ground
Seahawks 198, 49ers -4
Seahawks
Through the air
Seahawks 317, 49ers 157
Seahawks
Giveaways
Seahawks 0, 49ers 4
Seahawks
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
THE MATCHUP SCOUT
every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 20.9 scored, 28.0 allowed
7.1 yds/att
57.3% completions
4.6 yds/carry
336.9 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
9.7% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 43 · Conservative
Balance 93
Ball security 62
Back usage 37%
QB runs 3.1/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.7% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 92
WR 87
TE 76
RB 88
OL 79
DL 87
LB 89
DB 86
Best: Fred Warner MIKE 99
Fastest: De'Zhaun Stribling WR 95 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 41.3 scored, 19.6 allowed
11.1 yds/att
62.5% completions
7.7 yds/carry
437.1 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
5.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 77 · Efficient
Balance 92
Ball security 72
Back usage 28%
QB runs 6.3/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 98
WR 90
TE 85
RB 84
OL 81
DL 86
LB 81
DB 93
Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99
Fastest: Rashid Shaheed WR 95 SPD
9 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞
Seahawks · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against38.6 — 18.1
Margin+20.5
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks
Lead backJadarian Price · 11.6/g
Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 30%
QB carries4.8 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
49ers receivers vs Seahawks secondary
87 v 93
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks receivers vs 49ers secondary
90 v 86
SEAHAWKS
49ers line vs Seahawks front
79 v 86
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks line vs 49ers front
81 v 87
49ERS
49ers backs vs Seahawks run defence
88 v 84
49ERS
Seahawks backs vs 49ers run defence
84 v 89
49ERS
49ers passer vs Seahawks secondary
92 v 93
EVEN
Seahawks passer vs 49ers secondary
98 v 86
SEAHAWKS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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49ERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Purdy QB | 6/14 | 157 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 68.7 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Milroe QB | 11/16 | 317 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 151 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Purdy QB | 2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Milroe QB | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 56 | 0 |
| Jadarian Price HB | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 58 | 0 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Tonges TE | 2 | 80 | 40 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 65 |
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 2 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 18 |
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Ricky Pearsall WR | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 8 | 247 | 30.9 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 73 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 1 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 41 |
| KJ Duff TE | 1 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Jadarian Price HB | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray Hubbard SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Battle CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mory Bamba CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deommodore Lenoir CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Warner MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osa Odighizuwa DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Bosa LEDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ephesians Prysock CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Andersen MIKE | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fisher Camac DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Lassiter CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Emmanwori SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yhonzae Pierre LEDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Love SS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Clark FS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Murphy II DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Moore CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
49ers
L
22–30 vs Cardinals
WK 7
L
6–49 vs Ravens
WK 6
W
27–17 vs Browns
WK 5
Seahawks
L
39–43 vs Ravens
WK 7
W
46–17 vs Saints
WK 5
W
39–23 vs Lions
WK 4
TEAM STATS
| 49ers | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| 153 | TOTAL YARDS | 515 |
| 157 | PASSING YARDS | 317 |
| -4 | RUSHING YARDS | 198 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 4 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | TAKEAWAYS | 4 |
Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.