SAN FRANCISCO 49ers @ Seattle Seahawks
SEATTLE - The San Francisco 49ers continued their impressive winning streak agains division rival Seattle Sunday with a 41-20 win. The Niners (7-1, 2-1 NFC West) won their 7th straight after dropping their season opener and showed no signs of slowing down. Combine their dominance with the Seahawks (3-4, 0-1) inability to keep up and things were out of reach by half time.
"Defensively, this team has to get a lot better." Coach Pete Carroll said after the game. "We didn't have an answer for [Teddy] Bridgewater all afternoon. He did whatever he wanted."
Bridgewater showed poise after San Francisco fell down 7-0 early, cooly driving the offense down the field drive after drive. "Winning here is extra special. To take one from this team in their house? Man, that's awesome." Bridgewater said.
The two headed monster of running backs Alvin Kamara and Phillip Lindsay made waves as well. Lindsay put the team in short yardage situations most of the game and Lindsay showed his ability to catch passes out of the backfield when a 3rd down conversion was needed.
"I really like the dynamic of those two." Coach Kyle Shanahan said, "They both bring something unique to the game plan. It's fun to build a strategy around them."
Up next for San Francisco is a Thursday night game against 3GML rival Green Bay.
Minnesota Vikings @ GREEN BAY PACKERS
GREEN BAY - The Packers (4-3, 1-2 NFC North) dropped a heartbreaker 30-24 in overtime to division rival Minnesota (6-1, 2-0). The Green Bay offense was again in a funk and had 4 turnovers on the day (2 interceptions and 2 fumbles). Things looked so bad that the kicker Jason Sanders had more touchdown passes (1 on a fake field goal) than the quarterback Aaron Rodgers (0).
The game looked promising early when Royce Freeman broke things open with a long touchdown run, but after that the offense repeatedly stalled (or turned it over) and it was struggle from there. To their credit, Green Bay did drive down and kick a field goal to tie it with a few seconds left on the clock to force overtime. However, after winning the toss, the offense went 3 and out and punted back to Minnesota who drive down, scored and won the game.
Rumors are starting to swirl about play-calling duties in Green Bay now. Don't expect any changes with the Packers set to take on San Francisco in a short week, but another poor performance and those rumors could get a lot louder.
