49ers vs. Seahawks: Previewing Week 2 for San Francisco
The Kyle Shanahan era opened with a defeat, and now the San Francisco 49ers are off to the Pacific Northwest to face the Seattle Seahawks in a Week 2 matchup. Here is the preview with the latest news, X-factors, injuries and much more.
After an offseason that featured the gutting of nearly the entire San Francisco 49ers organization, the first game for the new regime’s tenure shows that the rebuild still has a long ways to go. Right away, a wrench was thrown in the works when rookie linebacker Reuben Foster went down with what appeared to be a serious leg injury in the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers in Week 1.
Fortunately the prognosis is positive relative to what was initially thought, with Foster being ruled out multiple weeks with a high-ankle sprain. It’s obviously not the most encouraging sign to see your first-round draft selection get hurt within minutes of his NFL debut, but the potential of a devastating injury was avoided.
He only played very little, yet Foster still managed to be impactful on the field:
Reuben Foster earned a very solid 81.7 overall grade in limited time before going down with the ankle injury. #49ers
— Jeff Deeney (@PFF_Jeff) September 11, 2017
Even down a starting linebacker, the 49ers defense was relatively good. The box score won’t show it, but considering the positions they were put into due to numerous missed chances on offense, the defense seemed to show it’s definitely not the porous unit it was last year.
However on the other side of the ball, the offense failed to muster any kind of real threat as they crawled their way to an abysmal 3-point effort. Highlighted by poor offensive line play, the 49ers starting offense was nonexistent against the Panthers in Week 1.
Things don’t get any easier either for San Francisco as they’re now set to take on the Seattle Seahawks, who boast one of the most complete defenses in the entire league.