RANDOM OBSERVATIONS : SEAHAWKS @ 49ERS, FIRST HALF EDITION

by Davey, Blown Coverage

A bunch of the 1 o'clock games are in the books and so far the underdogs have been coming through, much like we saw in college football yesterday. Cleveland beat Baltimore, Buffalo tops the Jets, Atlanta took care of Houston and the Lions are about to beat Chicago. The only constants so far are that the Dolphins and Rams are horrible.

Speaking of which, after watching Daunte Culpepper lead his Raiders with 5 touchdowns over Miami, you can imagine how my mood is right now. It's somewhere between committing a crime or developing an addiction. But hey, I'm going to try and watch Seattle at San Fran and hopefully it will distract me a bit. I have no real rooting interest in this one and for fantasy purposes I have Frank Gore. Let's get it started...

• Not a good start for Alex Smith here. Rocky Bernard sacks Smith and young Alexander is hurt. Bernard is a rather large fellow and he landed with all of his weight on Smith's shoulder. Trent Dilfer is about to make an appearance and this might actually be good for San Fran.
  

• Dilfer enters the game and Frank Gore coughs up the ball to the Seahawks. Not the best of starts for the 'Niners here.
  

• Derrick Smith drops the easiest interception he'll ever get in his life. Matt Hasselbeck looked directly at him, threw a nice, soft pass right into his chest but Smith managed to do his best Todd Pinkston impression. He just didn't want anything to do with that ball.
  

• Speaking of not wanting anything to do with the ball...Frank Gore puts it on the ground again and that's a very disturbing trend that's developing over here.
  

• Julian Peterson just came through absolutely unblocked and put a huge hit on Dilfer. Peterson then spends the next minute hopping around ridiculously and pointing at the back of his jersey. I actually feel bad for the 'Niner fans right now.

• The Bears-Lions game is now a final with Detroit winning 37-27. Brian Griese was Grossman like as he was picked off 3 times in his 52 pass attempts and I don't think that we should be surprised at all. When Brian Griese throws 52 passes, you are going to lose. That's just a rule of thumb.

• Seattle kicks a field goal and takes a 3-0 lead and that might just be enough with the way San Fran's offense has played so far.

• Tampa Bay is leading Carolina 14-0 but there is some bad news on the horizon. Cadillac Williams' knee just bended in a direction that a knee should not be . Cadillac might be done for the year...
  

• Seattle is ripping through this 'Niner o-line like Tony Siragusa rips through Baby Back Ribs. Julian Peterson comes through again and puts another huge hit on Dilfer and he's doing the ridiculous jersey point again. I wish he'd stop that now.
  

• A big completion from Matt Hasselback to Deion Branch sets up the first touchdown of the game. Hasselbeck finds a wide open Bobby Engram in the endzone and the Hawks lead 10-0. San Francisco is looking as good as my hair right now.

• We're close to halftime and the 'Niners have only gained 30 yards so far. This is as bad as I've seen a team look this year and coming from a Dolphins fan, that is saying something.

• Seattle tries to get cheeky as they let Seneca Wallace take a shot into the endzone and his pass is nearly intercepted. Seahawks have to settle for a field goal and San Fran is very lucky to only be down 13-0 so far.

• And we're at halftime. San Francisco should have points taken away from them for that first half performance. Seriously, the fact that they have zero points so far is flattering if you ask me.