Featuring postgame quotes from the following:

Head Coach Mike Macdonald

Well, it was a really hard-fought, physical football game. Obviously very disappointed about the outcome, but got to look at the process as well. I think our guys played incredibly hard; played all 60 minutes; gave ourselves a chance to win at the end. I think we have a really good football team and we're not there yet, so let's go work, figure out things we can do better, and move forward. Which we will. We're a good team now. We're only going to get better. So the guys will respond and let's go have a great week and go to Pittsburgh.

How would you assess the offense overall? Looked like the run game got going early.

Yeah, hot and cold. We've got to maintain the ball better and be more efficient on early downs, convert more on third down. Good two-minute at the end. I mean, some good stuff, but we got to operate more efficiently and be better on first and second down to give us some third downs where we can convert and keep drives going.

Take us through your view of their final drive on offense.

Yeah, got them to a second and long; guy made a great play. Seems like Riq might have lost it there down the field. We played the first 9.9 of that 10-second play at the end phenomenally. The guy made a great play.

Did you consider going for it on fourth and one on your second to last possession on offense?

We did. I just felt like let's go take a lead and let's go play ball.

Some breakdowns of coverage. Ricky Pearsall seemed to get open a couple times and Kyle Juszczyk as well in the game. Is there something there?

Jus (Kyle Juszczyk), we can play that one better. The Pearsall one, that was a good play by them.

The last play the ball slipped out of Sam Darnolds's hands or what happened on that play?

I didn't ask him. Looked like it just slipped out of his hand. Didn't look like they made contact. I think it looked like it just slipped as his hand was going backwards.

What happened with Nick Emmanwori and how did that change the defensive game plan?

He hurt his ankle, so we'll see moving forward. We don't think it's a high ankle so that's positive. Everything is intact we think. Yeah, guy goes down, you've got to change personnel. We played the game lighter than we normally play against them. But I thought 'Spoon (Devon Witherspoon) went in and did a great job at nickel.

What were your thoughts of the defense overall in this game?

Our guys played really, really hard. I mean, there are plenty of things we can clean up operationally, getting the calls in and out, substitution patterns. We'll look at our rush. Third down we weren't good enough. I think they were 50% on third down. Fourth down we can clean up as well. Two for two, got to convert on those. Guys played hard and physical. We will clean up and look at the rest.

How hard is it to play offense the way you want to when you only have the ball 15 of the first 50 minutes of the game?

I don't know if that's a given that we want to play that way. I think it's indicative of we need to play more complementary football and be more efficient on first down. We just need to play better in those situations and then we'll maintain the ball better. It's a team stat. Defensively, I think the first touchdown drive I think we were like 0 for a trillion on third down, whether it was a penalty or -- we'll look at the roughing the passer penalty and make sure we're coaching it the right way.

Walk us through the blocked field goal.

Just shows our guys, just the fight. We are going to fight, claw tooth and nail to the final whistle, man. That's what our guys did.

How do you assess Sam Darnold today?

I'll look at the stats, but thought we played efficiently. Protected him well. Thought he played fast. Just like what Sam does. In the clutch we got to put ourselves in was to win and dang football slipped out of his hand. Just go from there.

Does it add to the disappointment of the loss that it was at home?

Yeah, absolutely. Our first drive giving up a touchdown was a bummer. But our guys rebounded. I don't know what the stats are after that first touchdown, but nobody batted an eye. Went right back to work. And I thought we played really good defenses for the remainder of the game.

Regarding Jaxon

Yeah, Jax (Smith-Njigba) made a lot of great plays. There is more opportunity for him out there, which I'm sure he'll tell you. We're going to count on everybody. See who else steps up. It's not the Jax show every snap.

QB Sam Darnold

Obviously not the start that we wanted, credit those guys. I thought their defense came out and played really well. They had some good scheme. Obviously Coach Shanahan and the guys over there, knew they'd be ready to roll. For us, it was just not enough today. I felt like we weren't as efficient as we wanted to be on first and second down; third down we got to be way better as well. So not our best day today. We'll bounce back and be better next week.

Did you lose the ball on the back of Abe Lucas or did you drop it?

It came out off somebody. I don't know who hit it or what. I think it was off one of our offensive lineman's back. Yeah, didn't slip out or anything like that.

Who were you going to there?

Just going to check it down.

Do you wish you had gone for it on fourth and one at the 19-yard line?

I mean, first of all, it's not my decision. Second of all, that's a tough call. Whatever Mike (Macdonald) wants to do in that situation we believe fully in that. If we want to kick the field goal, great. If we wanting to go for it, great. For us, it's just about going out there and executing. I felt like we just didn't do a good enough job of that today.

The running game seemed like it was going pretty well early and then kind of stalled a little bit.

Yeah.

Did they do something or what did you feel like happened?

For the most part, especially early on, felt like we got some good runs in there. Like you mentioned, we got some one-, two-yard runs. I think at the end of the game as well in the fourth quarter I felt like we were able to get some good runs in there. Felt like the guys ran the ball well. Like I said, I think obviously wasn't the result we wanted. I don't know what the stats exactly look like. I don't think they're great. I thought we ran the ball well early in in the game and then we ran the ball well at the end. I think for me personally, I think I just need to take advantage of some of their looks on third down, hit our guys, and just be better overall and more efficient on first and second down.

What did Jaxon Smith-Njigba show you? Had a big game; then he has the fumble; and to come back and have some big catches later, what did that tell you?

He's resilient. Jax is a resilient player. He's been through a lot so far in his early career. Those are the things we expect from him. Go out there, you're going to play fast and mistakes are going to happen; it's about how you bounce back. I thought he did a really good job doing that.

In terms of being efficient on first and second down, what needs to happen there? You haven't looked at the film yet, but...

When I say that, just getting three or four yards on first down, getting three or four yards on second -- getting in those third and short manageable situations. When you start to get backed up a little bit in the second-and-10, obviously you want to be able to get five, get in that manageable. I think just as a whole we got to be better, more efficient on first and second down.

When you opened, you credited their scheme. Anything in particular that stood out maybe on the early downs?

In particular they switched up some of the fronts. Obviously they've got really good players. You know, Nick Bosa. I thought they played really well today. Obviously they got other really good players as well. So again, like I said, credit to those guys. I thought they prepared really well and had a good plan. I think we just got to play better as an offense and we'll leave it at that.

It's easy to say or ask this now, but do you think there is any connection to some the offensive struggles today and then the fact that you're installing a new offense and only have one series in the preseason, just not a lot of reps?

No. I think for us, we knew right away after we came off the field. After I came off the field after the game I knew that wasn't our standard and how we do things. We knew that. I knew that personally. I talked to some of the guys already and we're just going to continue to grow and get better from it and we'll be all right.

What's the process to get to your standard?

I think the process is the process. It's just going in tomorrow, looking at the tape, understanding how we can be better, understanding. Every guy looking in the mirror and saying, how can I be better. Nothing more than that. I thought we had a really good week of practice. I thought we came out with the right intentions every single day. Just didn't work out the way we wanted to on the field. We'll be better that way and we'll grow and continue to stride to be the best offense we can be.

Sam what did you think of the protection throughout the day? Sack at the end, but that's the only the one on the day; only took a couple hits.

I thought the O-line protected really well all day. I was able to go through my progressions, get the ball out. Like I said, I thought they did well all day. It's a big credit to those guys, the work they put in throughout the offseason.

S Julian Love

On the defensive play

It was good in some areas and there were a few areas where it wasn't good enough. Obviously, just stopping the run kind of in the middle of the game, and then just third down, overall, it's got to be cleaner, it's got to be sharper. We've got to be more conditioned, definitely, down the stretch.

On whether conditioning was an issue in this game

As they're getting their flow, as they're running the ball, it's getting it down, getting set, getting the call. Just communicating efficiently, late. I wasn't say it's like a gassing, I would say it's like a mental stamina thing.

On the 49ers' final touchdown

Their tight end made a good play. Purdy, he scrambles efficiently. He rolled around, we thought we had him, and the guy made a good play. You hate to see it, we felt like we were strapping up pretty well that play, but you got to finish it.

On potentially playing lighter with Nick Emmanwori out with an injury

Nick's a great athlete, great player. He's going to be a great player in this league. Him going out early adjusted some things for us. Lighter? Nah, I think we got some good DBs to stop the run. It's just kind of a matter of trusting each other and kind of getting the feel. It's so early in the season, it's game one. You just want to get a feel of how each other plays next to one another. We got some new pieces. I know we'll definitely shore it up. I don't know if it's being light with him out, but we anxiously, definitely, ready for him to come back.

On the blocked field goal

Their kicker is up and won, so nothing was given there. They're kicking a field goal, so we're just going to rush hard. Obviously he missed one, and I was able to get the block on another. Similar situation [to last year's block], I kind of jumped the gap, got a good launch, and thankfully got my hands on it. So, yeah, good play.

On the disappointment of losing at home

It's frustrating. Obviously, they got the better of us today. But we feel very confident on who we have in the building. We feel very confident in the team. So, it sucks, to lose a division game early on, especially against these guys. But, we're going to make the jump. It's week one, we have a lot of new pieces, we're going to get to that, hopefully next week. I can't sugar coat it; it sucks. You're waiting all off season to play these guys and to take it to them. For them to come out on top is a touch pill to swallow.

I appreciate you guys.

WR Cooper Kupp

On how tough of a loss that was

"Yeah, man, that's a killer. The ending of that game just makes you sick. We were right there. At the end of the day, we shouldn't have been in that position. If we make half the plays that we expect to, and we're not there. Killer way for it to end, but we will go back and watch the film and make some adjustments off of it, and know there's going to be a lot of people saying there is so much we can do, so much that's out there for us, still, and we're still in that place to go make the play at the end of the game, and hopefully be able to walk out of here with a win. Just that one play doesn't change the however many, 55 that happened before it, right? There's a process to this, and the result was not what we wanted. Even if we were able to complete that pass, and score there at the end, we still have to look at this game the same way. The story says that we left some stuff out there and we have to be better."

On why the offense left stuff out there

"I just thought there were some plays; there's so many of us, myself included, if we can make this play it will give us a chance to get on a little bit of a streak; if we can get a first (down), we can get into a rhythm, and get moving. I didn't do a good job of being able to get that first down for us on a play. We were negative on some of our first downs. I just feel like if we were able to keep things positive, keep things moving down the field and get a first down, I thought we could get some rhythm going, but we kind of hit a little bit of a lull in the middle."

On whether he would have liked to have gone for it on fourth and 1 at the 19 yard line

"I don't know, I guess you can look back on it now and say oh yeah, shoot, it would have been great to have gone for it. But, I trust the decision makers here and what they're doing what the analytics say and also what those guys are feeling in terms of the course of the game. Shoot, I would have liked to have find a way to convert on that third down, find a way to get my foot in the ground and get us that extra yard. There's a lot of things that go into it, and it's a process. The result is not what we wanted, but we have to look at the process and make sure we're doing everything we can to win some games."

On the atmosphere in the stadium

"I thought it was incredible. I thought the defense, consistently throughout the game making huge stops; big plays. The offense had their moments, too, of just being able to make some big plays and make some big explosives and put some drives together. Shoot, it was awesome to be a part of that. We want to be able to defend home. The guys are sick because they know the importance of winning here. There's a weightiness to that in finding a way. This is not how we want to operate, and not what we want to do, and guys want to make that right."

On what San Francisco did defensively to limit Seattle's time of possession and his receptions

"That's just kind of the way the game ended up. I felt like overall it was good football being played and I just have to keep doing what I'm asked to do. If you do your job over and over again and you play good football, the ball is going to find you. I'm not worried about that. More important for me to go back and look at the process and see the things I can do better. Whether it's a play, whether it's a game, whatever it is, everyone wants to look at the result. Whether it's a catch, whether it's a drop, whether it's an incompletion, are you moving backwards or forwards; there's do much that goes on in the course of that play that we can clean up. It's easy to say I'll catch the ball, or make the throw or hit the gaps, but there's a lot of coaching that's going to happen, and I'm excited to make those adjustments because everyone that's in that locker room is capable of making the adjustments we need to go out there and win games and be a really good football team."

On what he learned about the offense today

"Guys are going to play together and they're going to play hard. I thought the mentality in the huddle, the excitement and the urgency the guys had, it didn't waver. Even when we were in that lull where we were just trying to find that first down, we were able to do it there for a few drives. The urgency and the excitement of going out there with those guys, how they went about their business, stayed the same. It's like, man, we want to make this happen, we're going to work hard together and guys are talking on the sidelines. It's fun to be a part of that. No one is putting their head down. Everyone is trying to figure out a solution, and playing for the guy next to them, and communicating. That's the kind of group I want to get out there on the field with."

On what he saw from Jaxon Smith-Njigba

"Saw a lot of really good plays. There's some ones he wants back, he's in there, he's sick to his stomach right now about the ones he didn't make. But, he made some really good plays for us. He's just that guy. He's going to have some ups, there's going to be some downs. But, his ability to stay steady through it and be able to weather the storm a little bit even when it felt like guys are trying to get after him a few different ways. Just being able to continue to win and come back. Be able to talk, find a solution, and go out there and keep competing."

"Thank you guys."

LB Ernest Jones IV

On how they establish the way they play

"The assessment for now, we make plays during the game. When it mattered, we didn't make those. We didn't make the plays. Towards the end right there, we didn't execute as well as we had done earlier and lost the game."

On what stands out as a thorn in their side

"Finishing. Been preaching it all offseason. We've been working our butts off to finish and be in those positions today, we didn't get it done. Today was their day, hats off to them. We'll be better. We'll correct these things."

On what the upcoming week will look like

"We go in, we watch the film, we correct. You see schematically what we need to correct, maybe a guy wasn't where he was supposed to be. You fix those things. One thing about us, we've been working hard since I've been here, and we're going to continue to work hard. Continue to fight for one another, continue to fight for the boys on the other side of the ball. We're going to be together and we're going to get this shit rolling."

WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba

On his initial impressions after the game

Tough one, tough battle, good team by 49ers. Got a lot of stuff to clean up, myself included. So just get to the drawing boards and get ready for Pittsburgh next week.

On how the 49ers front line slowing the Seahawks' run game affected the Seahawks offense

I thought we did a pretty good job running, throwing, and mixing it up. That's kind of the offense we want to have. We want to have good balance. We just didn't get the job done on offense today. I want to thank my defensive guys and my whole team. My whole team stepped up and was ready to play. A few bad play from myself and the game looks different.

On losing at home

It's very tough. I wanted this for the 12s and for Seattle. And it sucks not finishing, but I appreciate their support. I know they're going to bring it next game. And we're going to make sure, you know, we're celebrating next game.

T Abraham Lucas

On mistakes being a Week 1 effect

Some people, will say it's Week 1, it's this and that. For me, if you were talking to me last year, off two weeks of practice, yeah, I probably would have had a different answer, but we've had months' worth of practice in competitions. It's unfortunate when things happen, it is part of the game, and I'm not trying to cover my ass or anything like that, but I've just got to be better.

On the confidence in the ground game on the scoring drive in the fourth

We're confident in the ground game period. I think today, there was a lot left to be desired. I don't know if it's necessarily, I'm not going to call it bad, I just think it could be better. I don't think it's sloppy, there's just one or two things that we missed.

On whether it's a feeling out process, as it is Week 1

I could say that if I wanted to take the pressure off, but I think for us as an O-line, it's on us to be more consistent, is the word I'm looking for, down the stretch. We had great flashes and pockets of what we came to do and what we can do, we just have to do that, more consistently, drive after drive. You're going to have bad plays here and there, it may happen, I'm not really worried about that, it's just the consistency part.

TE AJ Barner

On the last drive of the game

We've got to finish it. Those are what those games come down to. You're always going to have a chance at some point in the second half, and we did, and we've got to go finish it, but we're built for this game. We'll be all right.

On what he's excited to look at on film

I'm excited. Got to make it right. Got to go back to work. It wasn't good enough, but if we are who we say we are, then we'll get it right. I know the type of team we have, the culture that we have, and the player that I am and sometimes it is the best thing for you.

On not winning this one in front of the fans

It sucks. It's not much you can say but it's got to get better. It will get better. Again, if we are who we say we are, then we're going to make it right. I believe in the team, it's a long season. During all these games, you always have a chance to win, and we didn't make enough plays in the end, so.

On being the main guy in the tush push

It's cool. You continue to execute and do whatever the play calls necessary, and help the team win, so that's what that is right there.

DE Demarcus Lawrence

On how he rates Julian Love's impact on today's game

That's why he's our captain. We know what he brings to the table each and every day. Proud of the work he puts in, and we just have to keep going.

On scooping up the blocked field goal

When you are out there, that's what you wish for. A play like that to come your way. So, shout out to Julian (Love).

DE Leonard Williams

On what the referee told him on the roughing the passer call

He originally told me that I hit him in the head, and then I rewatched the play. I didn't. I went back to the refs and they told me that they thought that I could have avoided hitting him. But then, the white hat told me that it looked like it was hard to avoid him, so I don't know. I feel like they threw the flag and they couldn't overturn it.

On how he thought they did against the run

In the first half, we did a good job containing (Christian) McCaffrey, stopping the run in the first half. In the second half, they started running the ball more, started wearing down our defense, and then I think our defense was just out there for too long. We weren't getting off the field on third downs. We showed up big in the red zone once we got down there, but we have to do a better job getting off the field.

On not winning in front of the fans

We wanted it for everybody. This team is connected right now. We're connected with the fan base, we're connected with each other as players. We're connected with the coaches. We've been grinding. We believe in our team, and we still have a lot of belief in our team. We wanted this one, opening up the season with a divisional opponent. They got away with one. Props to those guys for making the plays when they counted. I'm looking forward to seeing them next time.

On if the disparity in time of possession was the difference maker

I think so. I can't credit it to being anyone's fault or anything like that, but overall, if there's a big swing in time of possession like that, one side of the ball is going to be tired. Our defense was doing a great job. We were holding them for a long time. We got a field goal block, stopping them in the redzone and all type of stuff. We got wore down at the end there.

NT Jarran Reed

On what worked for the defense

We were rushing as one, everybody was helping everybody out there. The guys were winning, they were making huge plays, beating some guys, and we were just doing what we can.

On the difficulty to keep the energy up despite the unbalanced time of possession

No, it's not difficult. We practice for almost three hours; we do that for a reason. That's part of the game. This is what we get paid to do to do and we have to handle our job. We have to win, at home, point, blank, period.

On what it will take to win at home

We're going to get back to the drawing board and see what we did. We have to keep the ball, and we have to take the ball. Plain and simple. We have to execute on third down. We have to get off the field, and get the offense the ball back, and we have to play a hell of a defense.

On Mike Macdonald's message in the locker room

I'll summarizing it in my own words, we know we have a good team. We know what we're capable of doing. We work so very hard during the week, and personally, I just wanted to win today for these guys in the locker room, you know how hard we work, everything we go through during the week. But we're going to get back to the drawing board and get ready to go to Pittsburgh.