The Seattle Seahawks’ pass rush was a bit of a mixed bag in last week’s season opener.
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On one hand, the Seahawks pressured San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy on 43.6% of his dropbacks, which was the third-highest rate of any NFL quarterback in Week 1, according to Pro Football Focus .
However, those 17 pressures only resulted in one sack. And that lone sack didn’t come from one of Seattle’s primary pass rushers, but rather on a safety blitz by Julian Love.
“I think we did some good things, did some really good things, but we need to be better moving forward,” Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said when asked about his team’s pass rush. “The guys know that, and they’re going to do that. We got great guys. They’re