I caught about two-thirds of this game because Heather was late getting home, and I was busy throwing out my back carrying my 42-pound three-and-a-half-year-old daughter on my shoulders. I did record it, but I couldn't bring myself to go back and watch the parts I missed.

• The Niners offensive line is terrible, but deer-in-headlights Colin Kaepernick is back after a two-game hiatus. While sometimes a QB can't avoid a sack, somehow his are 12 or 14 yards deep in the backfield. He's also indecisive and waits too long to take off, getting taken down just as he starts to run. Moreover, he doesn't feel the rush and often holds the ball too long.

He also let the play clock run out again, knocking the team out of field-goal range near the end of the first half. And it wasn't a situation where he was under center, one second late for the snap. The play clock expired, and he was standing around, not even beginning the snap count. He honestly plays the way anyone would - if they did a bong hit five minutes before kickoff.

• I didn't see it, but Vernon Davis made some plays in this game. Torrey Smith dropped his only target, and Anquan Boldin also had a modest day. Some of that was due to the Seahawks tough defense, but there's not much to go around when the QB completes 13 passes for 124 yards.

• Jim Tomsula might be the worst coach in the NFL, and in a league with Ken Whisenpunt, Jim Caldwell and Chuck Pagano, that's quite a distinction. Tomsula actually punted down 17 with three minutes and change left on 4th-and-4. While the Niners had virtually no chance at winning the game, it was apparently important to him for Seattle to kneel down on its own side of the field rather than theirs. Of course, Phil Simms agreed with the decision, but it would only be worth writing about if he differed.

• Marshawn Lynch looks healthy and is immediately a top-10 back once again.

• Say what you want about the Niners - and I have - but Seattle's defense is still a top-five unit. Maybe the Jets, Broncos and Panthers are as good or better, but it's a short list.

• After a breakout game, Jimmy Graham saw only five targets for 31 yards. I don't see how he can be ranked as a top-five TE right now.