After taking the lead, then seeing it slip away, the Seahawks nearly staged an impressive comeback in their season opener, but a fumble in the red zone ended the comeback hopes, and the 49ers escaped with a 17-13 victory.

Here are five rapid reactions from Sunday's Week 1 loss.

Sam Darnold's Seahawks debut was solid, but the storybook ending didn't quite work out.

For most of his Seahawks debut, Sam Darnold was enjoying a solid, efficient performance that included not just some accurate passing, but also a couple of timely runs. Then late in the fourth quarter, Darnold and the offense were asked to lead a comeback with the 49ers having taken a 17-13 lead with 1:34 left on the clock. After a couple of completions to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, including a perfectly placed deep ball for a 40-yard

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