The Seattle Seahawks have journeyed from bad, to good, to world-beater in three weeks.

But this is the NFL, and that one bad week may prove to be costly at the end of the season.

Yes, it is only Week 3, and yes, the Seahawks can move back into a series split with the San Francisco 49ers by beating them in the season finale. But on paper the standing look like they should be reversed, and the timing of injuries puts Seattle behind the ball when they otherwise might be in the early driver’s seat.

Just a bizarre, 4-point loss to the 49ers in the opener sits between the Seahawks and a 3-0 record. Meanwhile, those 49ers – without Brock Purdy and George Kittle, have beaten: • An apparently untalented New Orleans Saints by 5 • A historically unclutch Arizona Cardinals team by 1

The timing

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