by GENE FRENETTE , Florida Times-Union

F Even when the Jaguars were still in the game, Maurice Jones-Drew (12 carries, 34 yards) was constantly swarmed by Seattle's front seven. Except for one 18-yard cutback run by Jones-Drew on the second series, Jacksonville's offensive line didn't create any running lanes.

PASSING OFFENSE

F One week after one of the best games of his career, David Garrard was totally out of rhythm after the second series. He was sacked four times, lost two fumbles that resulted in Seahawks touchdowns, and was harassed into bad throws several other times. Garrard missed high twice on passes down the seam to tight end Marcedes Lewis and was plagued by dropped balls from Lewis (twice), Jarett Dillard and Torry Holt. Left tackle Tra Thomas and backup Eugene Monroe each yielded sacks.

RUN DEFENSE

C- Once the Jaguars lost interest midway through the third quarter, Seattle's Justin Forsett and Edgerrrin James were able to gash them for some garbage yards. But this game wasn't lost because of what the Seahawks did on the ground (143 yards rushing). It was lost because the Jaguars seemed disinterested from the start.

PASS DEFENSE

F The Jaguars validated why they have the NFL's worst pass defense. Nothing makes a quarterback like Matt Hasselbeck want to come back from a rib injury more than throwing against this coverage. Cornerback Rashean Mathis was beaten twice on touchdowns by T.J. Houshmandzadeh, getting easily duped on the first one. Safety Gerald Alexander missed an easy tackle of Nate Burleson to allow another score. The pass rush was slightly better at times, but not nearly good enough.

SPECIAL TEAMS

C+ Adam Podlesh had one of his most impressive games, booming eight punts for an impressive net average of 45.9 yards. The Jaguars didn't have any spark in the return game like they did last week from Mike Thomas, but they also did not allow Seattle much of anything in return yardage.

COACHING

F My guess is either owner Wayne Weaver will want a rebate from Jack Del Rio for the expense of staying in Seattle an extra day or there won't be a Friday fly-out to San Francisco in late November. The worst loss of the Del Rio era was a 180-degree turnaround from the impressive home win over Tennessee. A strange play call in going for it on fourth-and-1 early from the Seattle 2, trailing 3-0. Instead of spreading out the field, Dirk Koetter called for a rollout pass to tight end Ernest Wilford, but it was too well covered. That failure was a sign of things to come.

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