Amid all the doom and gloom that this last weekend’s loss to the Rams brought, I would like to shift the discussion to how the Seahawks could realistically come out of the Thanksgiving matchup against the 49ers with a win.

The glaring issues that need to change in my opinion would be: 1) Penalties: too many defensive penalties last week on big splays like 3rd down stops etc. and offensive penalties forcing us into to many 3rd and long situations killing drives; 2) Converting in the Red Zone: finishing drives with TD’s instead of FG’s will be essential in keeping up with San Francisco’s high powered offense; 3) Run Defense/Tackling: Improved play from the front four and overall better tackling is going to be needed to stymie McCaffrey.

I could keep going with this list, but would like to hear what other people think are the keys to coming away with a win this Thursday?