Darnold and the offense did have an opportunity to put the game away late in the fourth quarter when they were down 17-13, but a Darnold fumble off the back of an offensive lineman ended Seattle's chances.
"Obviously not the start that we wanted, credit those guys," Darnold said. "I thought their defense came out and played really well. They had some good scheme. Obviously Coach Shanahan and the guys over there, knew they'd be ready to roll. For us, it was just not enough today. I felt like we weren't as efficient as we wanted to be on first and second down; third down we got to be way better as well. So not our best day today. We'll bounce back and be better next week."
As for how the team bounces back from this loss, Darnold said, "It's just going in tomorrow, looking at the tape, understanding how we can be better, understanding. Every guy looking in the mirror and saying, how can I be better. Nothing more than that. I thought we had a really good week of practice. I thought we came out with the right intentions every single day. Just didn't work out the way we wanted to on the field. We'll be better that way and we'll grow and continue to stride to be the best offense we can be."