Two terrible teams played on Thursday night and one team came out the less terrible of the two.

When Jim Harbaugh departed from the San Francisco 49ers, there was no doubt that the team would undergo a change. Under Jim Tomsula things have been different. Thursday night’s game against the Seattle Seahawks painted a vivid picture of just how much things have changed in four short years.

The 49ers lost one of the ugliest games played in the NFL this season 20-3, dropping to 2-5 on the year. The transformation is nearly complete. Soon San Francisco will have successfully transformed from Super Bowl contender into raging dumpster fire in the span of three years. As if sensing he would soon claim a new face for his band of terrible acts that used to be good, Sammy Hagar performed at halftime of Thursday night’s game.

The Seahawks are now 3-4, and can spend the next 10 days pretending that they’re the same team that reached the Super Bowl last February. They aren’t. Seattle is a shadow of its former self. Thursday was an opportunity to right a sinking ship against a feeble opponent. Instead, the Seahawks spent the second half punting and turning the ball over. Against a semi-competent offense, Seattle would be 2-5 this morning. Colin Kaepernick is many things but one of those things is not a competent quarterback.

It’s difficult to celebrate Seattle’s defense against the 49ers considering San Francisco’s offensive line was more speculative than a Benghazi hearing. Sure, Kaepernick was sacked six times and the 49ers were held to 142 yards in the game. Kaepernick is averaging 207 passing yards and 3.5 sacks this season. Seattle didn’t crack any codes Thursday. They played a bad team with a bad quarterback.

Rather than celebrating Thursday night as a turning point in the season, Seattle should be troubled by the fact their quarterback could only muster 235 passing yards, five sacks, two interceptions, and a touchdown against the NFL’s 30th ranked defense. This is a team who has allowed the previous six quarterbacks they’ve faced to average 320 passing yards and two touchdowns a game. In the second half Thursday night, the Seahawks offense had five drives. They went punt, interception, field goal, punt, punt. Only the possession that ended in a field goal lasted more than six plays.

The Seahawks are better than the 49ers. The problem is they might not be better than anyone else.