GREEN BAY — The Seattle Seahawks’ offense struggled mightily for long stretches of 2016 largely because their offensive line got Russell Wilson injured in September.

This September, Wilson is so-far healthy. The offensive line? It’s still not well.

Seattle’s newly reinforced defensive line sacked Aaron Rodgers four times and intercepted him once — in the first half. Michael Bennett had 1 1/2 of those sacks and Seattle held Green Bay scoreless into the third quarter.

But the line couldn’t give Wilson — and thus the offense — enough time to produce any sustained yards or points. The Seahawks kept in tight ends and running backs, sometimes on the same plays, to help. But Seattle managed just three field goals in Sunday’s 17-9 loss to the Packers in an ugly, worrisome opener.

The Seahawks have scored three, five, six and now nine points in games over their past 16 regular-season games dating back to the second week of the 2016 season, a 9-3 loss to the Rams in which Wilson played with a sprained ankle. They scored just 10 points in their previous trip to Green Bay in December.

This was the fifth time in the past 16 regular-season games that the Seahawks’ defense held a foe to 17 points or fewer, yet Seattle lost.

There is this: The Seahawks are likely to be favored in their next five games, including next Sunday’s home opener against San Francisco. The starting-over 49ers lost Sunday 23-3 at home to Carolina.

Then again, the way this line is affecting Seattle’s entire offense again, who knows?

Wilson completed 14 of 27 passes for 158 yards. This is the sixth time in the past 16 regular-season games he didn’t throw for a touchdown. That happened just four times in his previous four seasons.

He was sacked three times, hit seven more times and escaped at least four more sacks with his exquisite runs out of trouble, which he can do again now that he’s healthy.

Seattle nearly had first and goal at the 2 down 17-6 midway through the fourth quarter after Wilson’s pass briefly found the hands of rookie Amara Darboh. But Green Bay’s Ha Ha Clinton-Dix sprinter over to the sideline and whacked the ball from Darboh’s grasp for an incomplete pass.

The Seahawks settled for kicker Blair Walsh’s third field goal in as many tries and trailed 17-9.

Green Bay defensive tackle Mike Daniels recorded 1 1/2 sacks on Seattle’s first three offense plays after halftime. Daniels beat right guard Mark Glowinski on the first one, then jab-stepped quickly inside guard Luke Joeckel to sack Wilson and force a fumble that Green Bay recovered on the Seattle.

Ty Montgomery ran in for a touchdown and Green Bay’s first points on the next play. Poof!. Seattle trailed 7-3.

The Seahawks answered on the next series with their first sustained drive not in a 2-minute offense, culminating in a field goal to make it 7-6. This was after Wilson’s third-down pass sailed over Jimmy Graham’s head incomplete at the back line of the end zone. Two Packer defenders made contact before the ball arrived but no flag followed.

The Seahawks would have led 10-0 at halftime if not for Cliff Avril getting called for a block in the back on Rodgers while rookie Nazair Jones was running for a would-be touchdown with his interception of Rodgers in the first quarter.

The penalty pushed the ball back to midfield and the Seahawks subsequently punted.

Nickel defensive back Jeremy Lane, who also started at right cornerback in the base defense, was ejected on the play after getting tied up with Green Bay receiver Davante Adams. Officials ruled Lane threw a punch, though television replays didn’t show a punch.

The game was a stalemate for the first 29 minutes and 30 seconds, thanks to Seattle’s pressuring defense and its issues with pass protection.

Seattle seemed content to run out the final minute of the first half until Wilson hit Doug Baldwin for a 34-yard pass to the Green Bay 44.

Wilson dropped to throw again on the next play and saw enough open green grass from here to Sheboygan. He ran through it for 29 yards.

After another time out and two incomplete passes, Walsh kicked a 33-yard field goal. Improbably, Seattle had a 3-0 lead at the half in which it gained 25 total yards over the first 17 plays.