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Eric Williams
NFL Reporter
As one of just three undefeated teams remaining as they headed into a Monday Night Football contest against the Detroit Lions, the Seattle Seahawks were considered a surprise success story in the NFL.
However, Seattle’s three wins had come against a Denver Broncos team led by a rookie quarterback in Bo Nix, the rebuilding New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins without injured Pro Bowl QB Tua Tagovailoa.
So, Seattle faced its stiffest test yet this season on the road against Detroit. And the grade for Mike Macdonald’s Seahawks remains incomplete after a 42-29 Lions rout — Detroit’s first win after losing its previous five meetings with Seattle.
Playing without several defensive starters up front, Seattle couldn’t hold up against Detroit’s smash-mouth running game, as Detroit rumbled to 116 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Seattle played without Uchenna Nwosu, Boye Mafe, Leonard Williams, Byron Murphy II and linebacker Jerome Baker up front. And the Seahawks lost safety Julian Love to a thigh injury in the first half.
“It’s obvious we’re not the team we want to be yet, and we shouldn’t be where we want to be,” Macdonald said after the game. “We have time to grow as a football team. We have a short week, so we have to have a sense of urgency about it. And we need to take the next step.
“But it just wasn’t good enough, especially on the defensive side of the ball today.”
Seattle’s secondary also proved leaky, giving up a long touchdown to Jameson Williams, along with allowing a trick play near the goal line to quarterback Jared Goff on a throwback pass from receiver Amon Ra St. Brown.
The Seahawks allowed Goff to complete 18-of-18 passes for 292 passing yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. That’s right, Goff didn’t miss, the most pass attempts and the most yards in NFL history without an incompletion. He finished with a 155.8 passer rating.
The Seahawks did manage…
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Publish date : 2024-10-01 16:44:23
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