“But I’d be lying if I said personally I don’t want to win as much”. “And hopefully it would be here”. But Seattle is the team to be trusted in this spot, not Detroit.
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The Seahawks rebuilt their offensive line this season – starting rookies Germain Ifedi and George Fant at RG and LT respectively – and you might say it showed. “We don’t have it, and we can’t look too far forward”. “Even last time we were out here, I think it was two years ago, it took three or four seconds to get the signal onto the internet, and that’s important because we’re trying to develop an natural disaster early-warning system, so that when we see an quake we can tell people before the shaking gets there”. That’s not to the Lions are any good against the pass – they’re allowing the highest opposing QB rating (106.5) in the league – but they’re content giving up short/intermediate gains to protect themselves over the top.
Your coach, Pete Carroll, keeps telling everybody that the game is “all about the ball”, but the Seahawks only recently got to plus-1 in the turnover differential. Some are obvious non-participants, while some players were just getting rest before the 2017 NFL Playoffs begin. What have you seen from Zach Zenner and Dwayne Washington that makes you think they could be effective against Seattle’s front seven?
Those are assessments that might surprise many around the NFL.
Could weather play a factor tonight in Seattle? Had Richardson not caught this, it would have been pass interference and first down again.
The 32-year-old has already accumulated a number of special teams awards this season. Many a quarterback has his bust in the hall of fame because they were able to take advantage of the play-action pass. “Obviously everyone wants a bye, but that doesn’t really matter to us now”. Some called the Lions “chokers” while most agreed that they had “backed into” the playoffs and were going to get destroyed in the first round against the Seahawks.
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That means a prime chance for Seattle’s Pro Bowl defensive ends Cliff Avril (a former Lion) and Michael Bennett, plus situational rusher Frank Clark (10 sacks) to control the game by disrupting the passing of Detroit’s Matthew Stafford. Stafford of course has been troubled by an injured finger on his throwing hand of late, and that has led to the Lions losing their final three games of the season.
