4. A complete team performance
Highlighting Rawls, Richardson and Sherman, as I’ve done so far, doesn’t tell the whole story of this game. Those three were all great, but this was a complete team win for the Seahawks.
Russell Wilson completed 23 of 30 passes for 224 yard and 2 touchdowns. Doug Baldwin finished with 11 catches for 107 yards and a touchdown. Luke Willson was a big part of Seattle’s running success with his blocking on the second level.
It was a complete effort on defense as well. Zenner was held to 11 rushes for only 34 yards. Matt Stafford threw for only 205 yards on 18/32 passing. Seattle’s defense continuously made the plays it needed to get off the field and hold Detroit to only 6 points.
The Lions were only 2 of 11 (19%) on third down. The Seahawks countered that by going 9 of 16 (56%) on third down. That led to Seattle winning the time of possession game 36:39 to 23:21
The special teams got into the act as well Jeron Johnson almost killed Detroit kick return with a big hit. Jon Ryan hit a beautiful punt that was downed at the 4 yard line.
The only blemish was Hauschka with his 7th missed PAT of the year. When the Seahawks win by 20, we’ll just let it slide.