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00:00We'll start with the better game of the bunch that was between the Lions and the Seahawks.
00:10Seattle entered last night one of five teams at the end of three weeks that was a perfect
00:14undefeated 3-0, first L of the year for Seattle.
00:19Detroit improves the 3-1 as well in a high scoring affair.
00:24The Lions victorious at home, 42-29.
00:28Detroit cruises to a cover as a 4.5 point home, favorite 46.5, does sky over as your
00:35total.
00:36Jared Goff, perfection.
00:37We'll look at the stats on a Monday night in just a second.
00:42But Joe, as you approach this game last night, the Lions lay in 4.5 at home, albeit against
00:48an unbeaten opponent in the Seattle Seahawks.
00:51How did you approach?
00:53How did the game match what you expected?
00:56So it was 3.5 for most of the week for Detroit, Ben, and then we started to get confirmation
01:02on just how banged up that defensive front of the Seattle Seahawks were.
01:08They were missing a lot of very key pieces there.
01:11We also learned late that Deion, Brian Branch, rather, their leading tackler for Detroit,
01:18their safety and his backup were going to be out.
01:20So we didn't, you know, you thought maybe the over was the right side in this, given
01:26the fact that both teams offensively have enough firepower to keep up.
01:31But the ultimate takeaway for me in this game was the fact that Seattle needs to win by
01:38playing from in front.
01:39They were behind two scores in this game almost immediately, Ben, and it forced them to play
01:45catch up and not play the style of football where they could take the game over with the
01:50running game.
01:52And that was kind of the problem.
01:54The minute you have Geno Smith having to bring you back from two scores the whole game, it's
01:58a recipe for disaster.
01:59And it was a disaster, unfortunately, in the final 10 minutes in the fourth quarter there
02:05where they just had to punt and then kept turning the ball over.
02:08And that was all she wrote is they could not stop with those defensive guys missing on
02:13the defensive front.
02:15They just could not stop the running game and Jared Goff last night.