The Seahawks weren’t going to win them all under Mike Macdonald. And this one seemed doomed from the start playing without five key defensive players and losing another at halftime. “It just shows us that were not the team that we need to be at this point,’’ Macdonald said after Detroit’s 42-29 win, which dropped the Seahawks to 3-1 and came with losing mostly because of the defense — the area Macdonald was hired to shore up.
Detroit’s Jared Goff completing all 18 of his passes will surely sting in the defensive coaching offices all week. Throughout his postgame presser, Macdonald avoided using the absences as an excuse, saying simply, “It just wasn’t good enough.’’ Getting even just two or three of those injured players back would make a big difference.
They’ll need to get healthy quickly as the Seahawks face a tough turnaround with a game Sunday against the Giants at Lumen Field and Oct. 10 against the 49ers, also at home. Onto the grades.
Geno Smith was as brilliant as could be with career highs in completions (38), attempts (56) and yards (395) in leading the Seahawks to 38 first downs, reported to be the most by a team in at least 10 years. The attempts were also a franchise record and the completions the second most. He also used his legs as well as he has all season to extend plays for some key completions and gaining 38 yards on five carries.
It was a game when he played against a quarterback who didn’t throw an incompletion, and yet for much.