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Blog

Detroit (0-3) at Seattle (1-2)   Monday Night 

by Jeff Allen of Jeff Allen Sports

           

Line at Writing: Seattle (-9.5, 43)

Team: Detroit

Head Coach: Jim Caldwell (already a dead man walking)

Last Game: Lost 24-12 at home to Denver on Sunday night

Vs. Broncos

QB: Mathew Stafford 31-45, 282, 1-2
RB: Ameer Abdullah 8-23…. Team 18-29
WR: Calvin Johnson 8-77 took over on scoring drive with four catches and never heard from again,
Theo Riddick 8-66, Eric Ebron 4-61, Golden Tate 5-57
Defense: Very strong against the run (18-42) but could not deal with big receivers when
Manning went over the top

Offense: Rush: 28th Pass: 12th Overall: 27th
Defense: Rush: 20th Pass: 26th Overall: 25th

Team: Seattle
Head Coach: Pete Carroll

 

Last Game: Beat Chicago 26-0 at home

 

Vs. Bears

 

QB: Russell Wilson 20-30, 235, 1-0

 

RB: Marshawn Lynch 5-14 had MRI on hammy Mon check status, Thomas Rawls 16-104
WR: Jimmy Graham 7-83 TD made him priority this week, Kearse 6-76
Defense: Got Kam Chancellor back who made one tackle in his return, shut out Bear team that had nothing with a terrible Claussen, Fox stripped down playbook to 20% as game plan.

Offense: Rush: 5th Pass: 27th Overall: 18th
Defense: Rush: 17th Pass: 2nd Overall: 3rd

Recent History: Teams haven’t met the last three years, Detroit 4-3 SU and ATS in the series since 1992

 

Notes and Bullet Points:
Teams that start 0-3 have made the playoffs 2.5% of the time since 1990

 

Stafford is 0-20 straight up on the road lifetime vs, teams that finish with winning records

 

Stafford has three career wins period vs. teams that finish above .500

 

The Under is 8-3 in L11 when Lions were dogs

 

The Under is 13-5 in the Lions L18 road games
Lions an Under team in most situations
Seattle is 14-7 ATS in L21 home games

 

Seattle is 21-10 ATS the last 2+ years vs. conference opponents
Hawks 3-0 Under in L3 Monday nights but 50-50 prop everywhere else