Lions @ Seahawks · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

Seahawks win the turnover battle and the game

Seattle beat Detroit 39-23 behind a clean game from Jalen Milroe, who completed 15 of 20 for 258 yards and 2 touchdowns while adding 178 rushing yards on 9 carries. The decisive difference was turnovers: the Seahawks committed 0 giveaways while Detroit coughed it up twice. Jahmyr Gibbs kept Detroit moving with 184 yards on 13 carries and 2 scores, but it wasn't enough to overcome Seattle's 455 total yards to Detroit's 339.

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Lions	+12.0	+2.8	+9.1	+12
Seahawks	+24.0	+2.4	+21.6	+33

SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.

Seahawks — NFC #1 · division · 12-2 Lions — NFC #6 · 9-5 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#1 Jahmyr Gibbs HB · Lions · 4.7% of the field

#2 Jalen Milroe QB · Seahawks · 2.3% of the field

#10 Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR · Seahawks · 0.5% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

Detroit had the ball moving and Gibbs running for 184 yards, but the Seahawks didn't turn it over once while the Lions coughed it up twice—that's the game right there.

Marcus Reyes The numbers guy · replying

Milroe did more than manage the game—he ran for 178 yards and 2 scores himself, which means Seattle's offense didn't need to choose between efficiency and aggression, and Detroit had no answer for it.

They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.

Jalen Milroe

Seahawks

15/20, 258 yards, 2 TD

Jahmyr Gibbs

Lions

13 carries, 184 yards, 2 TD

Jalen Milroe

Seahawks

9 carries, 178 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Jahmyr Gibbs has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 4 straight games.

🔥 Jalen Milroe has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 3 straight games.

📉 KJ Duff is still searching for it: 75 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 105.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Seahawks 455, Lions 339 Seahawks

Through the air Seahawks 258, Lions 155 Seahawks

On the ground Seahawks 197, Lions 184 Seahawks

Giveaways Seahawks 0, Lions 2 Seahawks

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

📺 THE WEEK 4 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show

THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Balanced Pass 47% · Rush 53% · 38.1 scored, 29.0 allowed

7.2 yds/att 56.5% completions 11.3 yds/carry 405.5 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 6.2% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Jameson Williams WR — 32% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 46 · Turnover-prone Balance 97 Ball security 64 Back usage 48% QB runs 2.1/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 90 TE 91 RB 88 OL 86 DL 90 LB 82 DB 91

Best: Penei Sewell LT 99 Fastest: Jameson Williams WR 98 SPD 9 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞

Seahawks · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against38.6 — 18.1 Margin+20.5 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks Lead backJadarian Price · 11.6/g Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 30% QB carries4.8 a game

Suaveee💫

Lions · his last 8 games

Runs it One back

Pass / run41% / 59% Points for / against39.8 — 30.0 Margin+9.8 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 18.9/g Top targetAmon-Ra St. Brown · 34% QB carries1.5 a game

Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.

THE SERIES Suaveee💫 against 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ — the men, not the teams

𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ leads it 1-0. 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ won the last one.

1 meeting avg 23.0 — 39.0 biggest: 16 pts to 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞

S2 · week 4 Suaveee💫 23 — 39 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞

Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Lions receivers vs Seahawks secondary 90 v 93 SEAHAWKS

Seahawks receivers vs Lions secondary 90 v 91 EVEN

Lions line vs Seahawks front 86 v 86 EVEN

Seahawks line vs Lions front 81 v 90 LIONS

Lions backs vs Seahawks run defence 88 v 84 LIONS

Seahawks backs vs Lions run defence 84 v 86 EVEN

Lions passer vs Seahawks secondary 87 v 93 SEAHAWKS

Seahawks passer vs Lions secondary 98 v 91 SEAHAWKS

TOP PERFORMERS

Jalen Milroe QB Seahawks 258 pass yds

Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 184 rush yds

Jalen Milroe QB Seahawks 178 rush yds

Jared Goff QB Lions 155 pass yds

KJ Duff TE Seahawks 94 rec yds

Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Seahawks 70 rec yds

Rashid Shaheed WR Seahawks 65 rec yds

Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 51 rec yds

Julian Love SS Seahawks 1 INTs

Bud Clark FS Seahawks 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

LIONS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jared Goff QB	11/20	155	1	2	2	34	57.2

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jalen Milroe QB	15/20	258	2	0	2	50	149.9

LIONS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	13	184	14.2	2	0	19	99
Isaac TeSlaa WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jameson Williams WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jalen Milroe QB	9	178	19.8	2	0	9	91	0
Jadarian Price HB	5	19	3.8	1	0	5	10	0

LIONS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	3	51	17	1	10	21
Isaac TeSlaa WR	2	45	22.5	0	12	34
Jameson Williams WR	3	20	6.7	0	6	9
Sam LaPorta TE	1	20	20	0	4	20
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	2	19	9.5	0	8	14

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
KJ Duff TE	5	94	18.8	1	19	0	37
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR	5	70	14	0	18	1	21
Rashid Shaheed WR	2	65	32.5	1	22	0	50
Jadarian Price HB	3	29	9.7	0	17	0	10

LIONS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Roger McCreary CB	3	0	0
D.J. Reed CB	3	0	1
Kelley Jones CB	2	0	0
Kerby Joseph FS	2	0	0
Jack Campbell MIKE	1	0	0
Ennis Rakestraw Jr CB	1	0	0
Tyleik Williams DT	1	0	0
Myles Graham SAM	1	0	0
Brian Branch SS	1	0	0
Jimmy Rolder MIKE	1	0	0
Alim McNeill DT	0	0.5	0
Aidan Hutchinson LEDG	0	0.5	0
Derrick Moore LEDG	0	1	0

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Leonard Moore CB	3	0	0	0
Byron Murphy II DT	2	1	0	0
Troy Andersen MIKE	2	0	0	0
Kamari Lassiter CB	2	0	0	0
Nick Emmanwori SS	1	0	0	0
Bud Clark FS	1	0	1	0
Fisher Camac DT	1	1	0	0
Yhonzae Pierre LEDG	1	0	0	0
Devon Witherspoon CB	1	0	0	1
Julian Love SS	0	0	1	0

LIONS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jake Bates K	1/1	2/2	28

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Joey Slye K	1/1	4/4	38

RECENT FORM

Lions

W 56–35 vs Chargers WK 3

W 42–38 vs Broncos WK 2

W 17–10 vs 49ers WK 1

Seahawks

W 62–10 vs Bengals WK 3

W 41–13 vs Cardinals WK 2

W 42–24 vs Colts WK 1

TEAM STATS

Lions		Seahawks
339	TOTAL YARDS	455
155	PASSING YARDS	258
184	RUSHING YARDS	197
2	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	2
2	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	TAKEAWAYS	2

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD

0 LIONS — 1 SEAHAWKS

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