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The Lions did a good job running the ball last week, and they’ve really done an okay job at it all season. With Golladay likely out again this week, it’s hard to imagine the Lions suddenly improving against tough competition. They’ve got a hellish pass rush and an opportunistic secondary.

While I do think Washington’s pass defense is a bit overrated, they are still clearly the better unit in this matchup. While I think Taylor Decker, who hasn’t allowed a sack this season, can handle him, Washington moves Sweat to both sides of the line, so when he’s lined up opposite whoever the Lions have at right tackle this week, look for trouble.Īdvantage: Washington +1.5. Sweat leads the Football Team with 5.0 sacks and 29 pressures. They’re currently fourth in the NFL in sacks (27), eighth in PFF’s pass rush grade, and 15th in ESPN’s pass rush win rate. They rank seventh in passer rating allowed (87.0), 16th in yards per attempt (7.2) and 12th in completion percentage allowed (64.1). To put that into perspective, there are currently 16 teams with a passer rating of 96 or above right now.Īll that being said, this is still very clearly a good pass defense, at the very least. Only one is averaging a passer rating over 95 for the season. Football Outsiders does a good job adjusting for opponent, but I’m thinking they may need to crank it up a little in this case.Īnd look at the rest of the pass offenses they’ve face. Sure, they’ve had some fantastic performances against the Cowboys and Eagles, but those happen to be some of the worst passing offenses right now, especially when you consider they played against Andy Dalton and Ben DiNucci in that Dallas game. Football Outsiders has this as the best pass defense in the league, but I’m not so sure of it based on these charts. We don’t usually see such a high discrepancy between DVOA ranking and the charts. While they’ve allowed 21 sacks (t-12th most), their team pass block grade is seventh highest per PFF. The biggest positive from this unit is pass protection, which remains above average. Detroit currently ranks 23rd in passer rating (91.7), 12th in yards per attempt (7.6) and 27th in completion percentage. That isn’t to say the Lions’ pass offense has been terrible, it’s just been well below expectations.

Stafford certainly hasn’t been helped by conservative game plans, a record-high amount of drops, and the lack of Kenny Golladay for half the season, but Stafford still carries the bulk of the blame for early-game inaccuracy and late-game catastrophic mistakes. He’s only surpassed a 100 passer rating twice this year, despite facing four different defenses that are allowing an average passer rating over 100.

Matthew Stafford’s replacement-level play continues. Let’s take a closer look at this matchup, On Paper. But they do some things well, and that’s enough to make them a threat this week against the Detroit Lions. The Washington Football Team is not a mediocre team. Not only are the Lions incapable of beating mediocre teams, they’re incapable of even competing with them. And while Detroit got off to a promising 2-0 start out of the bye, the last two weeks have been a heavy dose of reality. Out of the bye week, many looked ahead on the Detroit Lions schedule and believed the team may actually be able to go on a bit of a streak. ® SEAHAWKS, SEAHAWKS LOGO, SPIRIT OF 12, WE ARE 12, BRING ON THE 12, LEGION OF BOOM, 12 and 12S are trademarks of the Seattle Seahawks.This wasn’t where this team was supposed to be.