Follow live updates from TNT’s Gregg Bell in Detroit of Seahawks at Lions

Hi from off Aretha Franklin Way, just past the giant Stevie Wonder wall mural welcoming visitors to Detroit.

The Seahawks’ task Sunday here against the Lions: stop the run. Even though Detroit will be without top rusher D’Andre Swift, who is out with multiple injuries, the Lions are likely to run big Jamaal Williams right at a Seattle run defense that entered Sunday allowing 157 yards per game.

Coach Pete Carroll and defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt said one solution they’d use is more of rookie Boye Mafe and veteran Darry Johnson in earlier, run downs. In pregame warmups Sunday, Johnson replaced struggling Darrell Taylor as the starting left outside linebacker.

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This story was originally published October 2, 2022 at 9:38 AM.

Gregg Bell

The News Tribune

Gregg Bell is the Seahawks and NFL writer for The News Tribune. He is a two-time Washington state sportswriter of the year, voted by the National Sports Media Association in January 2023 and January 2019. He started covering the NFL in 2002 as the Oakland Raiders beat writer for The Sacramento Bee. The Ohio native began covering the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl season of 2005. In a prior life he graduated from West Point and served as a tactical intelligence officer in the U.S. Army, so he may ask you to drop and give him 10. Support my work with a digital subscription