Anyone else on Detroit Lions +8?

Quote Originally Posted by Jerseyboy89:

Large number and SEA is not the same team.  bad offensive line...cant run theball and the defense is not the swame.  lokoing for stafford to keep em close.

Quote Originally Posted by Coverlkablanket:

Seattle wins big.  Lots of Turnovers for Lions in Seattle.  Seattle on the road is a whole different bird.

Quote Originally Posted by LETGOPACK1234:

Seattle wins by 20+....Lions are bad 

Quote Originally Posted by bigamoose:

possible str8 up winner lions

cherck the history of teams that REALLY lost to Tampa bay since the bucs been in this league 1973 every team that lost to them never ever won a superbowl.

I'm on the lions +8 points

Quote Originally Posted by desertspade:

I absolutely like Detroit +8. I will even throw a small bit for Detroit ML to be honest. Here's why...

This will be Matt Stafford's 3rd playoff game-- 1st one was against New Orleans and 2nd one was against Dallas. He has never played a home playoff game in his career so this is nothing new... Give a man enough playoff games and eventually he will win one of them. I don't know how much his finger will affect his abilities but I have to imagine that it has at least gotten somewhat better since he injured it. I also like the fact that he owns the interceptions he's made recently rather than deflecting his mistakes onto his bad finger. It's the right mentality to have. 

Seahawks then... they really are not the team that they were a few years ago. Lynch is gone, there are some big injuries on D, Wilson still doesn't know how to layup a ball to Graham who was supposed to be a game-changing acquisition (Yes, I'm aware he got there in 2015) etc. etc. I don't like their chemistry whatsoever and, beyond that, the Seahawks do a lot of charading and bickering with the media which is not that great for focus in my opinion. 

Everyone is saying that the Lions pretty much stand no chance at Qwest Field and blah, blah, blah but that is all a bit silly to me. Yes, on paper, Seahawks do have a bit of an edge. When comparing individual games during the season though, I'd say that both teams had their on games and their off games. If Detroit shows up to play there is every reason to believe that they can compete and give the Seahawks a run for their money. 

Yet another point in hand, Sure, Detroit had a dismal end to their season but guess what??? The Seahawks LOST THEIR PLAYOFF BYE in the FINAL TWO WEEKS. To me, that is very bad juju when a team has to play an extra game they never should have had to play in the first place. It would have been very hard pressed and unexpected to see the Lions earn the 2 spot in their final weeks so the only thing they really lost was a home field advantage for one game-- it still would have been very likely that they would have been in the wild card. Then compare who the Lions played to end their season--- @Giants, @Cowboys, vs. Packers. Seahawks played vs. Rams, vs. Cards, @49ers. Detroit had a very tough stretch of games at the end of the season, Seattle had a cakewalk.

Lastly, looking at the grander scheme of things, I figure that there is going to be at least one upset in the wild card games. I really don't see the Steelers losing to the Dolphins, Raiders and Texans are pretty much a toss-up anymore so I don't know how much of an upset it would be regardless of who wins that one... that leaves Seattle vs. Detroit and Green Bay vs. New York. It's my strong belief that one of those two match-ups that I listed last will end in upset.

That is lengthy reasoning as to why I like Detroit to pull off an epic upset or, at the very least, cover. Will they have to put together a really solid showing? Yes. Is it possible? Without a doubt.

Quote Originally Posted by Spytheweb:

Lions last went to Seattle last season as a 10 point dog and lost 13-10.

I'll take the Lions +7.5.