Wilson passes Seahawks past Detroit

DETROIT — Russell Wilson was perfect.

Seattle’s game plan was pretty good, too.

Wilson threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter to put the Seahawks ahead and they went on to beat the Detroit Lions 28-14 Sunday, leaning on their running game and defence just as they have throughout their turnaround.

“We can do whatever we want right now,” Wilson said.

The Seahawks (4-3) looked sharp on both sides of the ball coming off their bye and won for the fourth time in five games after opening the season with two losses.

“I’m always going to regret that we started lousy,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said.

Wilson completed 10 passes, two for scores, before having an incompletion late in the second quarter. He finished 14 of 17 for 248 yards, leading to a perfect quarterback rating. Wilson’s 24-yard pass to Tyler Lockett, 15-yard throw to David Moore and 12-yard pass to Ed Dickson for touchdowns gave Seattle a 21-7 lead at halftime.

Chris Carson, who had 105 of Seattle’s 176 yards rushing, scored on a 7-yard run early in the fourth to put the Seahawks up 28-7.

“We ran 42 times,” Carroll said. “I couldn’t be more fired up about that.”

Detroit acquired run-stuffing defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison from the New York Giants for a fifth-round pick just four days before the game, but he wasn’t able to immediately help one of the NFL’s worst run defences.

“We have to start learning how to play off him,” Lions defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois said.

The Lions (3-4) had won three of four in large part because they didn’t turn the ball over much and finally found a running game. They lost the ball three times and had just 34 yards rushing against Seattle.

“I’ve got to do a better job getting the team ready,” Detroit coach Matt Patricia said.