Detroit Lions vs Seattle Seahawks Betting Picks, Predictions, Odds & Lines 1/2/2022

• Rich Caesar
• January 2, 2022

The Seattle Seahawks (5-10 SU, 7-8 ATS) will try to avoid losing two straight home games to NFC North opponents on Sunday when they host the Detroit Lions (2-12-1, 10-5). The Seahawks suffered a 23-21 double-overtime loss to the Bears as 7-point home favorites last week, and the Lions covered as 7.5-point road underdogs in a 20-16 defeat against the Falcons.

Detroit Lions vs Seattle Seahawks Betting Odds & Line Movement

Last Sunday’s loss vs Chicago represented the sorry state of Seattle, putting head coach Pete Carroll on the hot seat with two games left in the season. Carroll is the league’s oldest coach and might be on his way out as well as quarterback Russell Wilson, who has expressed his desire to be traded after the season is over.

The Seahawks have dropped five of their past seven games both SU and ATS, raising questions about how much this team cares about closing on a down note.Meanwhile, the Lions have been a force to be reckoned with lately, even in defeat. Detroit has covered the spread six of seven times leading up to this game. The only logical explanation for why the line has dropped three points from -6 in favor of the Seahawks at the best Detroit online betting sites. Also, the top Seattle mobile gambling sites list the total at 42 points.

Notes On The Detroit Lions

In their week 9 meeting, the Lions had another chance to pull off an upset and win three in 2021 against the Falcons, but backup quarterback Tim Boyle threw an interception near the goal line to extinguish it.

With regular starter Jared Goff on the reserve/COVID-19 list, he earned the nod and went 24 of 34 for 187 yards with one score, as well as the interception.

If Matt Stafford is cleared to play and he tests negative, he’ll be back under center for the Lions in Seattle. In his past five starts, Goff has gone 2-2-1 SU and 4-1 ATS, including 2-0 ATS versus the Bears last week.

Notes On The Seattle Seahawks

The Seahawks are in disarray, and their once-fearsome home-field advantage has vanished. Last Sunday against the Bears, they appeared confused in the snow, losing 2-5 SU and 3-4 ATS.

They’ve been unable to sustain success, however. They lost three of four at home in early 2018 before rebounding with wins over the Jacksonville Jaguars and San Francisco 49ers the following two weeks.

The Detroit Lions are certainly more like Jacksonville than the San Francisco 49ers, and this Seattle team has risen to the occasion throughout the season in defeating top competition. In fact, since their initial victory in Week 3, the Seahawks have scored 28 points or more in all five of their victories and amassed over 24 points in only one of those games.

Can The Detroit Lions Cover The Pointspread?

Over the course of their last seven games, the Lions have been in five games that were decided by four points or less, with two wins and two losses. To put it another way

Will The Seattle Seahawks Saints Cover The Spread?

The offense has a chance to break out here, and it certainly has the potential to do so. In Detroit’s past three non-covers, the defense surrendered an average of nearly 39 points. Seattle shouldn’t have to score that much in this game, but regaining the 28-point mark is one of the objectives.

Pick And Prediction: Seattle Seahawks -6.5