A touchdown from Doug Baldwin has handed the Seattle Seahawks a seven-point lead at the break in their NFL clash against the Detroit Lions at CenturyLink Field.
Neither side was able to get on the scoreboard in the first quarter due to the dominant displays of both defences as Russell Wilson and Matt Stafford struggled to fire.
Wilson broke the deadlock for the Seahawks in the second quarter when he dodged three Lions defenders on the pass-rush and threw to Jermaine Kearse to drive his side towards the redzone. Wilson displayed composure in the pocket again to loft the ball to Baldwin to register a 24-yard touchdown.
The Lions responded when Stafford drove his team the length of the field, but the Seahawks defense repelled them out of the endzone, forcing Matt Prater into a 41-yard field goal.
Seattle looked like striking again just before the break, but back-to-back sacks from the Lions defense knocked them away from the endzone, but Steven Hauschka restored their seven-point advantage with a 51-yard kick.
Simon Sinclair
