By Michael-Shawn Dugar, Colton Pouncy and Mark Puleo

Quarterbacking doesn’t get more efficient than Jared Goff’s performances on Monday nights.

The Detroit Lions passer completed all 18 of his pass attempts, becoming the first quarterback in league history to complete 100 percent of his passes on more than 10 attempts. The previous record was held by Kurt Warner, who finished 10-for-10 with the Arizona Cardinals in 2005.

Against the Seattle Seahawks, Goff’s perfect night through the air — which totaled nearly 300 yards and two touchdowns — lifted the Lions to a 42-29 win at Ford Field. And Goff did more than just throw dimes, he caught one too. In the third quarter, he was on the receiving end of a touchdown pass from Amon-Ra St. Brown, who threw a pass from Goff on a reverse.

With the catch, Goff ended the night with more touchdown receptions than incompletions.

AMON-RA ST. BROWN TD PASS TO JARED GOFF.

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The Lions offense had all the answers

This is the Lions offense we’ve come to know over the years, and Detroit’s players and coaches have been waiting for its return. In vintage fashion, Detroit’s offense recorded 389 yards, scored a season-high 42 points and answered every response from Seattle’s hot offense.

Goff completed all 18 pass attempts for 292 yards and two passing touchdowns, and caught one himself. Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery combined for three rushing touchdowns and 118 rushing yards. On a night when it was their turn to take the lead and stand up for the defense, they rose to the challenge and allayed some concerns along the way. The offense seems to be back as if it never left. — Colton Pouncy, Lions beat writer

Seattle crushed by elite offense

The Seahawks defense had benefited from some disappointing offenses so far in the season. Detroit’s offense is anything but what Seattle has experienced over the past two seasons. This meeting played out much like the previous two meetings in this building: Goff threw everything over the place, traffic jams were running rampant, and Seattle was scrambling to find answers, with very little success.

To put tonight’s defensive effort into perspective, the Seahawks entered the game having allowed just 43 points in three games, including the four points the offense gave up on safeties in Week 1. Although Seattle’s defense came up short, this was a shocking result. considering what Mike Macdonald’s unit had put on tape in the first three weeks. — Michael-Shawn Dugar, the Seahawks beat writer

Detroit’s defense still has holes

After a strong three weeks to start the season, in which Detroit’s defense allowed no more than 20 points in each of the three games, Seattle scored 29 points (two on a safety) and totaled 516 yards on the day.

Geno Smith escaped sacks and extended plays all game. He found the weak spots in the defense and operated at a high level throughout the match. There were far too many penalties and missed tackles by the defense, leading to longer drives.

They were missing key players like Brian Branch and Derrick Barnes, but that’s certainly not the performance you want to see heading into the bye week. There’s a lot to clean up before a tough matchup against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6. — Pouncy

The Seahawks offense took center stage but was negated by turnovers

Seattle’s offense had to run nearly flawlessly on Monday night because of the little help the defense received. And all things considered, this was a valiant effort by Smith and the offense.

Smith accounted for more than 433 yards (395 passing), while Kenneth Walker III returned from an oblique injury to score three times against a Lions defense that entered the week’s top-10 in points allowed. However, DK Metcalf’s fumble in the first quarter and Tyler Lockett’s offensive pass interference late in the fourth quarter were costly mistakes. And those mistakes were part of the reason Seattle lost its first game of the season. — Dugar

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