There were still things to enjoy in the loss, including a big day for Geno Smith and the offense, but most of all Macdonald was proud of the way his team fought to stay in the game for four quarters after being down 14 early -0 behind. .

“I’ll tell you this: our guys fought really well in that game,” Macdonald said. “They went right down to the last second and that’s what I’m most proud of right now and that’s what we’re going to stick with and that’s a foundation that we’ve built here and that we’ll continue with. We’re now four weeks into the season and look, the message of the entire week has been that we are on the foundation of our football team and where we want to be. It is clear that we are not yet the team we want to be. and we shouldn’t be the team we’re going to be. We have time to grow as a football team, we have a short week, we have to have a sense of urgency about it, and we have to take the next one. But it just wasn’t good enough today, especially on the defensive side of the ball.”

Monday’s game was an exciting contest with many big plays from both teams, a common theme when these teams have faced each other in recent years. And if they play at anything close to full strength, maybe the Seahawks can come up with a few more stops to give them a chance to win it. With Seattle and Detroit off to a 3-1 start, both appear to be playoff contenders, but for now the Seahawks need to get a little better to get where they want to go.

“Detroit is a great team, they showed it, they proved it, they proved it again tonight. “And we want to be a great team, so we have to be a great team. “We want to become the team we think we can become, so that’s our focus.”

Added quarterback Geno Smith, who threw for a career-high 395 yards: “We’re 3-1, that’s what it says, and now we’ve got to move on to the next one. That’s just football, that’s NFL football. I guess that the only team that went undefeated was the ’72 Dolphins, so we’re just trying to win every game we can. Today we didn’t do it, but that’s why we have next week so we’re going to improve, go back there Let’s get started and get ready for next week.”