There were plenty of lows during the season, but PFF decided to put a little more salt in the wound of Lions fans. They recently put out an article highlighting the best QB performance of the 2018 season and they selected Russell Wilson’s Week 8 performance against the Lions.

Coming of Seattle’s bye week, Wilson dominated the Lions in every way possible having as many incompletions as touchdowns (three), finishing the game 14 of 17 for 248 yards and three touchdowns earning the franchise’s first perfect passer rating (158.3) and earning a 98.0 PFF rating.

The 17 passes he attempted were a season-low for Wilson, but he made each pass count to optimal proficiency, marking his first incompletion on his eleventh throw. The only pass that was negatively graded against him was a pass thrown to Ed Dickson that was a little off the mark, but the kicker part about that was it went for a touchdown. If your worst throw went for a touchdown, you know you are having a good day.

A look at the passes from the NFL’s game book:

Wilson took advantage of a weak Lions pass rush who was sorely missing Ziggy Ansah to generate any sort of containment or pressure on Wilson. He hit four different receivers for at least 20-yard completions, finishing the day with a 14.6 yards per attempt, far above the league average.

He completed nine passes and two of his touchdowns on the left side of the field, where the majority of the time Nevin Lawson was manning. To say the least, Lawson was picked on heavily this game and didn’t rise up to the challenge, which sadly has been a montage, a player who is in position to make the play, but comes up short.

NextGenStats took a far deeper look into Wilson’s day against Detroit, suggesting he was getting really lucky with some his throws.

Unfortunately, this came at the Lions expense, but as a football fan you can’t help but tip your cap to Wilson and appreciate what he was able to do, playing one of the cleaner games by a QB of the season. Wilson was able to make every single one of his 17 passes count and he did it efficiently and effectively to a tune of a perfect passer rating and a near perfect PFF rating.

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