THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Feel good, Seahawks fans, but be cautioned

You jumpin’ back on the Seahawks bandwagon?

I wouldn’t be in a rush.

Sure, that 37-31 overtime win in Detroit was a thriller, and Geno Smith put on a career performance for courage and accuracy under fire.

Except for that one brain-dead move that led to a 17-yard sack and gave the Lions a chance to tie the game at the end of regulation, Geno was pretty close to perfect.

He threw for 328 yards (32 for 41) and two TDs — including the OT winner to Tyler Lockett — with no picks.

Amazingly, there were no real bombs in that total, and we all know how much the Seahawks love to go deep.

But with a makeshift offensive line that barely managed to keep the Lions from hospitalizing someone, Geno never really had a chance to consider downfield throws.

I mean, he NEVER could have thought about it.

In fact, a boatload of his critical throws to short- and medium-length targets came with some huge gentleman (or several of them) just a split second from taking off a few body parts.

IT’S BEEN a while since any Seattle quarterback has picked out so many receivers and gotten off bushels of passes on target — while under total assault.

Russell Wilson would have been sacked a dozen times in this game, as opposed to once for Smith.

Credit also to the Seahawks wideouts, running backs and especially the tight ends (Will Dissly, Noah Fant and Colby Parkinson combined for nine catches worth 132 yards) for grasping the problem and giving Smith some legit targets — and doing so in a hurry.

Under the circumstances (tackles Charles Cross and Abe Lucas missing, and center Evan Brown going down early in the game), this was a heroic performance by Geno and everyone else.

Lockett continues to be a magician, getting open for a gorgeous TD catch with a sprint across the end zone, and then squeezing in from 2 yards out on a quick shot that won the game in overtime.

OK, so why am I preaching caution after the Hawks rebounded so well to snatch a win in raucous Ford Field?

Well, part of it stems from the injuries.

Lucas is on the injured reserve list, so he must miss at least three more games, and Cross has a sprained toe — a notoriously painful and sometimes lingering issue that will be especially difficult for a 311-pound man who depends on his footwork for a living.

On defense, Pro Bowl corner Riq Woolen took a shot to the chest on Sunday, and couldn’t continue.

Happy note (at least): Woolen’s backup, Tre Brown, got the Seahawks’ first sack of the season on a blitz, then snatched a poor throw from Jared Goff and turned it into a pick-six.

Still, Jamal Adams is probably another two weeks away from meaningful action, and he is a critical part of the pass rush — which didn’t even put grass stains on Matthew Stafford in the opener, and only came to life briefly down the stretch against the Lions.

RECALL, also, Seattle’s mega-difficult schedule.

So far, they’ve been blown out in a game they were favored to win against the Rams, and won (barely) on the road against a Lions team that opened the season by upsetting the Chiefs at Arrowhead.

So, maybe the quality of opposition doesn’t matter — although that’s a pretty slim thread to grasp in the NFL, where talent generally finds its way upward.

The Seahawks will face plenty of good teams in their matchups with the AFC North and NFC East (Dallas, Philly, Bengals, Steelers, etc.), but there’s one good break sandwiched in there.

The Hawks’ bye comes in Week 5, which normally a team would consider too soon.

But after games at home against Carolina and on the road against the Giants, a week off to heal and maybe get Adams and Woolen fully fit to help the defense might be just what the doctor ordered (pun intended).

No, that early bye probably won’t help much when the Seahawks face the 49ers, at Dallas, at the 49ers and Philly all in a row, beginning in Week 12.

Still, you have to be healthy in the trenches to compete in the NFL, so all things considered, I think the Hawks would just as soon have the bye right where it sits.

I’m SURE Geno would.

To be clear, this win in Detroit was something special, a day worth savoring for the whole group — and certainly for the coaches.

My fear is that it’s tough to be “special” every week.

The league is just too brutal.

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Steve Cameron’s “Cheap Seats” columns appear in The Press four times each week, normally Tuesday through Friday unless, you know, stuff happens.

Steve suggests you take his opinions in the spirit of a Jimmy Buffett song: “Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On.”