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Injuries are piling up for the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs have holes on offense, while the Lions’ secondary is practically being held together with duct tape.
Detroit got a superb all-around performance from its linebacking corps, as Jack Campbell, Alex Anzalone and Derrick Barnes were all exceptional. Campbell stuffed the stat sheet with eight total tackles, a sack, two tackles for loss and a pass defensed.
The Detroit Lions took down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-9 on Monday Night Football, led by Jahmyr Gibbs and a dominant Detroit defense.
The Lions (5-2) beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2) 24-9 on Monday, Oct. 20 at Ford Field in Detroit. Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs paced the offense with 136 rushing yards and 82 receiving yards, both season highs for him, and added two touchdowns on the ground.
Gibbs was the explosive stick of dynamite the Lions needed to counter Todd Bowles’ well-coached, blitz-happy Buccaneers defense. In one of the best performances of his young career, he accounted for a career-high 218 total yards—a whopping 57.5% of Detroit’s offensive output.
The Detroit Lions need a bounce-back performance Monday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and they’ll need to execute in three critical areas to get it done at Ford Field.
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