The Detroit Lions put the remainder of the NFL on discover Sunday with their 47-9 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on the highway and made their declare as one of many league’s greatest groups.
The Lions got here out firing on all cylinders, scoring on every drive earlier than they took a knee to enter the locker room at halftime. A kind of scores included a nifty flea-flicker from Jared Goff to Sam LaPorta for a 52-yard landing cross. It was part of a 20-point second quarter to get some consolation room over Dallas.
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Detroit nonetheless had its pedal to the metallic out of halftime. Goff led the Lions on a five-play, 70-yard landing drive that ended with a Goff landing cross to extensive receiver Jameson Williams, a 37-yard throw and catch.
The Lions piled on from there and received the sport 47-9. The protection sacked quarterback Dak Prescott 4 instances and made him throw two interceptions.
Detroit got here into its Week 6 matchup off a bye week and two weeks faraway from a recreation through which Goff was excellent. He was practically excellent towards Dallas, going 18 of 25 with 315 passing yards and three landing passes. Amon Ra-St. Brown caught yet another within the fourth quarter.
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5 Lions receivers had not less than three catches, and even Lions receivers had not less than one catch. Williams led the way in which with three receptions for 76 yards. Khalif Raymond had 4 catches for 73 yards and St. Brown added 4 catches for 37 yards to the stat sheet.
David Montgomery scored two touchdowns for the Lions as he rushed for 80 yards within the recreation. Jahmyr Gibbs added 63 yards on the bottom.
Whereas the vibes have been good due to the win, the Lions’ protection took an enormous blow within the third quarter when Aidan Hutchinson suffered a grotesque leg harm, placing his season in jeopardy. He was main the league in sacks coming into the sport and had one of many 4 sacks on Prescott.
The Cowboys didn’t get something happening offense.
Prescott was 17 of 33 for 178 yards earlier than he was taken out of the sport for Cooper Rush. CeeDee Lamb had seven catches for 89 yards.
Brian Department and Kerby Joseph every had interceptions off Prescott. Department picked off Rush late within the recreation as nicely.
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The Lions improved to 4-1 on the season and the Cowboys fell to 3-3. Dallas hasn’t received at house since they beat Detroit in a controversial recreation on Dec. 30, 2023.
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