Jared Goff related with Sam LaPorta for 2 touchdowns and the Detroit Lions prolonged their profitable streak to 10 video games by holding off the visiting Chicago Bears, 23-20 on Thursday.
The streak matches the franchise document established throughout their first season in Detroit in 1934. The Lions snapped a seven-game shedding streak of their annual Thanksgiving Day recreation.
Goff handed for 221 yards, whereas David Montgomery had 124 scrimmage yards. Jahmyr Gibbs added a mixed 104 yards for Detroit (11-1), who personal one of the best document within the NFC.
Caleb Williams threw for 256 yards and three second-half touchdowns for the Bears (4-8), who’ve misplaced six straight. DJ Moore caught eight passes for 97 yards and a landing. Chicago’s poor clock administration on their final possession allowed Detroit to carry on.
The Lions outgained the Bears 279-53 within the first half and grabbed a 16-0 lead.
Detroit managed the ball for almost eight minutes after the opening kickoff however settled for a 30-yard Jake Bates discipline objective. The Bears went three-and-out on their first possession.
The Lions then methodically moved 90 yards down the sector in 10 performs and scored on the primary play of the second quarter, a three-yard cross from Goff to LaPorta.
The Lions added 36 and 48 yard discipline targets by Bates.
The Bears obtained on the scoreboard on the opening possession of the second half. Williams completed off the 74-yard drive with a 31-pass to Keenan Allen.
The Lions answered with a landing. That drive was accomplished by Goff’s one-yard toss to LaPorta to make it 23-7.
Chicago minimize the deficit to 23-13 on Williams’ 9-yard scoring cross to Allen with 13:40 remaining. Williams threw an incompletion on the two-point strive.
Bates missed a 45-yard discipline objective strive with 8:42 left. The Bears then made it a three-point recreation with 5:36 remaining on Williams’ 31-yard scoring cross to Moore.
The Lions had been pressured to punt on their subsequent possession nevertheless it was downed on the Bears one-yard line. A cross interference penalty towards Detroit on fourth-and-14 allowed Chicago’s drive to proceed within the remaining minute.
After a sack left the ball on the Chicago 41-yard line with 32 seconds left, the Bears did not name a timeout on third down and the clock ran out on a Williams incompletion.
New York Giants 20-27 Dallas Cowboys
DeMarvion Overshown returned an interception 23 yards for a landing, Rico Dowdle ran for a rating in his first profession 100-yard recreation and the Cowboys held on for a 27-20 Thanksgiving Day victory over the Giants.
Cooper Rush threw a landing cross, and Dowdle completed with 112 yards Thursday because the Cowboys (5-7) ended a six-game residence shedding streak going again to a wild-card loss to Inexperienced Bay final season.
Drew Lock, who began rather than the injured Tommy DeVito every week after the benching and subsequent launch of Daniel Jones, misplaced a fumble following Overshown’s pick-six in a seventh consecutive loss for the Giants (2-10).
Lock ran for 57 yards and a landing that ended up being too late to keep away from New York’s eighth consecutive loss to their NFC East rivals.
The Giants had their first lead since Week 5 earlier than Overshown’s dynamic play put Dallas again in entrance for good within the second quarter. The Cowboys led for simply 2 minutes, 15 seconds throughout their six-game skid at AT&T Stadium.
Main 7-6, Lock tried to flip a display screen cross to Devin Singletary after the operating again had been overpowered attempting to dam Overshown. The second-year linebacker tipped the cross into the air towards the top zone, used his velocity to run it down and scored untouched.
Overshown additionally recovered Lock’s fumble on the opening possession of the second half to arrange Rush’s two-yard TD cross to Brandin Cooks in a second straight win for Dallas coming off a five-game shedding streak.
Rush, now 2-2 because the starter this season with Dak Prescott out for the yr with a torn hamstring, threw the scoring cross to Cooks the play after the quarterback’s obvious fumble into the top zone was overturned on overview.
Miami Dolphins 17-30 Inexperienced Bay Packers
Jordan Love threw two landing passes to Jayden Reed and the Packers capitalized on a quick begin to beat Miami 30-17 and snap the Dolphins’ three-game profitable streak Thursday evening.
Inexperienced Bay (9-3) have gained three straight and 7 of their final eight.
Miami (5-7) continued their latest historical past of struggling in chilly climate. The kickoff temperature at Lambeau Discipline was 27F (-2.7C) with 10mph winds, gentle flurries and a wind chill of 18.
The Dolphins have misplaced their previous 11 regular-season or postseason video games wherein the kickoff temperature has been under 40F (4.4C). The Dolphins’ most up-to-date victory in a recreation with a kickoff temperature at 40 or decrease was a 34-31 additional time triumph at Buffalo on 24 December 2016.
Inexperienced Bay are taking part in three video games in a 12-day stretch. The Packers beat the San Francisco 49ers 38-10 on Sunday and can go to the NFC North-leading Lions subsequent Thursday evening.
Love was 21 of 28 for 274 yards.
Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa went 37 of 46 for 364 yards with two touchdowns, although he additionally was sacked 5 instances.
Love and Reed related on landing completions of three and 12 yards, Josh Jacobs scored from one yard out and Brandon McManus kicked two discipline targets as Inexperienced Bay constructed a 27-3 lead.
