When they try to play it smart, they end up dumbing it down. On a wet, sloppy Sunday with backup quarterback Tim Boyle, the Lions again did almost enough to win, but didn’t aggressively reach ...

The 46-year-old former NFL tight end has led the Lions to seven wins in nine games to surge into contention for the playoffs with one game left in the regular season. Detroit will play at Green ...

The next closest team is the Dallas Cowboys, who play annually in the mid-afternoon time slot after Detroit, with 56 Thanksgiving games. The Lions lost the first-ever Thanksgiving game to the ...

The Lions lead the league in play-action rate, which is one of Goff’s strengths. He’s among the league leaders in passing yards off in-breaking routes, which are littered in this offense.

The Packers-Lions have the 12:30 p.m. ET game, while the Commanders-Cowboys play at 4:30 p.m. ET. The San Francisco 49ers will head to Lumen Field to face the Seattle Seahawks at 8:20 p.m. ET.