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The Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers met in a battle of NFC championship hopefuls on "Monday Night Football" in Week 7. Here's what happened.
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.
Surrendering big plays has cost the Tampa Bay Buccaneers two games in a row. Josh Allen threw touchdown passes of 43, 52 and 25 yards against Tampa Bay’s defense in Buffalo’s 44-32 victory on Sunday.
The Detroit Lions announced they placed DL Pat O’Connor on injured reserve on Friday. O’Connor, 32, is a former seventh-round pick of the Lions back in 2017.