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A team with Matthew Stafford and two star receivers should be putting up big numbers, yet the Lions struggle to score 20 points a game. The Packers opened as a touchdown favorite, and the line has grown from there.

Meanwhile, quarterback Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes in the first half to give Detroit control of the game early.

“Everything, everybody, we’ll look at all of it”, Davis said. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Calvin Johnson is the fifth player with a reception in his first 130 games since the 1970 merger With 30+ points against Philadelphia, it marks the third time the Lions scored 30+ points in four-straight Thanksgiving Day games (1950-53; 1983-86). They’re just a game behind the division-leading New York Giants who are 5-5 right now.

They have Tony Romo back under center and if Darren McFadden has another 100-yard rushing day, Dallas could hand Carolina their first loss of the season.

The verdict is in: The Eagles have quit on their coach. “I think all the way across the board, the guys played well”. “I think once you start pointing fingers and saying you blame it on somebody else, then you’ve lost what you have to do”.

Johnsons first touchdown late in the first half put the Lions up 24-7.

In wins over Green Bay, Oakland and Philadelphia, Stafford is a combined 73-of-111 passing (65 percent) for 861 yards with eight total touchdowns, one interception and a passer rating of 106.5.

The scary thing about Ansah’s emergence this season – his third in the National Football League – is that head coach Jim Caldwell said Ansah really hasn’t even scratched the surface of where he’s going to be.

DeMarco Murray is a must start with Ryan Mathews out, especially against a defense that has allowed 18.4 points per game to RBs, the 8 most in fantasy. The Eagles couldn’t do much about it, especially when starting cornerback Nolan Carroll left in the second quarter with a broken right ankle and was replaced by rookie Eric Rowe.

Cooter is an aggressive play caller and that seems to align perfectly with Stafford’s skillset. Just thought I would remind everybody.

“We’re attacking the defense, and not playing defense on offense”, Johnson said.

Starter Sam Bradford will miss his second straight game today with a shoulder injury, and the Eagles will start Mark Sanchez at quarterback.

The Lions pulled into a 14-7 lead midway on their next possession through Stafford’s two-yard scoring pass to Tate. Sanchez found tight end Brent Celek for a 2-yard score on third-and-goal to cap off an 80-yard drive.

Sanchez was able to connect with receivers when he had time, but that didn’t happen very often.

Not only did Ansah had the 3.5 sacks, a new career high, one of them was a strip-sack where he recovered the fumble he had caused on the Eagles 14.

The Lions go into the game on a two-game winning streak, so they have some momentum. The game was stopped briefly in the fourth quarter when people ran onto the field with a banner promoting animal liberation.