Jahmyr Gibbs Powers Detroit Lions Past Buccaneers With 218-yard Night

Jahmyr Gibbs was offered oxygen connected nan chair aft a 78-yard run.

He turned it down.

Clearly, he was not retired of breath.

Gibbs scored connected a agelong sprint successful nan 2nd quarter, a five-yard spinning plunge successful nan 3rd and accounted for a career-high 218 yards from scrimmage to lead nan Detroit Lions successful a 24-9 triumph complete nan Tampa Bay Buccaneers connected Monday night.

“You felt for illustration this was coming,” Detroit coach Dan Campbell said. “This has been building.”

The Lions (5-2) bounced backmost from a nonaccomplishment arsenic they person done flawlessly for astir 3 years, extending their NFL-long streak of 51 games without dropping 2 consecutive successful nan regular season.

“The guys responded, which I knew they would,” Campbell said.

Tampa Bay (5-2) was outgained by much than 200 yards successful nan first half, but trailed 14-3 because Detroit had an interception, fumble, turned it complete connected downs and missed a section goal.

Rookie Tez Johnson had a 22-yard touchdown reception to unfastened nan 2nd half, pulling nan Bucs wrong 5 points, but they could not slow down Gibbs.

On nan ensuing drive, Gibbs had a 15-yard tally and a 28-yard reception to group up his 2nd touchdown that gave nan Lions a 21-9 lead precocious successful nan 3rd quarter.

The third-year moving backmost vanished pinch a season-high 136 yards rushing connected 17 carries and a season-high 82 yards receiving connected 3 catches, giving him a full that trails conscionable 4 performances for nan franchise this century.

Gibbs is nan first NFL subordinate pinch astatine slightest 135 yards rushing and 80 yards receiving on pinch 2 scores connected nan crushed since Chris Johnson pulled disconnected nan feat pinch Tennessee successful 2009.

“He’s a very talented moving backmost and erstwhile you miss a gap, he tin move it into a large play,” Bucs coach Todd Bowles said.

Detroit’s Jared Goff was 20 of 29 for 241 yards pinch a 27-yard touchdown walk to Amon-Ra St Brown connected nan game’s opening drive. Goff, though, mislaid a fumble and overthrew rookie receiver Isaac TeSlaa connected fourth-and-2 connected nan adjacent 2 possessions and later threw an interception – each successful Tampa Bay territory.

Baker Mayfield was 28 of 50 for 228 yards pinch 1 touchdown and 1 interception against a short-handed defense. Mayfield threw an incomplete walk successful nan extremity area pinch 4:24 left, ending imaginable comeback hopes.

“As a accomplishment group, we didn’t link connected a batch of plays,” Mayfield said. “Once nan defense knows we are going to person to pass, they tin pin their ears back. That’s not a adjacent business to nan violative line.”

Gibbs took advantage of a large spread and his velocity to people connected a careerlong, 78-yard tally precocious successful nan 2nd 4th to put Detroit up 14-0.

“If you tin get him to 2nd level, he tin do nan rest,” Campbell said.

After Detroit’s Jake Bates missed a 54-yard section goal, Chase McLaughlin made a 53-yard section extremity to extremity nan half and put nan Bucs connected nan scoreboard.

Bates did link connected a 58-yard section extremity early successful nan fourth, knocking it successful disconnected an upright, to springiness nan Lions a 24-9 lead.

“They are a reliable matchup for each squad correct now,” Bowles said. “We cognize astir nan large crowd. We conscionable didn’t execute, but they played a very bully game.”

The Lions are 13-3 successful nighttime games nether Campbell and they’ve won 5 consecutive connected Monday Night Football.