Overview
- The Lions beat the Giants 34-27 in overtime as Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for 219 yards on 15 carries with two 50-plus-yard touchdowns, including a 69-yard winner, and added 11 receptions for 45 yards and a receiving score.
- Gibbs finished with a career-high 264 scrimmage yards, drawing postgame praise from quarterback Jared Goff for his explosiveness.
- He became only the second player on record to post 200 rushing yards with at least 10 receptions in a game, joining LaDainian Tomlinson’s 2002 feat.
- Over the past three games he has averaged 9.54 scrimmage yards per touch, a rate matched in such a span only by Jim Brown under a 60-touch minimum.
- NFL Next Gen Stats clocked Gibbs at 22.17 mph on the OT run, the league’s fourth-fastest speed this season, and he also owns the second- and third-fastest marks, with the top spot held by Jonathan Taylor at 22.38 mph; Detroit is 7-4 and hosts the 7-3-1 Packers on Thanksgiving with Chicago leading the NFC North at 8-3.