The Detroit Lions shut down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 7’s NFC heavyweight clash. The Bucs came into the Monday Night Football showdown on a roll. Tampa Bay had scored at least 30 points and racked up at least 352 total yards of offense in back-to-back wins. But the Lions’ defense dominated , holding Baker Mayfield and company to nine points on 251 total yards.
Detroit’s 24-9 win is even more impressive given the team’s banged up secondary. The 5-2 Lions were missing four starters in Week 7. And Dan Campbell expects the team to improve as it gets closer to full strength .
“Good news is, we're gonna get a lot of players back… that's encouraging. While we're only getting better and better, we're gonna get some of our players back, too,” Campbell said, per The Detroit News’ No