DETROIT (AP) — Jahmyr Gibbs was offered oxygen on the bench after a 78-yard run.

He turned it down.

Clearly, he was not out of breath.

Gibbs scored on a long sprint in the second quarter, a 5-yard spinning plunge in the third and accounted for a career-high 218 yards from scrimmage to lead the Detroit Lions in a 24-9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.

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

The Lions (5-2) bounced back from a loss as they have done flawlessly for nearly three years, extending their NFL-long streak of 51 games without dropping two straight in the regular season.

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

Tampa Bay (5-2) was outgained by more than 200 yards in the first half, but tr

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