Thomas has appeared in two games this season for the Lions, against the Packers and the Titans. He had three tackles and a fumble recovery in Detroit’s 52-14 blowout win over the Titans. He was waived by the Lions on November 9 but is now back with the team on their practice squad.
Alexander has spent most of the last two seasons on Detroit’s practice squad. He did appear in four games on special teams duty as a returner in 2022. Before joining the Lions in 2022, he was a kick returner for the Philadelphia Stars in the USFL. He played quarterback, wide receiver and return man during his college days at Florida International.
Pederson, Jaguars trying to ‘stay positive’ amid 2024 slide
Doug Pederson and the Jaguars are trying to “stay positive” amid their three-game losing streak and a 2-8 season.
Jacksonville has done anything but meet the winning expectation Jaguars owner Shad Khan set in a team meeting before the preseason, opening the year with its sixth 0-4 mark in franchise history and sliding into the No. 1 spot of the current 2025 NFL draft order by Week 11.
Pederson has not lost hope yet, however. He believes the Jaguars still have room to turn their campaign around.
“I think our goals and everything are right in front of us,” Pederson expressed Monday. “Despite the mistakes and the losses, obviously.”
In Pederson’s eyes, the Jaguars still have a chance to right the ship in an AFC South which includes only one winning team, the Texans (6-4). Jacksonville will face Houston and the Indianapolis Colts (4-6) once more apiece, having already beaten the latter in Week 5, and the Tennessee Titans (2-7) twice.
Jacksonville will also face the New York Jets (3-7) in Week 15 and Las Vegas Raiders (2-7) in Week 16.
If the Jaguars managed to turn their year around, it would not be dissimilar from the club’s run to the 2022-23 AFC Divisional Round of the playoffs, when Jacksonville won its division by finishing 9-8, on a five-game winning streak.
“You show them where we are. You show them our division, you show them what’s left on the schedule, and you try to stay positive,” Pederson explained his approach to keeping the Jaguars confident. “I still feel like it’s a great opportunity for us as a team. We’ve got to figure out how to win a game.”
What gives Pederson confidence is the effort he has witnessed from the Jaguars in their losses, six of which have been decided by five or fewer points.
He pointed to what was effectively a loss-sealing penalty by Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday as an example of the team’s fight.
Walker was flagged for unnecessary roughness on a 3rd and 7, six-yard run by running back Aaron Jones. Walker aggressively tried to punch the football out of Jones’ grip and force a takeaway deep in Minnesota territory with 52 seconds left in the game, as Jacksonville trailed 12-7.
Pederson commended Walker’s desire to make a potential game-changing play, on the Jacksonville defense’s 80th play of the game, no less.
“It’s a crazy business and it can change for us in a hurry the other way and get positive in a quick way. But the guys haven’t checked out whatsoever. They put in the time during the week,” Pederson said.
“It’s hard. You hurt for the guys because you just see how much they put into it. And then they’re not rewarded for it. To have six one-score losses, six games. It’s hard. That’s hard. Sometimes we make it hard. But yet the guys, like I said, they see it. They understand it. We’re all in it together and we try to fix them and move on.”
Oddsmakers are not confident Jacksonville will achieve its seventh one-score loss of the season in Detroit on Sunday, with the Lions currently considered 13-point favorites over the Jaguars in Week 11.
With Jacksonville on bye in Week 12 and Khan’s megayacht having docked in town last week, speculation abounds regarding Pederson’s future with the Jaguars.
An upset victory over Detroit could, at least temporarily, dispel any notion Pederson’s end in Jacksonville is near, and perhaps offer the Jaguars the spark they have been looking for this year.
Here’s the 2025 NFL draft order following Week 10:
At 1-7 entering Week 9, the Carolina Panthers had little to no (closer to no) playoff hopes left. And in what’s become an annual occurrence for their fans, who haven’t seen their team play football past the regular season since the 2017 campaign, “draft season” arrived a bit early.
But something funny has happened over the last two weeks—they’ve actually won . . . twice!
The Panthers captured their second straight victory this past Sunday. Clinched by a game-winning field goal by kicker Eddy Piñeiro, the 20-17 walk-off triumph over the New York Giants moved the team to 3-7 heading into their bye.
Ok, yeah, those playoff hopes are still pretty much non-existent. So, yeah, where the Panthers currently stand in the draft queue remains more pertinent than where they stand in the postseason race.
Here, via Tankathon, is the 2025 NFL draft order heading into Week 11:
*Key: Pick No.. Team (record, strength of schedule)
The Lions overcame five interceptions on Sunday for a thrilling 26-23 comeback win against the Texans in Week 10. Even for a neutral observer, the entire comeback — down to the last-second Jake Bates field goal — was edge-of-your-seat action.
Now, imagine what a plane full of Lions fans would be like watching that moment. They weren’t going to tolerate an interruption.
If you’ve ever watched the seat-back entertainment on Delta Airlines flights, you’ll know that the video pauses during inflight announcements for safety reasons. The live TV content is also on a crazy delay — we’re talking minutes behind live action. So, when a flight to Detroit was entering its initial approach, the flight attendant thought she was in the clear to make her announcements and congratulate the Lions on the win.
Here’s the snap count total from the Houston Texans’ 26-23 loss against the Detroit Lions at NRG Stadium on Sunday Night Football.
There are bad losses. There are heartbreaking ones that take forever to respond from
Then, there’s the inexcusable second-half debacle that led to a 26-23 Houston Texans loss at home against the Detroit Lions on ‘Sunday Night Football’ at NRG Stadium.
The Texans led by 16 at halftime. They forced five interceptions on Jared Goff and held the offense to six first downs. C.J. Stroud found John Metchie for his first career touchdown and the vibes were great.
Then came the second half. Then came the wrong side of history.
“Definitely should have won this game,” Stroud said. “My job is to lead the offense to score points, and I didn’t do that today.
“We really should have put them away after the first half. It’s really on the offense.”
The Texans (6-4) became the second team since 1933 to lose a game in which they caught five interceptions and led by at least 15. Previously, teams were 373-1-1 when leading by at least 15 and snagging five interceptions.
Second-half woes remain a concern. Houston now is going on eight quarters without a second-half touchdown, dating back to Week 6’s win over the struggling New England Patriots. They’ve also been outscored 141-82 over the past 10 outings in 2024, ranking 31st in the league.
Against Detroit the Texans scored zero points in the final 30 minutes and matched Goff’s two turnovers with Stroud picks, fueling the Lions’ comeback.
Here’s the snap count from Sunday night’s debacle:
Offensive snaps: 68 Defensive snaps: 65 Special teams snaps: 13
Metchie, who totaled 74 yards on five catches, played in 44 snaps. Xavier Hutchinson led all playmakers with 57 snaps. Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil was the only lineman not to play all 68 snaps. He left on the Joe Mixon touchdown drive for three plays, thus opening up the rep count.
Defensively, Calen Bullock totaled his three games with 100% of reps. Both Kamari Lassiter and Derek Stingley Jr. totaled all 65 snaps in the secondary. Jalen Pitre played 83% of the snaps. Linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair returned for the first time in three weeks and played in 91% of reps.
The Texans return home next week to face off against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. They should have back Nico Collins, who’s missed the previous five games while on the injured reserve with a hamstring injury.
Kickoff from AT&T Stadium is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. CT.
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Did you see the Lions-Texans game Sunday night? If you did, I’m sorry.
I’m not going to lie to y’all — by the time Jared Goff threw his third interception, I tapped out. That game was unwatchable for me! There were seven total interceptions between the two quarterbacks and two fumbles (both recovered by the offense).
I wasn’t subjecting myself to that foolishness. Yes, folks. I am saying I’m too good for sloppy football. Especially when the team I root for isn’t involved. If it’s my team? Maybe I’ll stick it out. Otherwise? No. Absolutely not. Y’all are out of your minds.
This game was exciting, yes. But it was exciting in the same way that it’s exciting to watch a dumpster fire. When you see one, you’ve probably never seen one before. So you’re like, “WOW. A dumpster fire!” But then, you realize what you’re watching. And you’re like, “Huh. This is a dumpster fire.”
That’s the perfect way to describe the Lions’ improbable (and undeserving!) comeback. Detroit made history by being the first team since 1970 ever to throw at least five interceptions, be down by 15 points or more, and still find a way to win the game.
That’s awful. To me, it says much more about the game’s actual quality than it does about how resilient or awesome that comeback was. To pull off a comeback of that nature, your opponent has to kind of stink. And we’re talking about two teams who are supposed to be Super Bowl contenders here. The Lions might even be the best team in the NFL!
I guess it’s great to be able to find a way to win games no matter what. And y’all know I’m a Dan Campbell guy.
But, man. This was bad. I couldn’t do it. Sorry. I do not love football that much!
How do you fix this? I don’t know. But somebody needs to find a way. Because, man, a lot of these games stink.
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Giannis is a child
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That was Jaylen Brown’s response after Giannis Antetokounmpo left him hanging on Sunday.
The Bucks’ star elbowed the reigning Finals MVP in the head on an offensive foul during their matchup against one another. Giannis seemed to be making a piece offering to Brown when he did this instead.
Giannis Antetokounmpo elbows Jaylen Brown, then they start talking and then Giannis fakes out a handshake pic.twitter.com/2qYrYJ30Tr
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) November 10, 2024
I like it! Give me a little bit of spice in my hoops, man. This is fun. I mean, the elbow wasn’t fun. It was kind of dangerous. But it happens! The rest of this is a good time.
Brown got the last laugh with the 113-107 win. Antetokounmpo’s Bucks are 2-8 and still have a lot to figure out at this point.
But it seems the slow start hasn’t broken Antetokounmpo’s spirit. Not yet, anyway.
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A few weeks ago it looked like the Chicago Bears were in a solid position in a tough NFC North division.
They weren’t at the top, but at 4-2 they were in solid position to make a run if they could just scrounge up a few wins over the next few weeks.
Those next few weeks have not gone well. Chicago has only scored 27 points total in three straight losses. Worst of all? Robert Zeglinski says the Bears are breaking Caleb Williams:
“After a promising start to the year, the Bears appear to be breaking Caleb Williams, and they seem to be quitting on their coaches.
The Bears cannot continue on like this for another eight games. The players have clearly made their statement about how they feel about the current situation. Parading on with no meaningful changes whatsoever (offensive coordinator Shane Waldron getting fired/losing play-calling duties? Eberflus getting fired? Both getting fired?) would be a slap in the face to their current roster and any fans still, somehow, watching them.”
This team has got to have the worst vibe in the NFL by far.
Quick hits: What we learned in Week 10 … Jerry World’s big flaw … and more
With two comeback wins, the Lions and Chiefs proved they’ve got alligator blood.
It’s not a bold statement to suggest the teams with the best record in each conference will meet in Super Bowl 59. But the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions have a momentum behind them that feels more powerful than a Wild Card bye.
The two teams are a combined 17-1. There have been a few blowouts in that pile, but Week 10 reinforced the quality that could propel the Chiefs to their third straight Super Bowl and the Lions to their first ever. These two teams are built with alligator blood. They’re capable of going through long periods of inactivity replicating death, just to thoroughly destroy an opponent when the moment is right.
Against the Denver Broncos, the Chiefs dug an early 14-3 hole before slowly coming to life. With their run game shuttered — Kansas City’s tailbacks averaged 2.4 yards per carry — Patrick Mahomes had a typical 2024 performance. He didn’t overwhelm with gaudy numbers, but he put his team in position to win with a late scoring drive.
Denver answered and its win probability climbed to 80 percent after a last minute drive set up a potential 35-yard game-winning field goal. But Will Lutz’s kick never sniffed the goalposts.
The Houston Texans had a 92.1 percent win probability at halftime of their primetime game against the Lions, and that was before Jared Goff threw his fourth and fifth interceptions of the evening. Instead, Houston failed to score a single point in the second half. Goff course corrected for three straight scoring drives to erase a 16-point deficit thanks to a field goal that cleared the left upright by millimeters.
These weren’t merely two wins from good teams — these were triumphs in the face of what looked like certain defeat. No one would have faulted Detroit or Kansas City for a regular season stumble either against a division rival (Denver) or on the road against a likely playoff team (Houston). Instead, each turned a reset week into another victory and even more distance between themselves and the rest of their respective conferences.
That wasn’t anything new for the Chiefs. So far they’ve come out victorious because:
Isaiah Likely’s feet are a centimeter too big (Week 1, 27-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens)
the Bengals gave up a 4th-and-16 via pass interference (Week 2, 26-25 win over the Cincinnati Bengals)
Raheem Morris drew up a brutal fourth-and-1 run for Bijan Robinson (Week 3, 22-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons)
Justin Herbert couldn’t create two-minute drill magic (Week 4, 17-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers)
and Baker Mayfield couldn’t call a coin flip correctly (Week 9, 30-24 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
Taken as one-off games, Kansas City seems lucky. But as an overall trend, this is a team that cannot be buried; a shuffling zombie capable of invading any safe house to ruin your day.
The Lions haven’t dealt with as much drama, but have been similarly resourceful in victory. They can win by lighting up the scoreboard like a firework show, as seen in three different games in which Detroit has scored at least 42 points. They can win a slopfest, as they did in Week 9 at a rainy Lambeau Field. They can thrive even when Goff throws five interceptions or throws for fewer than 200 yards — in fact, they’re 3-0 in that latter category this year.
It’s easy to give the Chiefs the benefit of the doubt because they’re the Chiefs. They’ve been to the Super Bowl four of the last five seasons. But this is new territory for Detroit.
The Lions have more to prove, and they’re getting it done with a versatile offense but also a top five defense that’s turned 2023’s fatal flaw — a thin secondary — into a strength. Detroit’s -0.072 expected points added (EPA) per opponent dropback ranks fifth in the NFL; in 2023 that same unit ranked 25th. The Chiefs aren’t quite as solid defensively, but Steve Spagnuolo’s unit clamps shut when necessary and sits just outside the top 10 with the ability to break through over the back end of the season.
via rbsdm.com
This all leads to a very chalky conclusion. The Chiefs and Lions seem destined for an exciting, occasionally frustrating Super Bowl matchup in which both teams seem cooked and find ways to rally.
There’s still time to derail this — eight weeks for injuries to pile up and the loose threads of early autumn to blossom into wholesale unravelings. But Kansas City and Detroit keep winning, ugliness be damned. That’s scary for the rest of the NFL in 2024.
If you went to bed — ahem, like me — on Sunday night thinking there was no way the Detroit Lions would come back against the Houston Texans after Jared Goff’s five (!!) interceptions, you woke up to a surprise.
The Lions somehow won that Sunday night game, scoring 19 unanswered points — including the three from Jake Bates’ foot to win the game as time expired — to beat the Houston Texans.
So, fun fact: it’s been over 50 YEARS (!!!!!) in which a QB threw five picks, his team was down more than 15 points and that squad won.
Seriously! You’ve got to give the Lions their flowers here, that’s just wild.
Rodgers stared down a bottom five pass defense… and did nothing. Daniels went flat when the Commanders needed him most.
Aaron Rodgers was riding high after beating the Houston Texans in Week 9. He’d unlocked the full capability of Garrett Wilson and had thrown a season-high three touchdown passes in an upset primetime win. It was only one game, but it showcased the promise the New York Jets had seen when they traded for a quarterback about to hit his fifth decade on this planet back in 2023.
This high did not last. Rodgers and the Jets were kept out of the end zone entirely in Week 10 against an underwhelming Arizona Cardinals defense. This was a major disappointment. But was Rodgers the most disappointing quarterback of Week 10?
Fortunately, we’ve got a metric that can help figure that out.
Using the advanced stat expected points added (EPA) can gauge how much a quarterback brings to the table compared to a typical player. By comparing each passer’s Week 10 EPA against their 2024 average to date we get a better picture of just how frustrating their performances were. And we can find both of those thanks to The Athletic’s Ben Baldwin and his incredibly useful stats sites RBSDM.com and HabitatRing.com.
This is a metric that gauges disappointment based on what we’d typically expect. Daniel Jones had a negative EPA in Week 10 while losing to the Carolina Panthers, but his -4.4 was still better than his season-long average of -5.0 EPA per game, so he missed the list. Who was the worst? There were several candidates but only one man can truly call himself the grossest quarterback of Week 10.
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5. Jared Goff, Detroit Lions
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2024 expected points added (EPA) per game: 4.8
Week 10 EPA: -1.5
Difference: 6.3 points worse
Goff completed 10 passes in his first half against the Houston Texans. Three were to guys wearing Battle Red uniforms.
In fairness, one came on a last second Hail Mary and the other two were deflected. This still showed an uncharacteristic lack of pocket awareness from the veteran quarterback who’d thrown 11 touchdowns without an interception over his previous five games.
The fresh start of the second half lasted less than two minutes before pick No. 4 — this one from the red zone to wipe out a scoring opportunity. A fifth interception followed.
Then the Lions came back from a 16-point halftime deficit anyway. I’m not sure exactly how you stop Detroit if five interceptions can’t do it.
4. Aaron Rodgers, New York Jets
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2024 expected points added (EPA) per game: -1.3
Week 10 EPA: -8.4
Difference: 7.1 points worse
Rodgers had a tremendous opportunity against a bottom five passing defense. Instead, he failed to find the end zone, falling 31-6 to the Arizona Cardinals and leaving the Jets one defeat away from a ninth-straight losing record.
Rodgers gained a net 128 yards on 38 dropbacks. He completed a single pass that traveled more than 10 yards downfield. Behold, the pass chart of a game manager!
via nextgenstats.nfl.com
New York traded away multiple high value draft picks, then spent two seasons adding former Rodgers teammates of varying ability just to wind up with Davis Mills behind center in Arizona.
3. Joe Flacco, Indianapolis Colts
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2024 expected points added (EPA) per game: 0.9
Week 10 EPA: -11.9
Difference: 12.8 points worse
The Flacco of 2023, who launched bombs and propelled the Cleveland Browns to the playoffs, is dead. The Flacco of 2024 looks much more like the fading veteran to whom we’d come accustomed as a New York Jet and Denver Bronco.
His very first play of the game saw him blank Taron Johnson, sitting underneath in coverage waiting to turn Flacco’s mistake into six hard-fought points.
One drive later, Flacco threw another interception — this time in Buffalo territory to snuff out a potential scoring drive. Things improved from there, but the 39-year-old couldn’t complete a Colts comeback, taking a brutal sack on fourth down in the red zone in what was a 20-13 game, then effectively sealing this one with his third pick of the day. After churning this game film, it may be Anthony Richardson’s turn in the starting lineup once more.
2. Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears
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2024 expected points added (EPA) per game: -3.9
Week 10 EPA: -18.2
Difference: 14.3 points worse
The New England Patriots and a bottom 10 defense allowed Williams a wonderful opportunity to throw his first touchdown pass since October 13. Instead, the Bears were held out of the end zone altogether thanks to an offensive line that allowed its young quarterback to be sacked nine times.
Williams had little room to operate against a bottom 10 pass rush. D’Andre Swift couldn’t find lanes because his blockers were getting smothered by a defense that had given up 100-plus rushing yards each of the last seven games. The end result was 39 dropbacks and 69 net passing yards. Each time Matt Eberflus dialed up a passing play, it averaged fewer than two yards of forward progress.
Williams didn’t complete a single pass that traveled more than 10 yards downfield. He only attempted four.
1. Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
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2024 expected points added (EPA) per game: 9.3
Week 10 EPA: -7.2
Difference: 16.5 points worse
Daniels wasn’t the worst quarterback of Week 10, but his incredible start left him with more room to fall than any other passer in the league. While he was able to spread the field and made Terry McLaurin look great once more:
Jayden Daniels stands in the pocket, takes a big hit and STILL drops an absolute rainbow into a tight window for Terry McLaurin. absolute stud behavior pic.twitter.com/fybQBYKFVX
The accuracy and efficiency that defined his rise to rookie of the year frontrunner washed away with the game on the line. Daniels had three drives in the final 17 minutes in which any points would have pushed the Commanders’ lead to two possessions and made a Pittsburgh Steelers comeback very unlikely. He gained two first downs between them (though a third was negated by a genuinely baffling fourth down spot in his final snap of the afternoon).
Daniels’s line over those final three drives? Nine attempts, four completions, 49 passing yards, one rushing yard and a sack for a loss of 11. 11 plays and 39 net yards with the game on the line. Rough scene.
Still, it’s merely a speed bump against a veteran-laden top 10 defense. Daniels will be back. Sunday’s setback just gives him a lower perch from which he’ll fall if he donks up again next week.
The Houston Texans were on the wrong side of history following Sunday’s loss against the Detroit Lions.
Stunned.
Shocked.
Sadly, not surprised.
Even after forcing five interceptions against Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, the Houston Texans couldn’t get out of their way in the second half.
They allowed a 19-0 swing capped off with a 52-yard field goal from Jake Bates to help Detroit secure a 26-23 walk-off comeback.
The Texans, which ended their undefeated streak at home, have lost three of their last five and haven’t scored in the second half since Week 6’s win over the New England Patriots.
Goff, who likely lost his claim in the MVP race, won the game. That’s all that matters in the end since Detroit remains a game ahead of Minnesota, Washington and Philadelphia in the NFC standings.
The former No. 1 overall pick struggled from the get-go, as his opening drive resulted in a Jimmie Ward interception. Three drives later, another pass was batted at the line of scrimmage, only this one leading to a Henry To’oTo’o interception.
Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud didn’t miss for the first 30 minutes. After connecting with Tank Dell and John Metchie III for first-down gains, Joe Mixon secured the 7-0 lead with an 8-yard touchdown run.
Stroud later found Metchie for a 15-yard score, the first of the former second-round pick’s career. Ka’imi Fairbairn drilled three kicks, helping Houston secure a 23-7 halftime lead.
That was the final positive of the night from Houston’s offense, but Detroit was getting started. It took two more interceptions from Goff to finally get on the same page, but the Lions’ defense returned the favor.
Stroud was picked off on the opening play of the third quarter. After Goff returned the favor, he eventually led the Lions downfield on a three-play drive capped off by a 3-yard touchdown run from David Montgomery.
Stroud, who finished with 232 passing yards and a touchdown, tossed his second interception to Carlton Davis III on an intended touchdown pass to Tank Dell.
The Lions responded two drives later with a 9-yard touchdown pass from Goff to Amon-Ra St. Brown. Bates, who previously played for the Texans, drilled a 58-yard field goal with 5:01 remaining.
Fairbairn could have sealed the game with a 59-yard attempt, but the kick went wide left, giving the Lions the ball at midfield. Goff found St. Brown for an 11-yard gain, forcing the Texans to burn their final timeout while setting up Bates’ field goal.
CJ Stroud:
“I feel like this game was on me. Just gotta make throws. Can’t turn the ball over in scoring position. I blame this on me. I gotta be better in those moments.” pic.twitter.com/pQmiUwBEHA
Goff’s five picks were the most by an NFL player since fellow former No.1 overall pick Jameis Winston, who threw five on Oct. 13, 2019, against Carolina while with Tampa Bay.
He finished with 240 passing yards and two touchdowns.
Stroud’s two interceptions mark the second multi-turnover game of the season and third in his career.
Rookie cornerback Kamari Laisster, who left with a concussion in the third quarter, recorded two interceptions. Fellow rookie defensive back Calen Bullock extended his team-leading turnover total to four with a pick in the third quarter.
Metchie led the Texans with five catches for 74 yards. Mixon finished with 46 yards on 25 carries.
Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 71 yards, while tight end Sam LaPorta led Detroit with three catches for 66 yards and a touchdown.
The Texans, who had 10 days to prepare for Week 10’s matchup at home, will have eight days to reassess and regroup before traveling to AT&T Stadium to take on the Dallas Cowboys.
