For Bills, feels just like home
The Bills crashed the Lions’ Thanksgiving party, making themselves at home for their second victory in five days at Ford Field in Detroit.
Tyler Bass made a tiebreaking 45-yard field goal with 2 seconds left after missing an extra point late in the fourth quarter, lifting the Bills to a 28-25 win over the Lions on Thursday.
“It was very deja vu-ish,” said Josh Allen, who set up the game-winning kick by starting the drive with a 36-yard pass to Stefon Diggs and running twice for 12 yards. Allen led the Bills with 78 rushing yards.
The Bills were back in the Motor City after the NFL moved their previous home game against the Browns because a winter storm dumped several feet of snow in New York.
The Bills became the third NFL team to play two games in five or fewer days on the road in the same stadium, and the first to win both.
And the Bills equaled the number of wins the Lions have this season at their indoor stadium.
The Bills (8-3) have won two straight — after losing two in a row — to move a half-game ahead of the Dolphins in the AFC East.
After Bass made the game-winning kick, Allen and Diggs embraced on the sideline.
“Let’s get back to having fun again,” Diggs recalled telling Allen after making eight catches for 77 yards and a score. “We got away from that a little bit.”
The Lions (4-7) missed an opportunity to win four straight games for the first time since 2016 and lost a franchise-record sixth straight game on Thanksgiving.
Bills edge rusher Von Miller injured his right knee during the second quarter and didn’t return to the game.
Coach Sean McDermott said after the game that he didn’t have any updates on the nature of the injury.
The Patriots faced the Vikings later Thursday but the game ended too late for this edition.
Cowboys win showdown:
Dak Prescott threw two touchdown passes to tight end Dalton Schultz, Ezekiel Elliott ran for a score and the Cowboys beat the Giants 28-20 in Arlington, Texas.
Rookie Peyton Hendershot ran for a 2-yard touchdown before directing all three of his fellow tight ends into a giant Salvation Army red kettle for a Whack-A-Mole celebration.
The victory ended a three-game losing streak on the holiday for the Cowboys (8-3), who moved a game ahead of the Giants in the NFC East while sweeping the season series.
Prescott’s TD tosses to Schultz came about five minutes apart in the third quarter, turning a 13-7 deficit into a 21-13 lead. The first was a 15-yarder on third-and-goal.
The quarterback has 10 consecutive victories over the Giants since losing to them twice when the Cowboys went 13-3 his rookie year in 2016.
Saquon Barkley was held to 39 yards rushing with a 1-yard TD behind a makeshift offensive line missing three starters because of injury in the third loss in the last four games for the Giants (7-4).
CeeDee Lamb had six catches for 106 yards and set up three Cowboys touchdowns.