The Cowboys won the toss and deferred which put them on defense to start.

After speculation as to whether Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown would even play in this game… the very first play of it went to him for a 7-yard gain.

The Cowboys were able to get Detroit into a third down two plays later though, but unfortunately Jahmyr Gibbs was able to help them out of it. Gibbs was actually a point of frustration for the defense for a majority of this first possession, but as soon as the Lions reached the redzone things got a...

More discussion for the Cowboys and Lions game.

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The Cowboys continue their playoff hunt against the Lions.

This is an open thread for game chat.

It’s Thursday night in Detroit and the clock is ticking down towards kickoff for a pivotal NFC clash between the Cowboys and Lions. Both teams desperately need a win tonight, and both teams are dealing with injuries. Now that we’ve got the inactives report, we have a better idea of who will be out there.

For the Cowboys, Jadeveon Clowney and Tyler Guyton are both inactive. Guyton didn’t practice all week, while Clowney made it back in time for Wednesday’s practice in a limited capacity, but the pass rusher won’t be able to play. In other news, Trevon Diggs had...

The Cowboys have been on a tear lately, winning three straight and upsetting the two teams from last year’s Super Bowl in the process. Next up on their quest to prove themselves worthy of the postseason is a Thursday night road trip to Detroit to take on the Lions.

Detroit has stumbled as of late, while Dallas is surging. That’s reflected in the Lions being favored by a field goal as the home team, effectively making this an even matchup. That feeling is shared by our writers, who are struggling to safeguard against the optimism running rampant in Cowboys Nation....

The Dallas Cowboys play their second to last non-Sunday game of the season at the Detroit Lions here in Week 14, drawing the broadcast team of Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit for the first time in 2025. On paper, this is as good of a matchup as has been on Amazon’s TNF all season.

The normal circumstances are different in this game as both teams are coming off a full week of rest, playing back-to-back Thursdays after doing their annual hosting on Thanksgiving. The Cowboys beat the Chiefs in the most watched NFL game ever on Thanksgiving, and now will...

In this episode of Between the Lines we flip the attention to the defensive line, where chaos meets strategy. This is where the Cowboys’ games are won and lost so let’s dive in.

Interior Defensive Line

Osa Odighizuwa

(2025 Stats: 497 Total snaps, 34 Total Tackles, 5 TFL, 40 Pressures, 3 Sack)

Grade: 69.6

Solomon Thomas

(2025 Stats: 311 Total snaps, 23 Total Tackles, 2 TFL, 11 Pressures, 0 Sacks, 1 PD)

Grade: 63.7

Kenny Clark

(2025 Stats: 534 Total snaps, 24 Total Tackles, 5 TFL, 36 Pressures, 3 Sacks)

Grade: 64.9

Jay Toia

*(2025...

The Dallas Cowboys put their recent home wins against last year’s conference champions to the test on the road this Thursday, at last year’s top-seed in the NFC, the Detroit Lions. The Cowboys are just 2-4 on the road this season, with wins against a pair of last place AFC teams, the Jets and Raiders. They draw a Lions team that is 4-2 at home, with both losses being to division rivals, the Vikings and Packers. That loss to the Packers came on Thanksgiving for the Lions, creating a sweep by Green Bay to fall behind them in the division...

We are in the second half of the season, but that doesn’t stop me or other Cowboys fans from thinking about future draft picks.

With two first-round picks and needs on both sides of the ball being apparent. I used PFF.com’s mock draft simulator to try out two different mock drafts.

Both of these mocks earned A-level grades from PFF, but we know that doesn’t mean much, and they take the Cowboys in some different directions for the team.

Below you can find the breakdown of each mock draft with the draft pick grade. See which one you think best...

The Dallas Cowboys travel to play the Detroit Lions on Thursday Night Football. We asked five questions about the Lions and got five answers from our friends over at Pride of Detroit.

Blogging The Boys: With the Lions struggling over the last few weeks, what are the main things that have been going wrong? Is it a serious issue, or just a bad run of games?

Pride of Detroit: In an effort to respect the time of your readers, let me keep this brief: a lot has gone wrong this season for this football team.

On offense,...

When the 2025 NFL season began, the early favorites for the top seed in the NFC playoff bracket seemed pretty clear-cut. The Chicago Bears were not on anyone’s radar outside Illinois.

The Eagles, the Lions, and the Rams had to be the pre-season favorite.

Here we are, 13 weeks in, and none of them are in that position. The Lions are in jeopardy of not even making it in as a wildcard, much less a division winner.

On paper, the last team you’d have expected to currently be the top seed in the conference was the Bears.

Yet, here we...

It’s not often a regular-season matchup carries as much weight as Thursday’s contest between the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions will. This is truly a “loser leaves town” game, as the losing team’s playoff hopes will go down the drain.

Before the two teams square off in this pivotal matchup, here are three bold predictions for the game.

1) CeeDee Lamb feasts on a depleted Lions’ secondary, recording a season-high 120 receiving yards

The secondary has been an issue for the Detroit Lions all season long. Injuries and poor performance by some of the players on their backend have caused...