No healthy defensive backs, no problem. At least when you have Jahmyr Gibbs.

Gibbs had a career game Monday with 218 yards of total offense and two touchdowns as the Detroit Lions beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a showdown of two of the best teams in the NFL, 24-9.

Gibbs electrified the Ford Field crowd with touchdown runs of 78 and 5 yards and had three other plays of 20-plus yards, and the Lions got a stingy defensive effort from a unit playing without both starting safeties and both starting cornerbacks.

The Lions (5-2) got two takeaways from their no-name secondary and held the Bucs (5-2) to 58 yards in the first half while getting big minutes from Arthur Maulet (five tackles, one interception), Nick Whiteside (three pass breakups), Rock Ya-Sin (two PBUs) and Thomas Harper (o

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