DETROIT -- Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs had been itching for a breakout game in 2025 and finally got it, using the "Monday Night Football" stage to showcase a two-touchdown performance against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .

Gibbs totaled a career-best 218 scrimmage yards, the most by a Lions player in a game since Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson had 329 yards in 2013, per ESPN Research.

Detroit won 24-9 to improve to 5-2 as it enters its bye week.

Gibbs ran for 136 yards while adding 82 receiving yards.

"This was my first 200-yard output, so yeah, it's kinda special," Gibbs said, smiling.

Gibbs also drew motivation from competing in front of Lions great Barry Sanders, his boyhood idol, as he broke free up the middle for the longest run of his NFL career with a 78-yard touchdown at

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