The Lions needed to win Thursday night, and so did the Cowboys.

Detroit’s 44-30 win over Dallas in primetime greatly improved the Lions’ playoff chances as they moved to 8-5. The Cowboys (6-6-1) desperately need a loss by the Eagles to the Chargers on Monday night to keep realistic hopes for an NFC East title alive.

The Cowboys never led, falling behind by as much as 27-9 after Dak Prescott threw an interception on the first play from scrimmage in the second half. They rallied, getting as close as 30-27 on Ryan Flournoy’s 42-yard touchdown with 9:52 left in the fourth quarter and a 2-point conversion on a catch by Jake Ferguson.

But that was as close as they got.

Jahmyr Gibbs’ third touchdown — a 13-yard run — was the nail with 2:19 remaining. Gibbs also had touchdown runs of 1 and 10

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