Cowboys vs. Lions 2013, Week 8: Live coverage, score updates and more

Witten said that he was trying to calm Bryant down to prepare for one last desperation attempt at winning the game:

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Broyles suffered the injury on a punt return in the third quarter. He called a fair catch as the return man and let the ball bounce into the end zone. He did not take contact on the play, but had to hobble back to the sideline where he was greeted by trainers who went with him back to the locker room.

If Broyles is out, he will have suffered a season-ending injury for a third straight year. His 2012 rookie season ended after 10 games with a torn right ACL. He tore his left ACL during his senior season at Oklahoma.

Tom Ryle of Blogging the Boys believes the Cowboys are in risky territory despite leading their division:

Sean Yuille of Pride of Detroit feels the win was essential to the Lions playoff chances:

Anderson’s record came in overtime, with 296 of those yards coming in regulation, so Johnson’s is the most ever in a 60-minute game.

Johnson had seven catches of at least 20 yards in the game, the third time in his career that he’s done that. No other player has done that since Johnson came into the league in 2007. He has more 200-yard games in his career (five) than Jerry Rice had (four) over his career. Rice’s career spanned 303 games compared to the 99 games that Johnson has played in so far.

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Despite Tanner staying inbounds and being tackled, and the Lions not having any timeouts left, the clock did not reset and start to run again. Instead of having just over 20 seconds left in the game, the Lions got the ball back with 1:02 to drive 80 yards and no timeouts. They took 50 seconds to drive down the field for the game-winning score.

Which the rules state is as it should be.

We had already established that Dez Bryant was not happy/yelling at people during Sunday’s Lions-Cowboys game. He eventually got the ball more -- he had caught two balls for 22 yards and the Cowboys’ only TD before his first blowup, he would eventually another TD on a 50-yard catch-and-run for his third catch of the day -- but when Matt Stafford punched in a fake spike for a game-winning TD, Bryant went off on the sidelines one more time.

Smart move by assistant coach Derek Dooley -- he sees Bryant is mad, and steers him towards Demarcus Ware, who nobody in their right mind would ever want to fight.

Those two and Johnson are now the only three players to ever top 300 receiving yards in a single game.

For Johnson, he is the type that you’d expect to have games like this. It is his fifth career game over 200 yards and his first of this season. He had three such games last year when he led the league with 1,964 yards. He hasn’t been on the same pace in 2013, but after his monster game against the Cowboys, his numbers are right back on track.

And the spike for added emphasis.

In an unbelievable turn of events, the Lions improved to 5-3 and dropped the Cowboys to 4-4.

Detroit had 623 yards of total offense in the game and won despite four turnovers.

Since 2011, teams are 1-54 in games where they are -4 turnovers or more. The Lions have lost 38 of their last 39 games when turning the ball over at least four times.

For the Lions to get ahead, they might need the Cowboys to start making some mistakes on offense. Is Tony Romo capable of that?

Romo is just 8-of-17 for 66 yards and the Lions have out-gained the Cowboys in total yardage, 254 to 96. However, thanks to Lee and the Dallas defense, the Cowboys still lead by a field goal with a half to go.

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Both players have an uncanny knack for making the impossible look easy. Bryant did it again on this second quarter touchdown.

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Rookie Joseph Randle is expected to start in Murray’s place after rushing for 65 yards on 19 carries last week against the Eagles.

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Update: DeMarco Murray is not dressing for Sunday’s game against the Lions, according to 105.3 The Fan’s Mike Fisher. He will be inactive.

The Cowboys will be on the road against the Lions at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush is expected to play on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, according to NFL Network’s Adam Schefter.

Bush missed practice on Friday with a right leg injury after not having any issues the rest of the week, telling reporters later that he did not participate due to precautionary reasons. It was expected at the time he’d be ready to play on Sunday and that the injury was not considered to be serious.

Game Date/Time and Location: Sunday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m. ET at Ford Field, Detroit, Mich.

TV schedule and distribution map: Fox; The506.com

Tom Ryle of Blogging The Boys writes about how many games the Cowboys should win based on the Pythagorean calculator:

Be sure to check out SB Nation’s team blogs, Blogging The Boys and Pride Of Detroit, for more analysis and highlights from the game.

Online experts are pretty split on picking this game. Five out of eight ESPN analysts are going with the Cowboys, while there’s a bigger consensus at CBS Sports. Seven panelists are picking the Lions, with only Will Brinson and Jeremy Eisenberg going with Dallas. Over at Yahoo Sports, both experts are taking the Lions, and the fan poll is also selecting Detroit.

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