On Sunday, the Detroit Lions will continue their quest for another NFC North title, the conference’s top seed and ultimately the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl championship.

Throughout this season, the Lions have already achieved several team marks and have another chance to rewrite the record books. The Lions are currently on a seven-game winning streak, and with a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, they would set a franchise record with eight straight wins. The last time they accomplished that? Their very first year as the ‘Detroit Lions’, 1934.

The 2-8 Jaguars are certainly struggling, and big changes could be coming for the downtrodden franchise. However, that doesn’t mean Sunday will be a cakewalk regardless of what the Vegas two-touchdown line suggests. Jacksonville has only lost two games by more than one touchdown, and their performance last week against the Minnesota Vikings suggests they are giving the strongest teams their best shot. Jacksonville led 7-6 with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, and if not for a few untimely substitutions late in the game, they might have been able to pull off the upset.

But the Lions have done a very good job this year of avoiding the disappointment game or the “trap game.” Coach Dan Campbell always seems to have his team focused, and I expected nothing less this week.

So we’ll be providing live updates from Ford Field as the game kicks off at 1:00 PM ET. Just stick around, update the page, and watch the drive-by-drive analysis, highlights, and score updates come in.

See you at kick-off!

First quarter

The Detroit Lions won the toss, but elected to defer to the second half. That meant Mac Jones and the Jaguars would start with the football. Jacksonville converted an early third-and-2 with a pass to Evan Engram. After crossing midfield, Jones tried to compete for a third-and-eight conversion and fell a few yards short. However, they were close enough to attempt a 59-yard attempt, and Cam Little drilled it. 3-0 Jaguars.

The Lions offense looked to strike back with a 22-yard pass to Shane Zylstra to open the drive. A pair of David Montgomery runs netted 14 yards, with the Lions not moving into Jaguar territory. A quick slant to Amon-Ra St. Brown picked up 11 yards and put the Lions ahead on first and goal from the 7-yard line. Two Montgomery runs later, and the Lions were in the end zone. 7-3 lions.

Despite having a nine-yard first lead, the Jaguars went three-and-out thanks to fantastic stops from Kerby Joseph and Alex Anzalone.

A good punt by the Jaguars pinned the Lions on their own 7-yard line. A pair of passes to St. Brown moved Detroit to midfield, where they would face a third-and-1 heading into the second quarter.

Second quarter

Goff couldn’t connect with Jameson Williams on third down, but the Lions opted to go for it on fourth down, and Goff kept the drive alive with a QB keeper. On the next play, Goff connects with Williams for 24 yards. Then Jahmyr Gibbs took over, first with this 23-yard run…

…then this 1-yard touchdown run:

14-3 Lions.