Lions eke out win over Bears to end Thanksgiving Day drought - ESPN

DETROIT — Thanksgiving Day in Dan Campbell's household wasn't the greatest experience the past few years.

After suffering three straight Thanksgiving losses as coach of the Detroit Lions, Campbell described himself as a «bear» to be around and said his wife, Holly, was praying for a victory over the Chicago Bears on Thursday.

«It'd be nice to feel good about it when you're with everybody because it's just not real fun. It's not real fun to be around,» Campbell said beforehand. «Ask my wife, she'll tell you.»

Campbell and the Lions delivered Thursday, halting a seven-game losing streak in the annual holiday game by narrowly topping the Bears, 23-20.

At 11-1, the Lions are off to their best start in franchise history.

Prior to Thursday, the Lions hadn't won on Thanksgiving since 2016. Although it came down to the wire, Campbell said he'll «take this W and I'm not going to lose sleep over it.»

He described his mood as being «good» before heading home to his family.

«Listen, much better. Much better. I'll take a W. Look, that's division win No. 3, which is huge, especially in the race we're in right now and that's win 11 and it's another conference win,» Campbell said. «So, I feel good. I'm going to take that W and I'm going to enjoy this Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, and all your families and everybody out there. I'm gonna enjoy this.»

Like Campbell, veteran quarterback Jared Goff had never experienced a Thanksgiving victory in Detroit. After leading the Lions to their 10th straight win, Goff enjoyed the traditional turkey leg as the 2024 Madden Thanksgiving MVP, alongside teammates David Montgomery, Jahmyr Gibbs, Amon-Ra St. Brown, DJ Reader and Al-Quadin Muhammad in great spirits. Goff finished with 221