Lions win big but lose LB Alex Anzalone (forearm) for 6-8 weeks - ESPN

DETROIT — Amid their big victory, the Detroit Lions suffered another huge loss at Ford Field on Sunday.

Linebacker Alex Anzalone, a team captain, will sit out the next six to eight weeks after breaking his forearm in the first half of Detroit's 52-6 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, coach Dan Campbell announced.

The left forearm of Anzalone was tangled up on a play when teammate Brian Branch pushed Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. out of bounds late in the second quarter.

Anzalone was officially ruled out at the start of the second half, but the defense didn't give up a point in the third and fourth quarters as the offense produced a franchise-best 645 yards of total offense.

«Thank you everyone for the well wishes! As an athlete, a lot of times you think „Why did this have to happen?“ But I like to think about all the countless reps something bad didn't happen. I'm beyond blessed! I'll be back in no time, fresh legs and all,» Anzalone posted to X after the game.

The Lions, meanwhile, handed the Jaguars their largest loss in franchise history.

«The reality was that they're a team who has less wins than us and we could have played down to our competition in some ways, and — not to disrespect them, they're a hell of a squad — but, we wanted to play to our standard — nameless, faceless opponent,» said Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who became the first QB in NFL history to have multiple games with a perfect passer rating (158.3) and 400 passing yards. «That's not just them, that's every week.

»I think we wanted to come out and stay on the gas the whole game, no matter what happened. If it had been a closer game, we still would have stayed on the gas."

Anzalone joins Pro Bowl edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (tibia and