They started the day with their third head coach of the season and ended it with their third quarterback, and in between the Detroit Lions suffered a beatdown for the ages —one that was nowhere near as close as even the lopsided 47-7 final would indicate.
Tom Brady completed 22 of 27 passes for 348 yards and four touchdowns, all in the first half, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ran roughshod over a Lions team playing without five coaches because of COVID-19 protocols, five defensive starters because of injury, and without starting quarterback Matthew Stafford after he suffered an ankle injury early in the first quarter.