DETROIT — The bye week is over and the Detroit Lions are back. The Lions (5-2) earned one of their biggest wins of the season before getting to their bye, downing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home. Now Detroit can pick right back up where it left off hosting the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field today.

Richard Silva grades the Detroit Lions in their 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, and doesn’t spare the red ink.

As they prepare for their Week 9 meeting on Sunday afternoon, the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions are heading in opposite directions, and that is reflected in the early betting odds for this one.

J.J. McCarthy threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score in his return from an ankle injury, leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 27-24 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

The Vikings started today’s game in Detroit with Myles Price’s 61-yard return of the opening kickoff. Late in the game, the Vikings blocked a field goal and returned it 41 yards. In between, the Vikings’ relentless pass rush pressured Lions quarterback Jared Goff all day.

The story of the Vikings' 27-24 upset win over the Lions was the return and performance of J.J. McCarthy, who totaled three touchdowns and put the finishing touch on the victory with a game-sealing throw in the final minutes.

After scoring on their opening drive, the Detroit Lions netted 233 yards on their final 10 possessions in a 27-24 loss to Minnesota Vikings.

In a division showdown at Detroit Lions’ Ford Field, the Minnesota Vikings scraped out a gritty 27-24 win over the Lions, and it felt like more than just a win.

Linebacker Eric Wilson had two of the Vikings’ five sacks and helped neutralize the Lions’ potent running game.

McCarthy has thrown two touchdown passes as the Vikings took a 17-14 lead over the Lions at halftime. Justin Jefferson and T.J. Hockenson each caught a touchdown from McCarthy and the Vikings also got a 50-yard field goal from Will Reichard.