TURNAROUND: Detroit Lions vs. Dallas Cowboys – Will Dan Campbell's Team EXECUTE Under Pressure?

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Crossover Thursday! Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys clash in a high-stakes Thursday Night Football matchup, with playoff dreams hanging in the balance. Can Jared Goff and Amon-Ra St. Brown reignite the Lions’ offense amid injuries, or will the Cowboys’ surging defensive line—featuring Quinnen Williams and Osa Odighizuwa—continue their late-season dominance? Matt Dery and Marcus Mosher break down key matchups, including Aidan Hutchinson’s pass-rush potential against backup tackles, Jameer Gibbs as a wild card in open space, and whether Dallas’ fearsome receiving duo of CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens can exploit Detroit’s banged-up secondary. With coaching adjustments, game script, and electric home-field stakes in play, this NFC showdown could make or break each team’s postseason hopes. Don’t miss insider insights and bold predictions for one of the NFL’s most pivotal showdowns.

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0:00.0	Two teams going in opposite directions meeting up for a huge Thursday night showdown in Detroit.
0:13.2	You are locked on NFL crossover, part of the Locked on podcast network.
0:19.6	Your team every day.
0:25.3	All right, here we go, everybody.
0:26.5	Matt Derry, Lockdown Lions, Marcus Mosier, Lockdown Cowboys.
0:29.5	It is crossover Thursday, indeed, as we get to set for the Lions and Cowboys at Ford Field
0:36.7	Thursday night at 820 on the eastern side,
0:39.4	720 Central and what is all of a sudden looks like possibly a playoff elimination game.
0:44.4	Great to have you with us.
0:45.3	Thanks for making us your first listen, checking us out wherever you get your podcast,
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0:54.9	to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. First off, Marcus, great to see you.
1:03.8	Obviously, a lot to get into. Biggest storyline in Dallas. Hey, looks like the Cowboys are back,
1:09.7	right? There's life again at Jerry World.
1:12.4	I don't know if they're back, but they're playing good football. And for Cowboy fans, that's honestly all we wanted to see after how bad the season started, just to have them have, start to play better. And to have some meaningful games, Matt, I mean, listen, And you and I have both been through this where you're covering a team that's playing games into, you know, November and December that just don't matter for anything.
1:34.0	And for a Cowboys team that started off the season was one in three and one in one point.
1:38.7	To have a game like this on Thursday night football, that's not quite a playoff game, but it's pretty darn close. It's a lot of fun. What's been the biggest difference? We'll get to the lines in a second, but what's going on that's made this work? Obviously, the additions to the D line, I love what the interior is done. And it seems like some of your guys that you drafted to, including Azaraku, are starting to show up. Yeah, surprising that good players make your defense better, right?
2:04.7	Like it's It seems like some of your guys that you drafted to, including Azaraku, are starting to show up.
2:01.5	Yeah. It's surprising that good players make your defense better, right?
2:04.6	Like it's not a huge surprise when you add someone like Quinn and Williams, suddenly your run defense gets better.
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