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Week 7’s slate was light, and the headliner on Sunday night became a bit of a dud. But there’s still plenty to get to in this week’s MMQB takeaways …

Detroit Lions

The Lions look increasingly dangerous. We all know what the offense is capable of. The defense, with Brian Branch back and Kerby Joseph’s return looming, showed signs of life Sunday, halting the Green Bay run game, and keeping the Packers from making a single play of more than 28 yards, while keeping any of their skill players from getting to even 60 yards rushing or receiving.

And then, at the end of their 20–17 win, I think you got to see the team’s IQ.

About a half hour after the game ended, I had the game’s star, Jahmyr Gibbs (143 yards on 34 touches) on the phone, and asked him about giving himself up on two of his final three runs of the game.…