According to NFL Media, the Bears-Lions game averaged 37.5 million viewers on CBS, which makes it the most-watched early Thanksgiving Day game on record.

After setting the all-time viewership record for the early Thanksgiving game last year, the Lions crushed that mark in their win over the Bears last week.

The Detroit Lions were able to set a new NFL record for viewership on Thanksgiving in their normal time slot. According to Sports Illustrated, "The NFL announced a record average viewership of 34.2 million across its three Thanksgiving last week,

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell made it clear he didn't want his defenders to pull up if Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was running toward

Caleb Williams took a vicious hit from linebacker Jack Campbell on Thanksgiving when he decided not to run out of bounds during the Chicago Bears game against the Detroit Lions. In the moment it looked like Campbell might have gotten lucky that Williams tried to turn up field rather than go to the sideline because he did not appear to be giving any consideration to not hitting Williams at full speed.