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Saturday open thread: Who are the key Lions players vs. Cowboys? The Detroit Lions have created their own opportunity last week. Facing the possibility of an 0-3 hole that almost no teams ever crawl out of Danny Amendola Jersey White , Detroit pulled off a huge upset over the New England Patriots. Now, thanks to struggles around the rest of the division, the Lions can jump the Vikings this week, and could even theoretically jump to a tie for the division lead by the end of Sunday. But to keep the good times rolling, they can’t look past a hungry Dallas Cowboys team. The Cowboys have been the source of a lot of criticism over the past couple weeks, and if they can’t turn things around soon Michael Roberts Jersey White , they risk falling far enough behind the reigning Super Bowl champs that they won’t be able to recover. So the Lions will need some big individual performances to come out of Dallas with a win. Today’s Question of the Day is:Who are the Lions’ key players vs. the Cowboys?My answer: I’ll give one on offense, one on defense. Offensively, I think the Lions need a big game out of Matthew Stafford. It’s the easy answer, yes, but he’s going to have a challenge this week with an impressive Cowboys front seven. Stafford has been inconsistent thus far in 2018, and he has way too many turnovers. Detroit just can’t succeed with Stafford giving the ball away that often. Defensively Golden Tate III Jersey White , it’s all about stopping Ezekiel Elliott, and that means it’s time for Jarrad Davis to step up. Unfortunately, Davis popped up on Friday’s injury report, which means there’s no guarantee he’ll play this week, but if he does, he’s going to be at his best. Not only will he have to play gap-discipline football Marvin Jones Jr Jersey , but he’ll need to show some more controlled tackling than he’s displayed thus far. Elliott is the kind of running back that will immediately punish someone with unsound tackling form, and Davis has been all over the place.Your turn.Tweets from https://twitter.com/PrideOfDetroit/lists/lions-coverage K.J. Wright returns to action this week realizing just how much he loves football. The Seahawks linebacker said he felt a twinge in his knee during a shuffle drill before the third preseason game.His first thought was of his contract situation. Wright is in the final year of a four-year extension he signed in December 2014, making a $7.2 million base salary this season.鈥淲hen I got hurt it did cross my mind like 鈥榙amn, this is the worst timing,'” Wright said, via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. 鈥淏ut when you get hurt and you miss some ball Kerry Hyder Jersey White , all you care about is football, and the contract stuff will handle itself. I just want to play. The money is the money. Whatever. I just want to play ball, be out there with my guys, and just do what I love. Football is first and that stuff will handle itself.鈥欌€橶right, 29, had arthroscopic surgery in August that was not expected to keep him out long Luke Willson Jersey , but he had a setback a few weeks later and missed the first six games.Wright revealed Thursday he has an insurance policy to guard against major injury. 鈥淚鈥檓 going to play it out, and once free agency comes, we鈥檒l see what happens,鈥欌€?Wright said.