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BALTIMORE (AP)On a day when he set a team record with 20 straight completions Josh Oliver Jersey , Matthew Stafford had nothing to show for it. Except a bruised and bandaged right hand and a lamentable defeat. Ravens on Sunday in an effort to lead the Detroit Lions back from a 20-0 halftime deficit. Tossing one successful pass after another, the Detroit quarterback twice cut the margin to seven points. But he couldn’t complete the comeback, and the Lions absorbed a 44-20 defeat – their most lopsided loss of the season. ”Guys stepped up and made some great catches,” Stafford said. ”Obviously, we just didn’t do enough of it to get it done.” His streak of 20 straight completions ended with a fourth-quarter interception by Marlon Humphrey. The previous mark was 13, set by Stafford last season in a game against New Orleans. Surely, the record would have meant a lot more to Stafford if it came in a victory. To add to his misery, Stafford had his hand pierced by cleats soon after the throw and left for the locker room. ”I couldn’t really feel it too well, to tell you the truth,” he said. ”I had some burning nerve pain in there, so I didn’t know what it was going to be. But X-rays were negative.” Though Stafford went 24 for 29 for 292 yards and a score, he also had that interception and lost the ball on a strip-sack. The fumble was particularly galling because it put Detroit in a gaping 17-0 hole. ”That’s on me. I got to make sure I do a good job of getting the ball out of my hands http://www.jaguarscheapstore.com/quincy-williams-ii-jersey-cheap ,” Stafford said. ”They had nobody covering Golden Tate, so I think they may have miscommunicated on their defense, too. The look I was getting, I didn’t think I could get what I got.” Regardless, the Lions (6-6) have dropped two straight and probably have to win out to have a shot at reaching the playoffs. ”Obviously, we need to do great from here on out to give ourselves a chance,” tight end Michael Roberts said. Stafford had a couple of turnovers, but he certainly wasn’t the only one to have a bad day. Backup Jake Rudock threw a pick-6, Matt Prater missed two kicks, and the Lions gave up 370 yards to the league’s 31st-ranked offense. ”Wasn’t pretty. I can tell you I didn’t do a very good job,” coach Jim Caldwell said. ”We just didn’t go a good job: missed field goal, a couple drops here.” With Stafford leading the way Ryquell Armstead Jersey , the Lions closed to 20-13 in the third quarter and were at 27-20 with 10:20 left. ”We fought our way back in it. Third quarter was a pretty hot quarter for us,” Caldwell said. Over the final 13 minutes, however, Baltimore put up 24 points. ”We’ve got to get this together,” Tate said. ”There have been crazier things have happened, but we’ve got to get this thing popping.” — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Darren Sproles returned to practice Wednesday for the Philadelphia Eagles after missing seven games because of a hamstring injury.The veteran running back is expected to play Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys, according to coach Doug Pederson. The Eagles have the NFL’s 18th-ranked rushing offense after finishing third last season when they won the Super Bowl. They lost starter Jay Ajayi to a season-ending knee injury last month.Wendell Smallwood leads the team with 257 yards rushing and has a 4.3 average per carry. Corey Clement has 167 yards but only a 3.3 average. Undrafted rookie Josh Adams had a breakout game in a win over Jacksonville in London, running for 61 yards on nine carries.“We’ve got to make sure as this week goes that he’s healthy 100 percent and that he feels great,” Pederson said of Sproles. “Again, we’re going to just mix him in. I think we’re a different team from Week 1 to now. Obviously, we don’t have Jay, but Corey has done a great job http://www.jaguarscheapstore.com/gardner-minshew-ii-jersey-cheap , Wendell, and now the emergence of Josh. He’s kind of stepped up his game and he’s played well, particularly this last game, and now we get Darren back.“I can’t tell you that we’re going to feature Darren. I can’t tell you that we’re going to feature Josh or any of those guys, but Darren is going to be a big part of the game.”Sproles also would return punts. DeAndre Carter handled those duties during Sproles’ absence but was released on Tuesday.Philadelphia (4-4) already boosted its offense during the bye week by acquiring wide receiver Golden Tate from Detroit. Tate spent time last week at the practice facility getting familiar with the offense while the rest of the team was away.“We’ve kind of tackled him every single day, trying to get him caught up to just our terminology, the way we call things, how we line up,” Pederson said. “But he’s been awesome, been in here every day.”Carson Wentz couldn’t get wait to throw passes to his new target. Tate joins Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agholor, Jordan Matthews and tight ends Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert to give Philadelphia another option.“Adding a piece like that is exciting Nick Bosa Jersey , a guy with big play ability that Golden brings,” Wentz said. “You see him make highlight plays all the time, just the things he can do after the catch is exciting. He fits in really well with this culture.”Wentz should have his best blocker back this week. Right tackle Lane Johnson wants to play despite a strained MCL in his left knee. He was injured on the opening series against Jacksonville and was expected to miss significant time.“Lane is a tough guy,” Pederson said. “In his mind, I think he would want to play, and our expectation is that he does play. But at the same time, I say that, and then I say I don’t want to put somebody out there that might be less than 100 percent, too. We’ll get him ready. We’ll get all our guys ready, like we do each week. The expectation would be that he plays.”Notes: CBs Jalen Mills (foot) and Sidney Jones (hamstring) didn’t practice and seem unlikely to play Sunday. S Corey Graham (hamstring) returned to the field after missing the past three games. DT Tim Jernigan is also practicing, but probably needs more time after offseason back surgery.