High-powered offenses clash when Jared Goff-led Lions visit Matthew Stafford's Rams

Detroit Lions (8-5) at Los Angeles Rams (10-3)

Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, FOX

BetMGM NFL Odds: Rams by 6

Against the spread: Lions 7-6, Rams 9-4

Series record: Rams lead 45-43-1.

Last meeting: Lions beat Rams 26-20, OT, in Detroit on Sept. 8, 2024.

Last week: Lions beat Cowboys 44-30, Rams beat Cardinals 45-17.

Lions offense: overall (3), rush (5), pass (5), scoring (1).

Lions defense: overall (15), rush (10), pass (19), scoring (18).

Rams offense: overall (4), rush (11), pass (3), scoring (4).

Rams defense: overall (13), rush (11), pass (16), scoring (3).

Turnover differential: Lions plus-8; Rams plus-10.

QB Jared Goff. Cast off by the Rams to acquire Matthew Stafford, the No. 1 overall pick from the 2016 draft has found his groove in Detroit. He ranks first in the NFL with completions of 25 yards or more, tied for second with 26 passing TDs and third in passer rating.

RB Blake Corum. He ran for a career-high 128 yards with two touchdowns on 12 carries as the Rams got back on track with a comfortable win in Arizona. It was Corum’s fourth game this season with at least 12 carries, all of which have come in wins by at least 16 points, as coach Sean McVay has followed through on his desire to reduce starter Kyren Williams’ regular-season workload.

Rams RT Warren McClendon Jr. vs. Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson. McClendon has been surprisingly effective filling in for veteran Rob Havenstein (knee, ankle) over two different stints this season, but Hutchinson represents the biggest test yet for the third-year Georgia product. Hutchinson has 8 1/2 sacks this season, three behind his career high in 2023, and has been a menace in two career meetings against the Rams. Hutchinson had two sacks in a 24-23 wild-card playoff win following the 2023 season and one in an overtime victory to kick off the 2024 campaign, so how McClendon fares against the elite edge rusher will be crucial.

Lions: S Kerby Joseph (knee) might play for the first time in two months. ... S Thomas Harper, who has filled in for Joseph, was cleared to practice after he suffered a concussion in last week’s win. ... WR/PR Kalif Raymond may play after missing two games with an ankle injury. ... S Brian Branch recently had surgery on his torn Achilles tendon and is expected be out for 8-to-12 months.

Rams: WR Davante Adams (hamstring) will be carefully managed throughout the week, but is expected to play. ... WR Tutu Atwell (hamstring) will finally be activated off injured reserve. ... OLB Byron Young is dealing with a knee injury, so his status will need to be monitored.

This will be the Lions’ second trip to Los Angeles since the Rams moved back in 2016. They lost 28-19 in 2021. … That game marked Goff’s return to SoFi Stadium after he was traded to Detroit in the March 2021 deal that sent Stafford to the Rams. Goff was 22 of 36 for 268 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. … The Rams had to score the final 11 points to knock off the Lions in their first season under coach Dan Campbell, giving a hint of the trouble to come for McVay’s group from Detroit. ... The home team has won six of the last seven.

Since Detroit was 4-1 on Oct. 5, the Lions have alternated on losses and wins. ... The Lions will play a 58th straight regular-season game without losing two in a row, the NFL’s longest streak since San Francisco played 60 consecutive games without back-to-back setbacks. ... WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, a former USC star, has the most catches (511) by an NFL player through his first five seasons. ... RB Jahmyr Gibbs has 47 TDs, tied with Hall of Famer Barry Sanders for the most through the first three seasons of a career and by a player younger than 24. ... Gibbs joins Hall of Famers Eric Dickerson and Earl Campbell as the only players with at least 4,500 yards from scrimmage and 45 scores through their first three seasons. ... Against the Cowboys, Detroit’s defense had five sacks, forced three fumbles and had two INTs in a game for the first time since 2007. ... Lions DE Al-Quadin Muhammad was selected NFC Defensive Player of the Week after he had a career-high three sacks against Dallas, giving him a career-best nine this season. ... Tom Kennedy, filling in for Raymond last week, became the first NFL player to return three kickoffs 35 yards or more with a punt return of 20-plus yards since Josh Cribbs did it in 2007. ... Matthew Stafford has seven games this season where he has thrown at least three touchdown passes and no interceptions after shredding the Cardinals for 281 yards passing and three scores without a pick. ... Stafford has 35 touchdown passes this season with four games remaining. His single-season career high is 41, which he did with the Lions in 2011 and again in his first year with the Rams in 2021. ... Adams had his streak of six straight games with a touchdown reception end in Arizona. He finished with four catches for 29 yards. ... OLB Byron Young started the season with a sack in seven straight games, then was held without one for four weeks, and now has sacks in each of his past two outings. ... K Harrison Mevis is 23 for 23 on extra points and 3 for 3 on field goals in five games with the Rams. ... RB Kyren Williams needs 48 yards rushing for his third straight 1,000-yard season. He would be the first Rams player to do it since Steven Jackson had eight straight from 2005-2012.

The Lions have allowed 30 points in consecutive weeks and four times in total this season, meaning it might be worth rolling the dice on fringe pieces of the dynamic Rams’ offense to fill out a lineup. That includes Corum, who turned a first-quarter goal-line carry into a touchdown, and TE Colby Parkinson, who has touchdown receptions in four of the past five games.

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Los Angeles Rams running back Blake Corum (22) celebrates after his long run for a touchdown as Arizona Cardinals safety Jalen Thompson (34) pursues in the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford looks to pass the ball in the second half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery runs the ball for a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys during the first half of an NFL football game Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (16) and linebacker Jack Campbell bump fists prior to an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two companies announced on Thursday.

At the same time, Disney went after Google, demanding the tech company stop exploiting its copyrighted characters to train its AI systems.

The OpenAI agreement makes the Walt Disney Co. the first major content licensing partner for Sora, which uses generative artificial intelligence to create short videos.

Under the three-year licensing deal, fans will be able to use Sora to generate and share videos based on more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters.

AI video generators like Sora have wowed with their ability to quickly create realistic clips based merely on text prompts. But a flood of such videos on social media, including clips depicting celebrities and deceased public figures, has raised worries about “AI slop” crowding out human-created work alongside concerns about misinformation, deepfakes and copyright.

Disney and OpenAI said they are committed to responsible use of AI that protects the safety of users and the rights of creators.

“This agreement shows how AI companies and creative leaders can work together responsibly to promote innovation that benefits society, respect the importance of creativity, and help works reach vast new audiences,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

Disney CEO Robert Iger said the deal will “extend the reach of our storytelling through generative AI, while respecting and protecting creators and their works.”

As part of the deal, some user-generated Sora videos will be made available on the Disney+ streaming service.

Disney will also become a “major customer” of OpenAI and use its technology to build new products, tools, and services. It will also roll out ChatGPT for employees.

Children's advocates, however criticized the move. Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, said Disney's decision to partner with OpenAI “is a betrayal of countless children around the world who adore Mickey Mouse, Frozen, and Toy Story. OpenAI claims children are prohibited from using Sora, yet here they are luring young kids to their platform using some of their favorite characters.” Disney, he added, is "aiding and abetting OpenAI’s efforts to addict young children to its unsafe platform and products.”

Also Thursday, Disney sent Google a cease and desist letter, demanding that the tech company stop using Disney content without permission to feed and train its AI models, including its Veo video generator and Imagen and Nano Banana image generators.

It has previously issued similar cease and desist letters to Meta and Character.AI and has filed litigation with NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery against AI image generator Midjourney and AI company Minimax.

“Well, we have been aggressive at protecting our IP, and we have gone after other companies that have not honored our IP, not respected our IP, not valued it. And this is another example of us doing just that," Iger said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street. "We have been in conversation with Google, basically expressing our concerns about this. And, ultimately, because we didn’t really make any progress, the conversations didn’t bear fruit, we felt we had no choice but to send them a cease-and-desist.”

Disney accused Google of “infringing Disney’s copyrights on a massive scale,” according to a copy of the letter dated Dec. 10 seen by The Associated Press. The letter included examples that it says Google's AI systems easily generated, such as characters from Star Wars, The Simpsons, Deadpool and The Lion King.

Google has also been “intentionally amplifying” the problem by making the infringing content available across its many channels including YouTube, Disney said.

Disney said Google hasn't taken any measures to mitigate the problem even though it has been raising the concerns for months. “Google’s mass infringement of Disney’s copyrighted works must stop,” the letter said.

Google did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

FILE - The Disney logo is seen on their store along the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris on Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

FILE - Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, testifies before a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a cell phone in front of an image on a computer screen generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)