DETROIT -The Patriots can be thankful today that they got out of out Ford Field with a 45-24 victory.Tweet 3 people Tweeted this..Yahoo! Buzz ShareThis . Bill Belichick's bunch almost found themselves eating a heaping helping of Humble Pie on Thanksgiving Day. But thanks to a canada goose outlet sterling second half from Tom Brady (21 of 27 for 341 yards and four touchdowns, no interceptions), who carved up the Lions' defense like well-cooked turkey, and a pair of interceptions from rookie corner Devin McCourty they departed Detroit with a 9-2 mark.Brady tossed four touchdowns passes in the second half, including a pair to Deion Branch that turned a 24-17 Lions lead into a 31-24 Patriots' advantage. Tom Terrific was terrific after halftime, going 11 of 14 for 241 yards.Whether it was playing for the christian louboutin sale second time in five days, the earlier than usual start time or tryptophan from a pre-game Thanksgiving meal, the Patriots had a hard time getting in gear in the Motor City. They fell behind 14-3 to the lowly Lions, trailed 17-10 at the half, and found themselves in a 24-24 tie late in the third quarter. After the Patriots struck first cheap boots on a chip-shop field goal by Shayne Graham -- Belichick eschewed going for it on fourth and inches from inside the 2-yard line -- the Lions scored on their next two possessions to go up 14-3.The Patriots trimmed Detroit's advantage to 14-10 just 45 seconds before halftime when BenJarvus Green-Ellis scored on a 15-yard touchdown run, bowling over Lions cornerback Alphonso Smith at the goal line.However, the Patriots defense, which was softer than mashed potatoes in the first half, allowed Detroit quarterback Shaun Hill (27 of 46 for 285 yards and a touchdown, two interceptions; four sheepskin boots rushes for 23 yards) and the Lions to get in field goal range faster than you could say "General Motors stock offering" and Dave Rayner drilled a 44-yard field goal to end the half.The Patriots evened things up early in the second half thanks to McCourty, who made a tremendous play on the first of his two interceptions, both of which led to scores. McCourty leaped up and snagged a pass intended for Calvin Johnson at the Detroit 49 and returned it to the Lions' 26. Four plays later Brady hit Wes Welker (eight catches for 90 yards and two scores) for a 5-yard touchdown -- Welker moncler men's diving for the pylon -- to tie the game at 17 with 10:58 left in the third. The Lions came right back though, scoring on fourth and goal from the 1. Hill flipped a short-side pitch to running back Maurice Morris, who cheap moncler jackets ran it in for his second 1-yard TD rush of the day to restore the roar to Ford Field and his team's seven point lead.But the Patriots deadlocked Detroit again in short order courtesy of their longest play of the year. On third and 2 from his 21, Brady found a wide open ssed a 46-yard field goal attempt, the Patriots took their first lead since the first quarter. Brady and Branch (three catches for 113 yards and two scores) connected from 22 outlet moncler yards out to put the Patriots up, 31-24, with 13:45 to go. Brady threw his fourth touchdown pass of the half on a wide receiver screen to Welker to increase the New England lead to 14 with 6:42 to go. There wasn't much stuffing dished out by either defense in this one, as the teams combined for 55 first downs, the Patriots allowed moncler sale 406 yards of offense and the Lions surrendered 447.Detroit had held the lead since the final play of the first quarter, when Hill hit Johnson for a 19-yard touchdown. It was Hill's legs that did the most damage on the 11-play, 71-yard drive, though. He scrambled for eight yards on third and 6 at the New England 41 and then had a 13-yard scamper one play before his TD toss.The festivities at Ford Field got a little snippy after the Patriots' game-sealing touchdown, a Green-Ellis 1-yard TD run with 3:14 remaining, as the Lions did not take kindly to losing their fourth consecutive game and their seventh straight Turkey Day tilt.But the Patriots are putting Detroit in their rear-view discount moncler mirror as their playoff drive switches gears to December and a meeting with the New York Jets a week from Monday.SA