Well, this is a place we haven’t been in a while.
It’s Thanksgiving week, the end of the regular season is near, and the Detroit Lions are … in the playoff hunt.
The Lions won their third straight game Sunday against the New York Giants to improve to 4-6 on this not-so-young-anymore season. Their playoff odds aren’t great – they currently have a 12% chance to make the postseason, according to FiveThirtyEight.com. But their schedule is favorable enough to at least dream about the possibilities.
The Lions did not leave themselves much room for error with their 1-6 start, and as predicted at the time, that Week 3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings might ultimately doom their chances.